Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
EDUCATION BOARD
BUSHES ESTIMATES
FOR SCHOOL FUNDS
District Heads Demand
Budget Requests Be
in by May 5.
PENDING SENATE ACTION
MAKES TASK DIFFICULT
Officials, in Dark on 1881 Appro.
priation, Are Called Upon to Out
line Needs for 1882.

Called upon by the new Commission
erS to have their estimates at the Dis
trict Building by May 5, month ahead
of schedule, the school officials and the
Board of Education are working dill
gently in the preparation Of their share
of the 1882 appropriation requests.
The task this year is made difficult
by the fact that the school officials are
called upon to estimate school needs
for 1882 before they know definitely
what items are contained in the 1881
appropriation bill, which has not yet
been reported out by the Senate. This
phase of the difficulties is illustrated
chiefly by the moot kindergarten re-
organization, over which the Districts
citizenry has made such q concerted
fight before the Senate committee.
Large Equipment Funds Included.
It was made known at the Franklin
Administration Building today that the
1892 estimates automatically will in
clude large equipment funds, necessi-
tated by the unusually large number of
new school houses included in the 1881
appropriation bill by the House, which
probably will be passed by the Senate
Chief among these building furnishing
items Is the new Roosevelt High School,
which is to replace the present Bust
ness High School. In view Of the Bit
ter criticism of the school authorities
for the furnishings installed in the new
Mckinley High School, it Is expected
that acquisitions for the Roosevelt
equipment will be very carefully studied.
The equipment items will include also
the furnishings for the new four-room
unit which has been authorized by the
1881 bill as an innovation in school,
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1t Is hoped that the use Of portable
schools will be limited in the District.
In connection with the building
equipment item, Jere j. Crane, first as
sistant superintendent in charge of
business affairs, has announced his de-
termination to formulate standardized
equipment lists. for specific types of
school buildings. This Is an innova-
ton to the local schools. Crane hopes
to reduce the necessity for detailed de-
tense Of every item before the subcom-
mlttee OF the House appropriations
committee.
Senate May Upset Plans.
AS the estimates for 1882 are con-
Sidered, the school people, it is under
stood, are progressing on the theory
that the kindergarten reorganization
ordered by the House and estimated to
result in the assignment of approx
mately 76 kindergarten teachers to
grade school work, will be passed by
the House. Acting on this assumption,
the school people may reduce the num-
Der of new teachers they would ask
for for elementary school classes. If
the Senate, however, strikes from the
1881 bill the legislative clause calling
for the reorganization of the kinder
garten, it would probably then be neces-
sary for additional teacher salaries to
be incorporated in the 1882 estimates
to staff the new schools.
The school officials already have held
one meeting with the finance commit
tee OF the Board Of Education, of which
DR.. Abram Simons is chairman With
the rapid shaping of the estimates, an
other joint meeting of the official staff
and school board finance committee is
urgent and probably will be called with
in few days.