Evening star., 1932-08-13
S13,S99,8S4 ASKED
| FOR D. c. SCHOOLS
| IN 1884 ESTIMATES
Increase of S1,737,154 Is
Largely Represented in Build
ings and Grounds Items.
SALARIES SHOW RAISE
OF S376,5S4 FOR YEAR
! IS New Structures Covered in Pro-
posals-Planning for New
Senior High School.

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public school estimates for 1884 repre-
sent an increase of $l,737154 over the
current appropriation.
According to figures released by the
District Of Columbia Commissioners,
the building and grounds items account
for the major portion of this increase.
For 1884, the public school authorities
have asked for $2,548920 for buildings,
as compared with the $1,473,500 ap-
propriated this year. and $370,00O for
land purchases, as compared with the
$95.C00 carried in the 1888 appropria-
tion act. Thus the buildings and
grounds items together are responsible
for 1885, .420 of the increase over the
1888 appropriation.
AS usual the largest single item in the
school estimates Is the fund for teachers
and librarians. The estimates carry
S6,9l6,348 for this purpose, representing
an increase of $376,584 over the current
appropriation. The custodial force salary
item in the 1884 estimates Is $923,850,
or S34,590 more than the current year.
A total Of $195,420 is requested for
clerks, increasing the current appro-
priation by $30,660. The salary item
for officers is increased by $4,000 to
total Of $680,315.
Repair Fund Increase.
An increase Of $37,500 is sought in
the general repair fund for school
buildings, the total requested for this
purpose being $475,000.
Chief interest in the 1884 public
school estimates centers in the build
ings and grounds items, however. In
all. 18 new structures are carried. Be
sides these, funds are requested for
preparation of plans for a new senior
high school in Manor Park, and for
the construction of stadium at the
new Roosevelt High School.
The largest building item carried in
the estimates, and by far the most
important. is a sum of $500, 1000 to be-
gin construction of the new senior high
school at Forty-first and Chesapeake
streets in the Fort Reno section OF
Chevy Chase. This structure Is to cost,
when completed, not more than ST.
100000 and it will be the sixth white
senior high school in the District.
When opened, it will relieve the tre-
mendous congestion now suffered by
Western High School and should afford
relief, too, to Central High School.
Other Building Projects.
Other building projects sought in the
estimates include:
An addition to the Lafayette (ele-
mentary) School, which would provide
four finished class rooms and an un-
finished second floor with space for four
future rooms, to cost S103,00O.
An eight-room addition to the Trues-
dell School, including necessary remod-
cling of the present building, to replace
the old Brightwood Park School, at a
cost Of $4,000;
A combination assembly hall and
gymnasium at the Monroe School, to
cost 100000;
A new elementary school with four
finished class rooms and unfinished
space for four future rooms on a site
already acquired on Bates road, to cost
$4,000;
Completion of the Young Platoon
School, to cost $l25,000;
new eight-room extensible build
ing in the vicinity Of the Logan School,
to cost $123, 500.
A trade school to be erected at Thir-
teenth street and Potomac avenue
southeast, to cost, when completed,
s315,000, to be started in 1894 with an
expenditure of S315,0OO;
An additional class room and its
equipment at the Margaret Murray
Washington Vocational Training School
for the class in cleaning and dyeing,
to cost $7,500;
10R0om Addition.
An addition to the Alice Deal Junior
High School of 10 class rooms and a
gymnasium, to cost $l66,860;
A gymnasium at the Powell Junior
High School, to cost $50,
An addition Of 10 class rooms and
a gymnasium for the Eliot Junior High
School, to cost $166,860
Completion of the, Jefferson Junior
High School at a cost of $315, 900.
Completion of the new junior high
school IN AnacoStia at cost of
1925 900.
An addition of 10 rooms and gym
nasium for the Browne Junior School,
to cost S175,100.
Extension of the automobile repair
shop and the construction of a gym
nasium at the Armstrong High School,
to cost $4,000.
A connecting corridor between the
old and new sections of Armstrong
High School and the remodeling of the
present girls gymnasium, to cost
$40 900.
A conservatory at the Armstrong
High School for the use of the Dun
bar and the Armstrong High Schools,
to cost 5000.
Stadium to Be Improved.
Preparation of the Roosevelt High
School Stadium, including the con-
Struction of seating accommodations
the running track, base ball diamond
tennis courts and fences, and grad
ing seeding and sodding the necessary
grade areas, to cost $4,000.
The $370, 900 for land items includes the
following: Additional land at the Phelps
Vocational School for elementary school
purposes. $4,000; land of the old Busi-
ness High School for play space, $780,
600; additional land at the Burrville
elementary School, $4,000: addi-
tional land at the Syphax elementary
School, 100000, and a site for a junior
high school in the vicinity of Massa-
chuSetts and Wisconsin avenues, $50 900
Miscellaneous items carried in the
! estimates in addition to those already
named, with the respective increases
| over the 1888 appropriation, include
School attendance department, $49, 300
increase of $4,000; vacation schools
| $4,000; retirement annuities, S400 900;
night school salaries, $4,000; night
school contingent expenses, $4,500;
white deaf mutes, $3l, 500; colored deaf
| mutes. $500; blind children, $1,000;
Americanization School salaries, S13,-