Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
DIR. HOLLOWAY
ON SCHOOLS
Tells Members of Legislature
That Change in PWA Meth
DDS Holds Building Up
DELAY is UNAVOIDABLE

No unnecessary delays have oc-
CURED in carrying out the school
building program authorized by
the present Legislature at its reg
ular session last Winter under
bill providing an appropriation of
S2,500,0O0 for this work, according
to DR.. H. V. Holloway, State SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction.
He made this assertion when adj
vised members of the House of
Representatives are preparing a
resolution summoning the mem
bers of the State Board of Educa-
ton to appear before the House
and explain why work has not
been started on several school pro-
jects and why there has been a de-
lay in the building of the new
Pierre S. dupont High School in
Wilmington. DR.. Holloway furth-
er said that if the members of the
Legislature want to know what
has been done and what has been
planned under the school building
program it will not be necessary to
pass a resolution calling upon the
State Board of Education to ap-
pear before them as he is ready
and willing to appear any time
When asked about the status OF
the building program DIR. Holloway
said the State Board received bids
on two contracts two weeks ago
for work at the Claymont School
and at the Caesar Rodney School.
Estimates on both projects ex-
ceeded the amount of money allo-
Gated for each of them. He ex-
planned the Federal Government
has made a change in the method
of distributing the PWA funds for
such work and the State Board of
Education is now waiting to see if
it will be possible for the State to
secure additional funds for the
school work under this new PWA
allotment plan. The members are
government before signing the
contracts, he said If no addi-
tional funds can be secured from
the government it will be neces-
sary to ask for new bids which will
further delay the work in these
two school districts.
Monday the State Board of Ed
ucation received BIDS on three
more school projects, an addition
to the Dover school, an addition to
the Smyrna school and an addition
to the Delmar school, DrHolloway
stated. Regarding the new school
at Rehoboth, he explained the peo-
pie of that district want one thing,
while the plans of the State board
provide for something else. The
residents of the district, want a
high school whereas the State
board members do not think the
district is ready for a high school
because of the small number of
children in the district. The plans
of the board call for an elementary
school which could be enlarged to
provide for a junior high school
when the number of children in the
district is sufficient to warrant
this. In connection with the Re-
hoboth district bill was introduce
ed in the House on Friday to pro-
vide for an appropriation of $175.-
900 for an elementary and high
school in the district. Two things
account for the delay on the work
of building the Pierre S. DUPONT
High School in Wilmington, DR..
Holloway explained One was the
severity of the weather and the
other was the unusually long de-
lay in getting the Federal grant
of 80 per cent of the costs. Other
delays that were unforeseen have
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