Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-04
s1S,@1,339ASKED
FOR D. c, SCHOOLS
IN 1887 BUDGET.
S6,579,289 Increase Due to
Larger Rolls and Econ
omy Effects.
,28 BUILDING ITEMS
AMONG PROPOSALS
Three New High Schools Held
Need in View of Serious
Congestion.

Declaring their needs have increased
with the mounting school population
and the economy" limits placed on
appropriations in recent years, school
authorities are seeking provision OF
Sl8,04l, 339 in the 1887 budget. an in
crease of $6,57s.289 over current ap-
preparations.
Details of the budget proposals, re-
leased today by the Commissioners,
reveal plans for % building projects
and plans, against six approved for
this year. and Is items for school sites,
against one granted for the present
year.
Funds are asked for plans for three
new senior high schools, to be built
at Takoma Park, near Sixteenth street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast
and near Twenty-fourth street and
Benning road northeast. Other re-
quests are for sites for new junior high
schools near Massachusetts, and Ca
thedral avenues and near Eighteenth
street and Columbia road, and an ap-
preparation for completion Of the site
of the proposed new Jefferson Junior
High School in Southwest Washington.
Schools for Cripples.
Requests are made also for purchase
of sites for schools for crippled chill
dren, one to be located near Children's
Hospital and another near Freedmen's
Hospital.
For construction and enlargement
OF school buildings the Board Of
Education and Supt. Frank W. Ballou
asked a total Of $4,296,000. For the
present fiscal year the appropriation
for construction totaied but S775,000.
For land purchase school authorities
are asking $1,704,000 for 1887. The
item for the present year is 5000.
For the operation of the school
system the proposal is $l2,041 $50, as
against slo,632,050 for the present
year. Among the increases sought are
1882. TOO for employment of 234 new
teachers. OF these, l26 would be for
white schools and 108 for colored
schools.
Other items calling for large in
creases are the operation of the Com
munity Center Department, which
would be expanded, and for purchase
of furniture, equipment, repairs and
improvements to buildings and
grounds.
Hearings Next Monday.
The commissioners will start pri-
vate hearings for department officials
next Monday. 1t Is expected these
will require about two weeks. There
after the Commissioners will draft a
tentative 1887 budget and send 1t to
the Budget Bureau.
Henry Gilligan. vice president of
the Board Of Education, wrote the
Commissioners:
New positions have been requested
10 provide teachers for new schools
coming into use, to relieve congestion
in schools and in the case of junior
and senior high schools to reduce the
number of pupils per teacher. This is
an urgent need and is one to which
the Commissioners are invited to give
serious consideration. -
Increased enrolment has resulted
IN serious congestion in the schools.
This makes 1t necessary for the school
officials again to request a building
program that will in a measure pro-
vide more nearly adequate school
house accommodations for pupils"
Proposed Construction.
Construction items proposed by
school officials are as follows:
Lafayette School, second wing and
assembly gymnasium, first floor only
to be finished at present, $175,000:
Hardy School. completion of second
floor, s35, 900; Bancroft School. assem-
bly-gymnasium. 100000; Shepherd
School. completion of second floor,
$4,000; Truesdell School, eight-room
addition and assembly gymnasium,
Sl48,500; Whittier School, assembly,
gymnasium, $4,000; Noyes School,
construction Of second story, $50, 1000;
eight-room building to be erected on
present Bunker Hill School site, first
floor to be finished for present, $115,-
900; eight-room building for Bladens-
burg road northeast, near Mount
Olivet Cemetery. to relieve the Wheat
ley, Blow, Webb and Pierce schools,
$l15,o00; Kingsman School, eight
room addition and assembling
nasium, $4,000; Ketcham School,
eight room addition and assembly
gymnasium, $l55,000.
HEapron Coh0ol aiunf rooy,, addition,
and assembly gymnasium. $4,000;
an eight-room building and assembly,
gymnasium in connection with cree
ton of school on old John F. Cook
School site, $4,000; Grimke School,
eight-room addition and assembly,
gymnasium, $4,000; Young School,
eight-room addition and gymnasium,
$4,000; Syphax School, eight-room
addition and assembly-gymnasium,
5000, 900; Giddings School. assembly,
gymnasium, $4,000.
Vocational School to replace present
Dennison Vocational School, $280, 900;
new building to replace Lenox Voca-
tional School. $2s0,000: Margaret
Murray Washington Vocational School,
room for cleaning and dyeing and
mechanical equipment. 1880.
Paul Junior High School, 10 i'd
ditional class rooms and gymnasium,
$l65, 900; Improvements to stage and
corridors Of Shaw Junior High School,
$4,000; continuing construction of
the Anacostia Junior High School.
100000: alterations to Eastern High
School. including remodeling Of pres
ent gymnasiuns into class rooms and
the addition of q new gymnasium
wing, $685., 900; improvements to Arm
strong High School, including con-
Meeting corridors and remodeling
girls gymnasium, $45 200.
100000 Start Proposed.
The School Board asked for $780,
900 for plans and starting of con-
struction Of the proposed new senior
high school at Takoma Park, on
esand already owned by the District