Evening star., 1935-11-01
ACTION REQUESTED
ON SCHOOL FUND
Montgomery Commissioners
Asked to Accept S794, 900
P. W. A. Allotment.
By a staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY a Stah Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, November l.
Immediate acceptance of the $794 900
allotment made by the P. w. A. for
public school construction in Mont
gomery County was urged by the Board
of Education in letter forwarded to
the county commissioners today.
simultaneously, many civic organ
izations and parent-teacher groups
that have Endorsed the program pre-
pared to open a vigorous campaign to
impress upon the commissioners the
need of erecting the institutions that
would be built with the Federal funds.
Granted Hearing.
Representatives of one body, the
powerful Montgomery County Civic
Federation, were granted a hearing
before the commissioners at o'clock
Sunday afternoon In order that they
may express their views in favor Of the
| construction work.
Pointing to the fact that the school
program is already two years behind
schedule, bringing about steady and
alarming increase in class room con-
gestion, the Board of Education's letter
up the allotment before Federal Off
cials withdraw it.
The appropriation. providing for q
grant of $234000 and a loan of $780,
600, was made by the P. w. A. sew
eral months ago, but the commission
ers thus far have failed to take any
steps toward accepting the allotment.
Needed at Once.
CogniZance of the commissioners
attitude was formally taken by the
! School Board at a special session yes
terday afternoon, the board express
ing the fear that the Federal Gov
ernment might retract the appropri-
alton and voting unanimously to ap-
peal to the commissioners to act at
once to take up the grant and loan.
1t was said by the educators that
the new buildings provided in the
program are needed to handle the
enrolment next term and that If ac-
tual construction is not begun shortly
the buildings will not be available by
that time.
1t was said that both the western
and eastern suburban district senior
high schools are badly in need of IA
cilities for physical educational work
and that they cannot be provided un-
less the commissioners accept the P.
w. A. funds.
In addition, it was pointed out that
the Takoma Park Junior High School
has 100 more pupils enrolled this year
than it can handle under normal con-
ditions and the new building provided
in the program to relieve the conges-
tion must be built before next Fall.
Federation Committee.
Items in the program include a
gymnasium, auditorium and class
room unit at the Western Suburban
Senior High School, gymnasium and
auditorium at the Eastern Suburban
Senior High School. additional class
room units at Rockville and Damascus
Elementary Schools, an auditorium
and gymnasium at Sherwood High
School. in Sandy Spring: a new junior
high school in the Takoma- Silver
Spring area and an auditorium at
East Silver Spring Elementary School.
The committee from the Civic Fed
Grafton that will meet with the COM
missionerS at the court house Sunday
includes President Robert E. Bondy,
chairman; Rhees Burkett. chairman
Of the School Committee: H. S. Yohe,
chairman of the Committee on Public
Finance and Budget; Secretary Walter
B. Armstrong and former President
Stephen James.
A special committee also has been
appointed by the Rockville Parent
Teacher Association, which is COM
posed of 300 members, to campaign
for acceptance Of the P. w. A. allot-
ment and Mrs. G. " Hartley, COM
mittee chairman. said that it would
heartily support the Civic Federation's
drive