Evening star., 1936-01-21
BUILDING
! PROGRAM HELD UP
s'Gag" Order by Budget
Head to Be Studied Be.
! fore Further Action.

5 Further action by the Board OF
Education on the proposed new fve-
year building program was postponed
until tomorrow in order to permit
study Of the gag" order recently is
sued by Acting Director Of the Bud
get Bell prohibiting District omcials
from supporting or opposing any legis-
lation until it can be passed upon by
the Budget Bureau or the National
Emergency Council.
/. DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent, yesterday recommended that the
purpose of the proposed building pro-
gram be outlined and transmitted to
the bureau before further action was
taken. Before the matter could be
disposed of. however, several members
!. Of the board had to leave the special
meeting and the matter was deferred
!. until an adjourned meeting tomorrow
afternoon
DR.. Ballou. however, submitted
revised tabulation of the capacities Of
the junior and senior high schools for
study in connection with the program.
It showed that the capacity Of the
Junior high schools. including the new
Anacostia School and additions to the
! Deal and Hine Schools, is now 17,l67,
. as compared with the former capacity
: Of 15,902.
Senior Highs Increase.
The senior high schools, including
the new Woodrow Wilson School and
. number of rooms at Cardozo vacated
by elementary grades, has increased
from 1880 to 1880.
= DR.. Ballou also has prepared re-
port on the future needs Of the junior
high schools, but because of the early
adjournment could not present it. It
will be given to the board tomorrow.
He also submitted his report on
=. school house accommodations, which
showed that because Of the existing
overcrowding. 12l additional ele-
A.. mentary class rooms are needed at
present and that the junior and senior
high schools are accommodating close
TO 1000 pupils more than their pres
lent normal capacity.
The new elementary class rooms
!. would eliminate portables now in use.
3: undesirable rooms, q: oversize
classes, 70; eliminate part-time classes,
18.
> DR.. Balou will present report on
the needs of the vocational schools
tomorrow.
= Proposed Waiting Lists.
Z Action also was postponed on q
: recommendation of the superintendent
that waiting lists be set up in kinder
Rartens where the classes already have
4. reached a maximum capacity. Henry
Gilligan and Mrs. Mary A. McNeill
objected strenuously to forcing any
child to delay entering school, al.
though the kindergarten children are
not within the compulsory school at
tendance age.
DR.. Ballou asked that enrolment be
limited to 60 pupils in schools that
have only one teacher for the entire
day, to IS for schools with q single
teacher half a day and 80 for schools
with two teachers on duty all day.
:. He submitted q list of 18 hndergartens
that are at present overcrowed, the en-
rollment ranging from 60 to rs in one
teacher kindergartens and 90 to 81 In
two-teacher classes.
The superintendent was asked to
furnish figures on the percentage Of
attendance rather than actual enroll
ment before any definite future policy
Is determined.
The board approved establishment Of
q new dental clinic at the Peabody
School, Fifth and G streets north
east, which had been recommended
by Dr.. George c. Rutland, city health
Officer.