Evening star., 1936-03-05
SCHOOL FINANCE
GROUP W|LLPRESS
FNE-YEAR PLAN
Meeting Tomorrow Will Con-
slider Building Needs of
D. c. System. ~
STATISTICS INDICATE
TRENDS OF GROWTH
Junior and Vocational Units Over.
crowded-1tems of Expense
Approved.

In order to expedite the proposed
five-year building program of the Dis
trict school system. special meeting
of the Finance Committee of the Board
Of Education will be held tomorrow
afternoon.
Needs Of the junior high schools
and vocational schools will be dis
cussed and DR.. Frank Ballou. super
intendent, will present statistical
figures to explain specific items re-
quired for the two classes of schools.
Preliminary general reports already
have been submitted to the board
They show the white junior high
schools at present are accommodating
an excess Of enrolment of 1873 and
that provision must be made by June
80, 1912. for 1923 additional pupils,
based on preesnt rates OF increase in
school population.
In the colored junior high schools
the present excess over capacity is 684
and provision will have to be made at
the end of the five-year period for
l,l36 more.
More Buildings Needed.
Additional sites and buildings will be
needed in the central and southeast
parts Of the city for the vocational
schools and additions and new equip
ment will be required for present
schools, DR.. Ballou's report said.
Supplemental estimates to meet cur
rent expenses were approved in excess
of s64,700. An item for printing was
not fixed, the superintendent asking
that the figure be left in the hands of
officials of the District auditors Office.
Nine printed forms and documents
will have to be provided. including
several in routine use in the schools.
The items specified were $700 for
postage, $4,000 for the transportation
of tubercular, crippled and sight con-
servation children, and 100000 for
fuel, gas and electricity.
DR. Ballou pointed out that the cur
rent appropriation of 100000 for fuel,
gas and electricity was short by $50, 900
in meeting the needs of the extremely
cold Winter. The sum Of 1925 900 was
requested for next year, but the pend
ing District supply bill cut off the ad-
ditonal $25,000 sought.
New Council Members Sought.
Six new members will be asked to
serve on the Community Center Coun-
Gil, request made by that department
some time ago. New members who
will be invited to take the posts are
Col. Charles I. Stengle, George P.
Earse, Mrs. L. B. Castell, George H.
Collingwood, George w. Beasley and
Maj. Campbell johnson.
Because of the decline in enrolment,
the night school at Central High
School will be closed on March IL and
the pupils will be transferred to Roose-
velt and Mckinley schools. On March
10 several classes will be discontinued
at Armstrong, Cardoza and Garnet
Patterson and the following schools
will be closed: Briggs, Burrville, Fran
els, Lovejoy and Randall.
The practice of consolidating classes
has been followed for several years
because of the drop in enrolment at
the approach of Spring.
Approval was voted to textbooks,
magazines and periodicals recon-
mended by special committees named
months ago to review and select
them.
The board also voted to attend the
next session of the District Education
Subcommittee conducting hearings on
the Sisson bill for repeal of the red
rider next Monday.