Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
$73,OO3 sos for D. c. Schools
Provided in Supply Bill
$1,500,000 Building and Land Expansion
Eliminates New Teachers College

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streets NV. and, according to school
officials, is inadequate for the pro-
gram they contemplate putting on.
The location on Upshur street. it
was indicated, is fine from the point
Of view of transportation OF pupils.
as it is easily accessible to number
of downtown streetcar lines and
crosstown bus routes. The present
ancient building will be turned into
police station for No. 2 police
precinct.
Plans Reported Considered.
1t is reliably reported that the
municipal architects Office is al
ready considering plans for the new
school, which would permit consid-
cradle expansion in the vocational
program now offered the boys in
both day and night classes. When
constructed the new building will be
the fourth project in Washington
new deal for vocation education,
which includes an already complete
new Dennison Vocational School for
white girls. a nearly complete new
LenoX or Chamberlain Vocational
School for white boys and girls and
planned l0-room addition and as
sembly hall gymnasium at the M. M.
Washington Vocational School for
colored girls.
The approval of the building and
land purchase items was thought
due to the plea which Supt Frank w.
Ballou made before the committee
urging purchase of sites before it
was too late to get them and also
bigger buildings. The committee
allowed funds for the completion of
the Calvin Coolidge Senior High
School at Fifth and Sheridan streets
NV. and the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Junior High School and
Library in Southwest Washington.
Funds were also allowed for an
eight-room addition and assembly
hall-gymnasium to the Montgomery
School to take care of the children
formerly in the Briggs School. Both
are colored elementary schools. The
Briggs building is on the site of the
proposed War Department and must
be abandoned.
A 10-room addition and remodeling
Of the Randall Junior High School,
colored school, is also allowed.
Wilson Elimination Causes Surprise.
Elimination of request for plans
for a new Wilson Teachers College
was received with surprise in some
quarters. Subcommittee members,
however, felt that not enough
teachers were needed in the school
system in the future to justify such
an expenditure, 1t was understood.
Land purchase items are carried
| for land on which to build the
Montgomery addition; land near the
Syphax School for an eight-room
addition and assembly gymnasium;
site for Junior high school in
the vicinity of Macomb street and
Massachusetts, avenue, and a site
for new senior high school on
Rhode Island avenue NE.
The junior high at Macomb street
and Massachusetts, avenue is ex-
pected to fill the growing need of
| the outlying western communities,
several of which have complained of
the distances that must be travelled
by children going to Gordon Junior
High. The load on Gordon. which
has large number of nonresident
pupils, would also be lessened.
Cutting from the fund to care for
buildings and grounds repair is
likely to have repercussions aRong
local civic groups, it was thought,
in view of their testimony at a meet
ing with the School Board prior to
committee consideration of ssthe
budget. Numerous complaints Weee
filed with school officials at that
time that Fairgrounds were not
being resurfaced enough and that
painting of the buildings was lag