Evening star., 1940-03-10

ing the recreation center at Forty
ninth place and Washington street
NE
A 10room addition and gym
nasium for the Taft Junior High
School, including necessary remodel
ing, at cost of $4,000.
Construction of gymnasium at
the Browne Junior High School.
Alteration and improvement Of
the Shaw Junior High School.
A new building to house the Abbot
Vocational School, to be located as
determined by the District Com
missioners and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission in
Brentwood Park.
Gymnasiums Asked.
An assembly and gymnasium at
the Phelps Vocational School, in
cluding remodeling. on land owned
by the District.
An assembly and gymnasium at
the Margaret Murray Washington
Vocational School, including re-
modelling.
An eigh-room extensible building,
including an assembly and gymna-
SUM, on the site of the Old Denni-
son Vocational School
A new school for the physically
handicapped pupils in the vicinity
of Children's Hospital and similar
new school in the vicinity of Freed
mems Hospital.
An eight-room extensible elemen-
tary school in the vicinity of Minne-
sofa avenue and Ely place Sc, and
a similar school on a District owned
site on Bladensburg road NE.
A 24-room school, including an
assembly and gymnasium. to replace
the old Cranch, Tyler and Van Ness
Schools, to be constructed on a site
near Eleventh and G streets Sc.
A 24-room school, including as
sembly and gymnasium, to replace
the old Peabody, Hilton and Car
berry Schools.
A 16-room extensible elementary
building to replace the old Lincoln
School.
A 16-room elementary school. in
cluding assembly and gymnasium,
to replace the Twining and Morse
Schools, on a site near New Jersey
avenue and P street NV.
A 24-room elementary building,
including assembly and gymnasium,
to replace the old Walker and Jones
Schools.
Ask Land Purchase.
For the purchase of land school
officials have asked Congress to ap-
propriate a total of s2,O99.OOO for
the coming fiscal year, as compared
with total of only s205 900 for the
current fiscal year. Chief land pur-
chase items, for buildings other
than those listed above. include
new site for the Cardozo High School
and for physical education purposes.
s95, 900; for an addition to Armstrong
High School, $4,000; additional
land for junior high school purposes
near First and Pierce streets NV,
$4,000; for Junior high school
in the vicinity of Kansas avenue
and Gallatin street NV, 100000:
near Forty-siXth and Davenport
streets NV, S45 900: for an elemen-
tary school near Thirteenth and
Van Buren, streets NV, s35. 900: for
a l6-room elementary building to
replace the Birney School. near
Nichols avenue and Sumner road
S. E, $4,000; for a new school in
Brookland, s40000 for land near
the Logan School for an assembly
and gymnasium, 100000: adjacent to
the Harrison School. 100000: near
/ the John A. Chamberlain Vocationl
School, $4,000; adjacent to the
Johnson School and the Powell
Junior High School, $4,000: ada
cent to the Grimke School. SOS 900.
Although the Budget Bureau has
already greatly reduced the total
construction funds listed by the
Board of Education in its 194l bud
get, the projects just listed may be
considered as priority list of needed
construction items likely to be COM
(See PROJECTS, Page C-9)