Evening star., 1940-04-30
Board Hears
Requests for IA
New Schools
Civic Organizations
Also Ask Repairs,
Personnel Increases

before 1t the 1912 school budget
requests of the Districts civic or
ganizations, running all the way
from more than Is building items
to bird sanctuary.
Requests were filed with the board
members at a meeting of more than
100 citizens at the Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets.
Some IA new schools were asked.
These included a new Wilson Teach
ers College. an eight-room extensible
school In American University Park,
a junior high school in Wesley
Heights, senior high school at
Sixteenth and Rhode Island avenue
NE. a new colored school in Brook
land, a new school at Minnesota
avenue and E streets Sc, a new
school in Bradbury Heights, and re-
placements for the Grant-Weight-
man. the Stevens, the Brookland,
the Douglas-Simmons, the Cranch-
Tyler, the Hine Junior High and the
AmDuSn-SM
Personnel Increase Asked.
More than seven schools asked to
have Fairgrounds surfaced, resur-
faced or fenced in Others sought
general repairs such as painting,
boiler requirements, improved lava
tory facilities. increased personnel,
land sites and certain building ad-
ditions.
Perhaps the major personnel re-
quest was for q new assistant super
intendent in the colored divisions by
E. F. Harris. president of the Lin
coin Civic Association.
Other building items included an
auditorium and wing for the Stod-
dert, an assembly hall for Horace
Mann, an auditorium gymnasium
for the Bruce, auditorium assembly
hall for the Harrison, l0-room addi-
ton and gymnasium for the Taft,
l0-room addition and girls gymna-
SUM for Browne Junior High, new
roof for the Francis Junior High,
an auditorium and gymnasium at
the Woodbridge, auditorium -gymna-
SUM for the M. NJ Washington Vo-
cational School, new wing for the
Eliot Junior High, auditorium
gymnasium at the Lovejoy and
completion of six rooms at the
Lafayette School.
Several Draw Wider Support.
Several delegates from different
organiza tions supported the Taft.
Eliot and American University Park
items and number of persons were
on hand to support the Bradbury
Heights request for a school In the
area.
Among the schools seeking some
improvements on their Fairgrounds
were the Corcoran, the Stoddert,
the Oyster, the Ben Murch, the Bur-
roughs, the Douglas -Simons and
Gordon Junior High.
Land acquisition requests included
American University Park for a
new school, land adjoining the
Slater School for play space and
land at the Bell School for recrea-
ton.
In addition to a new assistant
superintendent of schools, person.
mel demands included an assistant
principal, clerk. teachers and
librarian at Deal Junior High: an
assistant principal at Woodrow Will
son High, clerk at Paul Junior
High, teachers at the Terrell Junior
High, teachers for the Webster
Americanization School, clerk for
the Brent-Dent School. a vocational
adviser, 80 teachers for the shut in
children and an increase in the at
tendance department.
Attendance Officer Asked.
Mr.. Harris asked for the attend
ance officers. asserting, There are
too many kids playing hockey"
Miss M. Virginia O'Neill of the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
ton spoke in behalf of an under
pass from the Powell Junior High
to the johnson annex.
While admitting that the replace
ment of the Grant -Weightman
School Is contemplated in the grad
ual replacement program of the
schools, Mrs. Belle Cutler Parker
argued that it should be given prior
ity as an economy move. On the
basis OF per capita expense, she said,
the District will save $164,823 by 50
doing
Eight of the nine members of the
board were on hand for the meet
ing. presided over by Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president. They
were Charles D. Drayton. Mrs.
Philip Sidney Smith, Col West A.
Hamilton, Robert A. Maurer, Mrs.
Velma G. Williams, John H. Wilson,
Gratz E. Dunkum and Mrs. Doyle.
Supt. Frank w. Ballou was also on
hand, as were First Assistant Supts.
Robert L. Haycock and Garnet c.
Wilkinson.
DR.. Ballou argued with William
Shrout of the Peabody School over
the condition of the schools boil
ers. DR.. Ballou denied they had
been condemned, but said they were
scheduled for replacement when the
funds were made available.
Condemned is the wrong word
to use." the superintendent said.
'"The boilers have been inspected
and there is no danger Of their
blowing up"