Evening star., 1942-07-29
New BUILDINGS
Ease Crowded
County Schools
10 Being Completed
In Prince Georges,
Officials Reveal

Adequate educational facilities will
be assured Prince Georges County
school children on completion of the
new junior-senior high school at
T. B. and nine other schools, in
cluding two for colored children,
throughout the county, Nicholas
Orem, county superintendent of
schools, disclosed today.
The need for additional schools
was shown in enrolment figures re-
leased yesterday by Miss Kathleen
Shears, attendance officer.
In her report to the school board,
Miss Shears said a total of 20.045
students attended county schools
during the 1912 school year, an
increase of almost 1900 over the
1876 attending the various schools
in 1901. Most of this increase was
In the suburban areas of the county,
according to Mr.. Orem.
Seek New Name.
In revealing the status OF new
school construction. Mr.. Orem also
said school board officials are seek
ing name for the new T. B. school.
Several names have already been
suggested, he said, but none has
been accepted.
The nine other schools now near
ing completion are: j. Enos Ray,
Ager Road Sildercroft. Lanham,
Forestville, each of which will have
seven classrooms and a library;
Suitland, with eight claSsrooms:
Bradbury Heights, which will have
five classrooms and a workroom;
Bladensburg, colored, three class
rooms, and Oxon Hill, colored, four
classrooms.
In addition. bids have been asked
for new high school and an ad-
dition to the elementary school at
Greenbelt. Both these structures
are being financed, however, by
the Farm Security Administration
through the Public Housing Author
ity.
The T. B. school will replace the
old Baden and Brandywine schools,
which will be turned into ele-
mentary schools. It will consist of 10
classroOms, shop, cafeteria, library,
home economics room and an audi
torium and is being constructed
at cost of $l22 900, not including
the cost of equipment and land.
While an initial enrolment of $50
children is expected. Mr.. Orem said
the school has capacity of $50 to
400 children. While it is being COM
pleted, the pupils will attend the
Brandywine school, he explained.
The school will begin with the
seventh grade and will take chill
dren from four other schools
Baden, Brandywine, Accokeek and
Cheltenham. 1t also will serve the
entire southern area of the county,
he said.
Opening of the school will mark
the Inauguration of the 6-3-3 edu-
cational system now in effect in
Montgomery County schools, Mr..
Orem pointed out.
The figures, 6-3-3, he explained,
mean six years of elementary school
work, three of junior high school
and three of senior high school work.
At present, the IA system is used
seven years of elementary school
and four years of combined junior
and senior high school
Under the new system, he added,
pupils completing high school will
be able to come to the T. B. school
for an additional years work, if
they desire.
Takes Care of Increase.
Mr.. Orem estimated that all of
the new schools will house about
2.800 additional pupils, thus taking
care of present overflow and antici-
pated increase for next year."
With the exception of the T. B.
school, however officials have been
unable to make any provision for in
creased high school enrolment, Mr.
Orem noted. All of the School
Boards requests for new construc-
tion in this field, he added. placed
before the last Legislature, were re-
fused.
At present, he said, the board has
an application before the Defense
Public Works Agency, under the
new Lanham Act, for several high
school buildings, particularly for one
at Suitland, site of the new Census
Building.
He pointed out, however, that high
school enrolment in the county last
year increased only ll6 and IF this
trend continues, we will proba bly,
have very little high school increase
this year"