Evening star., 1944-01-13
S14,578,S4O School
Financing Provides
For Seven New Sites

Appropriation OF 1867 500 for pur-
chase of seven school sites and
drafting Of plans for eight school
buildings or additions was proposed
in the 1945 District budget, for
warded to Congress today, in recog-
milton of the necessity of providing
| facilities for increased population in
newly developed sections of the city.
For the purchase of sites $781, 500
is requested and $4,000 for plans
for future projects, the largest OF
which would be erection of junior
high school to replace the present
Hine Junior High School.
The school budget totals $14,578,-
$40, an increase of S1.846,488 over
the current appropriation. More
than $1,340.000 of the requested in
crease is for new overtime pay re-
quirements for the SYSTEMS 4,5O0
employes.
Provides for More Clerks.
An additional $63,260 will provide
10 clerks at the Franklin School,
two inspectors to supervise custodial
work and school equipment. and 16
clerks for the eight elementary
school divisions. Fifteen custodial
salaries are provided to relieve over
work by the present staff.
Salaries for an assistant principal
at Stuart Junior High School and at
Eliot Junior High School are IN
cluded. For the first time the
budget estimates also provide an
official car and chauffeur for in
spection trips by the members of
the Board of Education.
In addition to the overtime pay,
other wartime adjustments antici-
pated by the estimates are an $l8,-
600 increase in cost of oil and coal
and a s35 900 increase in cost of
books and supplies,
| No teaching salary increases are
provided in the estimates School
authorities plan to meet sharp in
crease in pupils in certain sections
of the city by shifting teachers from
areas affected by the slight decline
in the total school population.
School Building Plans.
New schools for which sites are
provided In the estimates include:
A 24-room elementary school build
ing with an assembly hau-gymna-
sium in the vicinity of Third and l.
streets NV. for replacement of the
present Walker and Jones Schools:
eight-room extens1ble elementary
school with ground for physical edu-
cation in the vicinity of Fifteenth
and Ham1fn streets NE; 16-room
elementary school building vicinity
of Fifty-third and Drake streets
Sc; 16-room elementary school
building with assembly han-gymna- =
sium, vicinity of Peabody School,
to replace Peabody, Hilton and Car
berry Schools; playground to repace
space now needed for building al
terations at Shaw Junior High
School, 24-room elementary school,
with assembly hall-gymnasium, vi
cinity of Amidon School for replace
ment OF the present Amidon, Fair
brother and Greeneaf Schoos. and
junior high school and playground
in the vicinity of First and Pierce
streets NV. to replace Terrell Ju-
nior High School.
! Schools for which funds for prep
aration OF plans and specifications
are Included are: Eight-room eemen-
tary school in the vicinity of Kenil-
worth avenue and Barnes ane NE:
eight-room elementary school addi-
ton on site of Logan Schoo; eight
room extensible elementary school
vicinity Of Stanton road and Bruce
place Sc: five-room addition to
Taft Junior High School, with two
gymnasiums: 15-room junior high
school addition on second and third
floors of Banneker Junior High
School; 24-room elementary school
building, in vicinity of Nichols ave-
nue and Sumner road Sc. to re-
place Birney School: junior high
school in vicinity of Ninth and C
streets Sc. to the Hine School and
Broom eementary schoos in
vicinity of New Jersey avenue and
P street NV, to replace Morse and
TWining Schoos.