Evening star., 1947-10-08
$2,800,000T Total
OF Bonds Voted
In Montgomery
Issue Will Be Utilized
For School and Rood
Construction Program

1Or new construction ana ADDITIONS
to existing buildings: $19O,S00 fol
four new school sites and enlarge.
ment of grounds at two schools
S39, 900 for land options, $67, 900 fol
furniture and $4,000 for school re.
conditioning, including moderniza
ton of equipment and improvements
to buildings and grounds.
At the same time, however, Schoo
Board officials emphasized the list
is only tentative and is subject tt
revision.
Only Rural Roads Affected.
The road program calls for $517,.
500 to be spent next year on new
construction along 18 county road.
and ,$282, 500 for repair and main.
tenance of existing roads ane
bridges. All of the roads affected
are in the rural area of the county
According to the Board of Edu.
cations list, the $1,251, ,425 for new
construction will be spent as fol.
lows:
North Four Corners Elementary
$30,345; Potomac Elementary, $75,-
900; Glenmont Elementary, $4,000;
Westbrook Elementary, $195,OO0;
Rockville Elementary, $4,000; Ken
sington Elementary, 100000; Ia
koma Park Junior High, 100000
Also, Parkside Elementary, $1e,-
0So; Gaithersburg High, s37,1O0;
Bradley Elementary, $4,000; sher-
wood Elementary, $4,000; Coles
vile Elementary. $4,000; Flower
Avenue Elementary, $4,000; Mont
gomery Blair High shop, $4,000;
Damascus High, 100000; Alta
Vista Elementary, 100000; Mont
gomery Hills Junior High, $4,000.
Also, new colored elementary
school, $4,000; new colored high
$4,000; Bethesda Chevy
Chase High temporary gymnasium,
$42,400; Lincoln High temporary
gym, $31 300; junior college build
ing, 31,800, and Woodlin Elemen-
tary, $4,000.
$97 500 for Junior High Site.
Land purchases include $97, 500
for a site for a new western subur-
ban Junior high school, $1,000 for
a new elementary school on Flower
avenue, $4,000 for a new colored
high school, $4,000 for a new
colored elementary school, $500
for an addition to the Gaithersburg
High School grounds and $4,000 for
extension Of the Laytonsville
Elementary School grounds.
School sites on which the Board
Of Education plans to take options
or buy are the Brookmont Elemen-
tary, $4,000; Forest Glen Elemen-
tary, $4,000; Homewood Elementary,
$4,000; East-West Highway Elemen-
tary, $1,000; Glenhaven Elementary,
$4,000; Western Suburban Elemen-
tary, $4,000; Eastern Suburban
Junior High, $500, and Bradley
Junior High, $10,400.
The school reconditioning item of
$449, 900 is broken down in the
Board of Education's list as fol-
lows:
Modernization Of equipment, in
Guiding new equipment for cafe
terias, laboratories, vocational shops
and for general county use, $7l, 600.
Bethesda School to Be Improved.
Building improvements, $3.50, 900,
to be spent at the following schools:
Laytonsville Elementary, Cal
thersburg High, Leland Junior High,
Bethesda Elementary, Montrose Ele-
mentary, Garrett Park Elementary,
Silver Spring intermediate, East
Silver Spring Elementary, Rockville
Elementary, Poolesville High, Rich
ard Montgomery High, Colesville
Elementary, Chevy Chase Ele-
mentary, Bethesda = Chevy Chase
High and Montgomery Blair High.
The remaining $125,000 will be
spent in improving the grounds at
Montgomery Blair High, Bethesda
Chevy Chase High, Richard Mont
gomery High, Kensington Junior
High, Montgomery Hills Junior
High, Takoma Park Junior High,
Woodlin Elementary, Alta Vista
Elementary, Lynnbrook Elementary,
Westbrook Elementary, Bradley Ele-
and Gaithersburg High.
No breakdown was given of the
roads and bridges on which $282, 500
will be spent for improvement and
maintenance.