Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-09
County Schools
Expect 40,500
Pupils Tomorrow
Number Would Set
Record in Montgomery
And Prince Georges

And Prince Georges
Public schools of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties will reopen
tomorrow with an enrolment which
is expected to be the largest in the
history of the two counties school
systems.
Edgar M. Douglass, acting super
intendent of Montgomery County
schools, said the final count of stu
dents, on basis of yesterdays first
registrations, probably will approach
the 1900 mark, 1000 more than
last years enrolment.
A similar increase is expected in
Prince Georges County where regis
trations and the opening of classes
will be held simultaneously tomor-
row. School Supt. G. Gardner Shu-
CART predicted that 23,500 students
about $4,000 for elementary schools
and the remainder for high schools
will attend the SO public schools
of the county this year. This also
represents 1,000-pupil increase
over last year, he said.
20 More Montgomery Teachers.
Montgomery County's 66 schools
will have about TOO teachers, 10
more than last year.
AS the teachers resume their
duties, they will be drawing salaries
representing increases of between
$500 and 81 200 over last years scale.
The scale now runs from $4,000 to
SIS, 300.
New facilities in the county's
school system this year will be head
ed by a $215,680 l2-room addition to
the Montgomery Hills Junior High
School, Silver Spring.
Other new facilities include:
A four-room addition, costing
$4,000, to the Gaithersburg Ele-
mentary School; six rooms and a
cafeteria addition costing $4,000
to the Lynbrook Elementary School.
Bethesda; a new school for the
Kensington-W Wheaton area, contain
ing six rooms and costing $148, 400;
four rooms added to the Pinecrest
Elementary School, Silver Spring,
s80,600, and an eight-room addition
to the Woodlin Elementary School
costing $133,794, in North Silver
Spring.
The term will commence for the
first time in 81 years without the
guidance OF DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
superintendent, who is recuperating
in Montgomery County General
Hospital from a heart attack and
stroke.
$50 Prince Georges Teachers.
A total of 100 teachers, So more
than last term, will intruct in
Prince Georges County, Mr.. Shu-
cart said. All positions have been
filled, except three-two industrial
arts assignments and colored ele-
mentary school post, he added.
The only new structure awaiting
pupils of the county is the COM
petely renovated Cheverly- Tuxedo
Elementary School, which will be
opened for the first time since
March, 1916.
Six caassroons, an auditorium and
cafeteria have been added to its
original four rooms at cost of
s252,000. Only the classrooms are
expected to be ready for classes to-
morrow, however, with work to con-
tlnue on construction of the re-
mainder of the school.
Regardless of whether 1t will be
ready for use in time for the first
session tomorrow morning, the
school still will hold registrations
for all pupils, according to Mrs.
Gee L. kaufman, principal. A
formal dedication of the structure
is planned for October IL by the
Cheverly- Tuxedo Parent Teacher
Association, Harry B. Lyman, pres
ident of the group, announced.
Parochial Students to Ride.
For the first time since the Mary
land General Assembly authorized
it earlier this year, public school
buses Of the county will be used to
transport parochial school pupils,
starting tomorrow. Such a system
already is in effect in Montgomery
County. ....
Mr.. Shugart said the service will
be provided where routes already
are established Parochial pupils
along these routes, he explained,
will be permitted to ride to point
nearest their schools.
Although most of the parochial
schools opened last week, county
transportation has not been pro-
vided so far because none of the
buses were in operation, Mr.. Shugart
said
Such transportation still will not
be available to parochial students
OF the Hyattsvllle or Mount Rainier
areas since no county bus routes
are established in these communi-
ties, Mr.. Shugart said.
The school superintendent said
he had no estimate of the number
of new pupils to be transported on