Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
IA Committees
To Study SchoIs
For Arlington
Board Orders Survey
Preparatory to Making
Budget Proposals

Budget Proposals
The Arlington County School
Board yesterday voted to create II
committees to study all phases Of
the educational system preparatory
to submitting recommendations for
the l948-49 school budget.
Holding its second meeting since
taking ONCE January /, the five
member board also adopted q rec
concentration of School Supt.
Fletcher Kemp that School Sites
Committee be organized. This &C.
ton was taken following Mr..
Kemp's report on how It was
planned to expend the $l,776, 900
bond issue for elementary school
construction approved by the voters
last May.
Mr.. Kemp specifically recon-
mended construction Of four new
schools and an addition to another.
He also pointed out that two other
projects, which are to be paid for
from the bond issue, already are
under way. They are additions to
the Stonewall' jackson and Wood
lawn Elementary Schools.
Construction Requested.
Mr.. Kemp's recommendations for
new schools call for a six-room
structure to replace the present
two-room frame building at Glen
carlyn; a 14-room school at North
harrington; six-room school In
the Arlington Ridge area to replace
the present Hume School, and q H.
room structure in the North Gem
trail part of the county" The rec
commended addition would consist
OF four to six rooms at the Robert
E. Lee School.
The board did not act on the
recommendations as to buildings but
did vote to request Commemorative
Attorney Denman T. Rucker for a
report on the status of the bond
issue preparatory. to selling the
bonds.
Committees Authorized.
Tne IA committees authorized ara
Personnel Policies, Maintenance of
School Buildings, Cafeterias and
School Lunches, Full-day Sessions
for First and Second Grades and
klndergartens, Entrance and Pro-
motion Policies, Health and Physical
Education, Extended School Pro-
gram (recreation and athletics) and
School Grounds, Home Economies,
Vocational Education and Practical
Arts, Music and Fine Arts, Guild
ance, Libraries, Audio-Visual Edu-
cation and Other Teaching Mate
rails and Aides, and Mental Hygiene
Personnel of the COMMITTEES will
be selected in about 10 days, Boarr
Chairman Barnard Joy said. Tit
board has directed letters to presi.
dents of county civic and educa.
tional groups asking for suggestion.
) for committee members.
The board must have the budget
ready by late next month for SUBJ
mission to the County Board, which
sets the tax rate, so that public
hearings can be held before the
date on which both the school and
county budgets must be adopted.
The fiscal year begins July /.
Fire Steps Reported.
Reporting on steps to eliminate
fire hazards in school buildings,
Assistant Supt. Charles J. Walsh
told the board that materials stored
in the Thomas Nelson Page Annex
were being moved and that bids
had been asked Demonstration of
an additional exit. He also said
conferences had been held with the
county fire chief looking toward re-
placement of fire hose at Washing
ton-Lee High School and changing
of hose fittings to correspond with
those used on county fire equipment.
In addition, Mr.. Walsh reported
bids had been requested for con-
Structing basement exit at Hume
School and repairing bullying wall
at Kate Waller Barrett School.
In reply to questions by Mrs.
Elizabeth Campbell, Mr.. Walsh said
fire drills are held each month In
all schools. Mrs. Campbell said she
had received number Of telephone
calls from parents who asserted fire
drills had not been held.
All Buildings Insured.
Colin G. Macpherson reported he
had determined that all schools are
covered with fire insurance but that
no recent appraisal Of the buildings
and correlation of values to the
amount of insurance carried had
been made. He suggested that the
consultant on planning and studies.
who the board plans to employ, do
the appraisal as one Of his first
projects.
o. Glenn Stahl, chairman Of the
committee to recommend the con-
sultant, told the board his COM
mittee had consulted a number of
leaders in the education field and
several colleges. AS a result about
Is persons have been suggested for
the position. His group will meet
Friday night to consider the appli-
cants.
The board declined to take action
on the resignation of Paul Stotler, a
teacher, who Mr.. Kemp said
gave only two days notice of his
intention to quit and offered no
reason. Mr.. Stotler, like other
teachers, had signed contract to
teach for the entire school year, Mr..
Kemp said.
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