Evening star., 1948-09-12
Peak Load Of $1,000
Expected at Arlington,
Montgomery Schools

Public schools in Montgomery and
Arlington Counties will open their
doors tomorrow to a record $1,000
children as school officials prepare
to combat the crowded conditions
that will result. @
More than 21,Ooe boys and girls
are expected to report to the schools
in Montgomery County. about 1000
more than last year. Arlington
school officials anticipate some in
crease over the 10,O69 enrolment OF
last year but do not believe double
shifts will be necessary.
Glasses began last Tuesday and
Wednesday in schools of Prince
Georges and Fairfax Counties and
in Alexandria.
In Montgomery County, school
officials hope to have one new ele-
mentary school and additions to Is
others ready for occupancy this
month. The new school, located of
Flower avenue near Piney Branch
road, Silver Spring, plus the addi-
tions, will provide about 10 more
classrooms, according to Edgar M
Douglas, assistant superintendent OF
schools.
Takes $50 Teachers
At the same time, about 750 teach
ers will be on hand for the opening
of school, an increase Of about SO
over the staff last year.
In Arlington, new additions will
help ease overcrowded classrooms
at two schools. Six new rooms have
been added to Stonewall Jackson
Elementary School and three rooms
to the Woodlawn Elementary School
In another move to combat over
crowding that some Arlington
schools experienced last year, about
23O junior high school students will
be taught in Thomas Nelson Page
and Woodrow Wilson Elementary
Schools instead of one of the four
regular junior high schools.
Arlington also has available more
than 1,OOO, 900 of bond issue money
to build new elementary schools. No
plans for the new schools have been
drawn, however.
Prince Georges County schools
opened last Wednesday with ap-
proximately 23,50O students, an in
crease of about 1,5OO over last year
in the county's 80 schools.
Contrary to the fears of many
county residents, no double shifts
twere necessary. Such may be the
case In some areas of the county
next year, however, according to
School Supt. G. Gardner Shugart.
The threat of a double shift was
averted by the opening of additions
to three schools.
The new Landover Hills Elemen-
tary School was expected to be
ready for occupancy tomorrow and
additions to two other schools will
be ready later in the semester.
New Marlboro School.
The new Frederick Sasscer High
School at Upper Marlboro Is ex-
pected to be completed about De-
cember /, while a similar high
school at Oxon Hill is slated fol
completion by spring. A new voca-
tional center at Bladensburg, part OF
proposed new high school in thai
community, also is expected to be
ready by next September.
Also on the construction program
for this coming year are the open.
ing of bids for a new junior-seniol
high school for colored pupils al
Fairmount Heights and preparation
of plans for new senior high schools
in the Hyattsville and Suitlane
areas.
Before these last projects can b
started, and most likely before
others can be completed, the county
will have to obtain authorization
Of the Maryland State Legislature
in January to sell more bonds ts
Iprovide funds. Bonds totaling $4,000.
900 were sold in each of the last
two years, using all of the available
authority.
Probably the most critical class.
room space problem will be in Fair.
fax County where more than 12O0t
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