Evening star., 1948-07-24
3 Montgomery
Schools Require
|45% Of Bonds
Is Projects Covered
In Estimates to
Commissioners

The completion Of three school
construction projects in Montgomery
County win cost more than $780,
000-approximately As per cent Of
q 100000 school bond issue re-
Gently authorised.
These are senior high schools In
Damascus and Rockville and a
Junior high In Takoma Park. The
Rockville building will be for colored
pupils.
The County Board Of Education
listed final estimates for these and
"a other construction projects In a
statement on its capital outlay
program, which was transmitted
yesterday to the Montgomery Coun-
ty commissioners In preparation
for floating the bonds In September.
The board has set aside q total
Of $2,413,756 for construction, in
cluding additions to existing school
plants in all parts Of the County.
Among other items for which 1t
made allocations are land Purchases,
building reconditioning, furniture
and equipment, and new buses. It
left $685. Of the bond issue un.
apportioned.
Five New School Plants.
The statement showed that five
new school plants are included in
the program which Richard Car
penter, assistant superintendent in
charge of construction, said he
hoped will be completed by Sep
tember, 1949.
The new buildings will be:
Flower avenue elementary school,
10 classrooms for approximately $50
pupils; ALLEGATION of $96,408 out Of
new bonds to supplement $129, ,465
from a previous issue.
Damascus High School. u class
rooms, gymnasium, cafeteria -audi-
torium combination, for about 800
pupils; new ALLEGATION Of 1864, $50 to
supplement previous sum of $49, 1000.
Forest Glen elementary school, 8
classrooms for about 300 pupils;
new ALLEGATION Of $182,960 supple
ments previous commitment Of
5000.
High school at Rockville for col3
ored pupils, about 10 rooms for 800
pupils, new ALLEGATION Of $3.50, 900.
Elementary school for colored at
Laytonsville, Z rooms for about 200
pupils, new ALLEGATION Of $175,000.
The Junior high school In Takoma
Park is already under construction.
The board authorized q new alloca-
tion of $409, ,460 to supplement the
previous sum Of $43,920 on this
project, which calls for classrooms,
a library, gymnasium and other
facilities.
Other projects included in the
school program, and the amounts
of ALLEGATIONS from new and pre-
vious bond issues, respectively, are
as follows:
Potomac elementary, $24,s7o and
$65, 1916.
Westbrook elementary, $s2,esl and
s21s,281.
Glenmont elementary, $50 1862 and
$s0,178.
Kensington elementary, $56,s51
and $139,850.
Gaithersburg High School, 1885
and $52,143.
Lincoln High School gymnasium,
$s,750 and $9l.659.
Colesville elementary, $14,249 and
s3s,7S1.
Alta Vista elementary, $466 and
$52,533.
Bradley elementary, $15.775 and
s29. 9.104.
Parkside elementary. $1a761 and
$26,140.
Rockville elementary, $17,042 and
s10,503.
Outdoor privies, colored schools,
$6,640 and $16,674.
Sherwood elementary, $79,270 and
10000.
Pleasant View elementary, $l4s,-
$50 and $12,849.
Montgomery Hills Junior High
School gymnasium, $180,400 from
the new issue and none from the
old.
Four Corners elementary, none on
the new and $28,813 from old.
Rockville elementary (another
contract). none new and ST, old.
Woodlin elementary, none new
and s17.125.
Montgomery County Junior Col.
lege, none new and $24,016.
Board Accepts Land.
In connection with the building
the Board Of Education
disclosed that it had accepted from
w. w. Rapley four acres Of land
and $4,000 for the purchase Of an
additional acre as the future site
of an elementary school on New
Hampshire avenue, extended.
Mr.. Rapley agreed to donate i've
acres Of land when he was petition
ing the county commissioners for q
zoning change which would permit
him to construct q 1,000-unit apart.
ment project, known as Northwest
Park. Unable to obtain the fifth
acre, he contributed the $4,000.
Work on the big development
south Of Hillandale Is expected to
be started next month.