Evening star., 1949-06-08
PrinceGeorges
Votes 8.MiIIion
School Program
Slot Mochine Toxes
To Be Applied to
Operot,ns sudeet

Authority was kArs YESTERDAY
les Isrs sshaa! s@sll,isgsgs 81 - nsSs
Caceggrs C<st4ntf - eost as ssatl
S. aaa coo ~sgEgn t3ss nsAt YEA,
The Prince CsS<aRea sssaaaa3s~
s4es2rrs approved tlse saats 81
vast constr Ia tacs4 ptysgTAEs ~ As-
Sal ftak ttas hoard ~ kAsaC AnEa
that II Waa2d ass9sls fSa = STATE
grant of siEts 500 AID nsAkr sr
Tie resi- hy nNvoe sssE ff0sn .
State eFvSsH pos3
In addition t31e csaaa III kNssotsrfs
voseSt Ia apply nra siei rsatsatss
TAX revenues a. thf cS,as9}F ~ ssesal
operating budget Operation "a.
The machines Sas lcgalasri ey
Prince 1seorses voters lsAl weeA
County os1e2ais estimate thai Tr-
rt spis from llcrnsss and tAArs osi
them may run a. high ss s2oo eN'a
annually
To Rasruw Maximum
School Supt q Gardner shu-
CART explained that to SET .he
State grant fer s,hool building
the county must pot up at least
50 for each dollas received Igals
would aying the county share Ia
a little less than g. etso tstNo he
sala however. that Prince urosers
Is entitled 10 borrow an 10 -
$50 600 from tbr credit Tsaol,
which ID hased on tie Sheftsow
plan Of returning State tnonry IN
lCS alitleS
The Commissioner decided 10
borrow the MAXIMUM and u'us
assured the Board ef Education
that II wants an 80 600 600 ellild"
Ing program.
Types of school construction
probably wlll he dee ided In q cor
ference at . am Friday he'Seen
the Commissioners. school effsrials
and architects, DtTinE preliminary
discussions yesterday. the Com
missionsrs advocated less eapen-
sive structures than proposed by
the educators.
Sup,. Sl,usArt aaid hIs board
favors building 10 Ia i2-roosn
elementary schools at Thirty
fourth and Webster streets. TO
serve Mount Rainier and Brent
wood, and on the McCosmsek-
0oodhArt tract near University
lane and New Hampshire avenue.
TO serve n new development
The board also save hiah priority
TO three proposed senior Junior
high schools and All addition 10
Fairmont Heights High School iof
Negroes. on which start has been
made
To Relieve Cro~dins.
Tbs school authorities said ne~
high schools will enable TIE board
| To "ffee older schools for cir.
fnentary classes. AinosfK thoss
which would come available undsr
present construction plans are the
Maryland Park. Lyndon Hll. sur
rattsvllle and BisdenAburg Schools.
Questioned about critical crowd
inE nj Aeer Road Elementary
School. supt. ahusari said rellst
will come through this year . asidi-
ton Of Is claksrooms In the area
and % more the next year,
The commissioners decision TO
Use slot machine revenues for tho
school operating budget partly
answered the pleas Of a delegation
OF Is persons representing civic
organizations and Parent Teacher
Associations. Headed by Carroll
w. Palmer. president Of the CosIn-
~ Council Of PTAs, tiisy urssd
restoration OF q s345 900 cut made
recently In the Board OF Eduea.
ton budget
Another delegation Of 10 women
criticized conditions at several
eourny schools. particularly H~s :
brock Elementary. and urged that
facilities there be brought up
10 standard 3"
The commissioners SvTs ad-
yissd by their CLERK. Linden Bfts-
coe. that the proposal 10 fasas
teacher pension payments 10 tl0e
monthly. tn cases where lhry do
not already set that much. would
cost the county an estimated
t3o.iie annually.
Mr.. Briscoe reported that IS
retired teachers nov receive pay.
rnents ranging from ti3s7 on ap
based on their retirement date
Authority 10 rdiae the pensaon
rate vas given the commissioners
during the last session of the