Evening star., 1949-11-13
CountyMaYDrop
High School if
bondsAreVoted
Fuirfox Program
May Be Sufficient if
Territory Is Annexed

Territory Is Annexed
Fairfax School Supt. w. T.
Woodson indicated yesterday that
the county may no longer need
Falls Church School if a proposed
county bond issue is authorized.
He added that If Falls Church
is successful in annexing sur
round territory, a school construc-
ton program to be financed by the
county bond issue probably would
be sufficient to take care Of stu
dents remaining outside the city
limits.
Among the proposals which
would be considered in a construc-
ton program, Mr.. Woodson said,
is new high school at Spring.
field, nine miles south Of Falls
Church.
The county now controls and
operates the Falls Church High
School and one Of the two elemen-
tary schools there. To date county
officials have indicated they would
not give up the high school under
any circumstances.
Bond Vote Set Saturday.
Meanwhile, city property own
ers were preparing to vote Satur-
day on a school bond issue OF their
own. It would authorize 100000
worth of bonds to build a new
iunior-senior high school and a
primary school. and to improve
Madison Elementary School. The
latter is the only existing school
now owned by the city. Some
residents have questioned whether
the city should build high school
when there already is one within
the city limits.
Mr.. Woodson said that pro-
posals which may be included in
the county bond issue had been
discussed with Robert M. Cullum.
president of the combined Falls
Church Parent Teacher Associa-
tions, and school officials.
The superintendent said new
elementary schools have been sug-
gested for Bailey's Crossroads.
Shirley-Duke, Graham road,
Westlawn, Willston, Woodburn
and Franklin Sherman, all near
Falls Church.
Additions to schools in and near
Falls Church have been proposed
as follows: For Oak Street. audi
torium; Chesterbrook, four rooms:
Dunn-Loring, three rooms; Ty-
sons, six rooms; Annandale. seven
rooms; Lincolnia. three rooms.
and Weyanoake, four rooms.
Meeting Set Tomorrow.
The superintendent said q
meeting of the County School
Board with the School Emergency
Committee Is scheduled for to-
morrow night at Fairfax to dis
cuss the proposed new construc-
ton and additions. The commit
tee has offered to get signatures
to a petition calling for a refer
endum on a county bond issue.
Early this year the committee
was obtaining signatures for a
proposed bond issue referendum
when LaRue Van Meter, Falls
Church city attorney. said partici-
patton of city residents in the
bond vote might be illegal be-
cause Falls Church was entitled to
become a separate school district
as a result of its newly-acquired
second-class city status. The COM
mittee then dropped its plans
temporarily.
enrolment at Falls Church schools
district was created in June. City
residents will not participate in
the county referendum now being
proposed.
I Supt. Woodson listed present
enrolment Falls Church schools
as: Madison. 962 including 71S
students from the county; Oak
Street, tbs, including 404 from the
county and Falls Church High
School, 978, including 73l from
the county.
| He said that in meetings last
week with School Board members.
PTA officers and members and
principals, he had found recogni-
ton of the acute need for school
construction and strong support
for the bond issue program.
! Cites Report to Congress.
The superintendent cited re-
port he had prepared for the
House Education and Labor Com
Imittee in which he reported that
I2. 2.237 Fairfax County children are
sattending classes in rs temporary
classrooms. The makeshift class
Erooms include Quonset nuts, par
ltitioned auditoriums, libraries,
principals Offices. clinic rooms,
Easements, storage rooms,
churches and buildings in trailer
camps. according to the report. In
addition, Az children, Mr.. Wood
son said, are attending IA classes
operated on double shifts.
Many more housing and apart
ment projects are under way in
the county, he added. and others
are planned.
The proposals to be considered
by the School Board and the
Emergency Committee include:
Centreville District: Centreyille
Elementary, add four rooms; Cliff
ton Elementary, add four rooms.
Colored students now attending
Cub Run School to attend. the
Fairfax colored elementary school.
Dranesville District: Floris, al
Ter four-room building to provide
three primary classrooms; Forest
vile. new building on new site,
40 classrooms. A new high school
tube built at Herndon, the present
high school to be used as an ele-
mentary school. Two colored
schools in Dranesville District to
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