Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Record S36 Million
School Budget Asked
Due 10 0vercrowdinq

Plagued by overcrowded class
rooms and too many pupils per
teacher in the colored schools, the
Board of Education today asked
the Commissioners for a whopping
$50 million budget for fiscal 1858.
The record request of exactly
$50, 262, 300 is $6,657.550 more than
Congress appropriated for the cur
rent year.
Included are requests for Eli
new positions. money to construct
nine new buildings or additions
to existing buildings and money
for five new buildings or additions.
Funds to buy sites for another
three new neutrality-suspicious. and
additions to four Fairgrounds also
were asked.
Fund Use Earmarked.
OF the $12,007,000 asked for
construction projects. $2,780, 900
was earmarked for white schools
and $9,146, 100 for colored schools.
In addition, the school board asked
another $l,08l 900 for permanent
improvements to existing build
ings for total capital outlay of
$13,088, 900.
OF the new positions sought,
the most important is a new as
sociate superintendent who would
be in charge of the colored junior
and vocational high schools at a
salary of $6,730.
A total of SIS new teachers was
asked for the colored Junior high
schools to bring the pupil-teacher
ratio up to the School Board
standard of one teacher per %
pupils. For the colored elementary
schools, an additional q teachers
were requested, also to adjust the
pupil-teacher ratio.
Other Positions Asked.
Other positions asked include
20 librarians for the junior high
schools, maintenance engineer
for the white schools, an auditor
IA co-ordinator of athletics, 30
clerks and ITS maintenance per-
sonnet.
The School Board again re-
quested $4,000 to draw plans for
the nuch-deSired main admins
tration building. Administrative
officials now are at the old Frank
lin School and dozens of other To-
cations throughout the city. It
would be built at Thirteenth and
UpShur streets NV.
Funds were requested for the
following new construction prof.
ects:
- WHITE. SCHOOLS.
S399.640 for an addition to accommodate
80 new pupils and give other needed
I N;nth = new elementary school near
e serve 0l2 pupils from the Congress-
d aeignts area now forced to travel long
Randle Highlands Elementary School
3 s55 $50 for an addition to accommodate
crowded situation getting worse each year;
replacement building as the present obso-
lete structure is the oldest white school
IN the city without auditorium, cafeteria
COLORED SCHOOLS.
Armstrong High School, $4,S45. 632 for
PARK W NE p6nSaf to a Fl bu sbo IN
POO Tor an addition to bring building up
to Standard; Randall Junior High School.
Sd34 600 for an addition consisting Of q
and ground improvements.
Syphax Elementary School. S2ss.s50 for
an addition to serve 324 more children
be, the frst school so designated for
colored children in the city school system
Projects for whcih the School
Board asked plan money are:
WHITE SCHOOLS.
Anaeostia High School, $4,000 to plan
an addition to meet overcrowding and ex-
pected increases in enrolment; new
Mississippi avenue Sc, $4,000 to p dr
for this So million project.
COLORED SCHOOLS.
Shaw Junior High School. S45,218 tt
present building; siowe Elementary School
$4,000 to plan an addition 20 serve 324
more students: Washington Vocationa
High School. 1882 900 for both sites anC
plans of an addition to house 403 NOR
students.
Site money was requested for thu
following projects:
WHITE SCHOOLS.
| Anacostia High School. $25 900 to pur
chase additional land needed for tn
athletic field; Stanton Elementary School
1850. 900 for adjacent property for a play
lground; Tyler Elementary School. S20. 00t
| for adjacent land for a playground.
COLORED SCHOOLS.
| site for new elementary school a.
Fifty-sLxth and East Capitol streets, S103
| 500; site of a new elementary school a
Twenty first and K streets NV to replac,
the present Stevens, Elementary School
| $500, 900; additional land for a play
ground for the planned Terrell Junior High
iSchool, $250.e00; site of new elementar,
Ischool ct Seventh and L streets Sc t,
replace the present Van Ness Elementar.
School. 100000.
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