Evening star., 1952-08-13
County Lacking
IS Teachers as
Fa||Term Nears
Some Untruined
College Graduates
Hired in Emergency

Montgomery County is short
35 elementary school teachers for
the coming year. despite efforts
to fill teacher needs.
"The needed supply of teachers
is not in existence" School Supt
E. w. Broome told the Board OF
Education yesterday. In some
cases. he said, unframed college
graduates had to be hired on a
temporary basis to fill the gaps
The State requires permanent
professional teachers to have haC
81 hours of teacher training.
''We started two months before
the schools closed in the spring
and the list of new teachers was
exhausted long ago." DR.. Broome
said.
Only 80 teachers Of the 29O ap-
pointed turned the county down
and DR.. Broome said that is not
a high percentage. However
Board Chairman Thomas S. jack
son appointed a special board
committee to study the reasons
for the refusals to teach in the
county. He called teacher pro-
curement 'our most important
concern"
100 for Requirements.
Montgomery required 100 new
teachers for the coming year, as
well as 100 requirements.
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties need 500 new
teachers a year." DR.. Broome said,
"yet we get only 20 teachers from
Maryland normal schools" He
said he has discussed with State
authorities the possibility of a
special area training center for
elementary school teachers.
Eight clerical employees Of the
Montgomery County school Sys-
TEN will face salary cuts, ranging
up to $500 a year, as result OF
a school budget cut made by the
County Council.
The Board of Education un-
happily approved the revised pay
schedule for the secretaries and
clerks of the county schools. as
submitted by DR.. Broome. The
total budget allowance for the
item was $125, 900, or $26,935 be-
low the $151,93 asked by the
school board to pay the clerks
This represents a cut of more
than 20 per cent, but board off,
cials managed to ease the sever
ity of the salary slashes by other
economies.
School Begins Sept. 5.
The 1928 school year, as
adopted by the board yesterday
will begin on Monday, September
8, and end on June II. The tradi-
tional Memorial Day holiday was
cancelled. since Memorial Day
will fall on a Saturday, and the
extra day off will be granted fol
the State teachers meetings from
october 16 to 18. The school cal
endar includes an eight-day
Christmas recess and a six-day
Easter holiday.
The school board answered s
Glenmont School PTA complaint
that classroom floors are weak il
the new school building by pro.
ducing technical inspection re.
ports showing the strength to bt
more than adequate" Elaborats
strength tests were made on tht
floor by covering them with ton!
of sand and measuring the strain
Approve Principal.
In other business yesterday, thu
board approved appointment o1
Mrs. Agnew Drewry as principa
of the Fairland School and tt
serve also as supervisor for thai
and neighboring schools. Fred.
erick L. Dunn was named as 6
supervisor in charge of pupil per.
Sonnel work.
The board accepted the resigna.
ton of William Whalen, director
of school construction. It namec
Matthew Humphrey, Branisor
Smith and Harold Thomas a:
Trustees of Sandy Spring Consoli.
dated School.
Two abandoned Negro schools
Smithville and Spencer, were
turned over to community use
The board authorized the pur.
chase of a nine-acre tract in the
Connecticut Avenue Estates sub.
division for school site at So, ,5O(
per acre. Condemnation proceed.
ings were authorized for a three
acre tract needed to round out the
North Chevy Chase Elementary
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