Evening star., 1952-07-02
Building Plans
For Schools Cut
In Montgomery
Program Is Sliced
To Fit So Million
Allotted by Council

Allotted by Council
The Montgomery County Board
# Education last night revised
is proposed $11 million building
program to fit the So million ap-
to it by the Mont
,omery County Council.
Only Is our of 72 projects were
crapped entirely, with three ma
or projects being retained in their
lntirety. 4
These include a new 50 million
senior Junior high school at
Wheaton. a gymnasium at the
Montgomery Blair High School,
Ind an eight-classroom. four
shop and library building for
High School at Sandy
Spring.
Victory for Critics.
The Sherwood project. designed
to replace the present school
there, represents a victory for
Sandy Spring residents who last
week protested that the 43-year-
old school was a "firetrap."
The program also provides that
plans be prepared for additions to
the Oakview, Mckinney Hills, and
w heaton Woods Elementary
Schools. and that sites be acquired
and plans prepared for the Olney
(Sycamore Acres, Grosvenor Lane
and New Hampshire Estates Ele-
mentary Schools, but that actual
construction of the projects be
postponed.
Economy Proposals.
Economy proposals included lop-
ping off kitchens and all-purpose
rooms for schools of less than IL
classrooms and provides that IL
braries and all-purpose rooms be
designed to serve as temporary
classrooms if needed.
Assistant Supt. Richard E. Car
penter. who prepared the report
on the new building program, sug-
gested that place be prepared
for a new unit at the Lincoln
Junior High School, but that con-
struction be postponed for a year.
He said the unit might be smaller
than now planned, pending a re-
study of future Negro high school
enrollments after school opens this
fall.
A list of projects and alloca-
tionS follows:
Avenel Gardens Elementary.
$4,000; Bethesda Chevy Chase
Senior High. $4,000; Bethesda
Elementary. $1,000: Brookmont
Elementary. $4,000; Clarksburg
Elementary, $4,000; Gathers
burg High athletic field, $4,000;
Glen Haven Elementary, $4,000:
Glenmont Elementary. $4,000:
Highland Elementary, $4,000:
Highland View Elementary, $21,-
900; Hillandale Elementary, ST..
600, and Lynnbrook Elementary.
$4,000.
Also. Montgomery Blair Senior
High, $124,000; Montgomery
Knolls Elementary, $4,000; North
Bethesda Junior High, $44, 900;
Parkwood Elementary, $33, 900:
Pleasant View Elementary, SILL
500: Poolesville High School, $61,-
900; Richard Montgomery High,
$27. 900; Rolling Terrace Ele-
mentary. $4,000; Sherwood High.
$124, 900; Twinbrook Elementary.
$4,000; Wood Acres Elementary.
$35, 900; Wyngate Elementary.
$24, 900; Leland Junior High, $4,-
300, and Social Agencies Build.
ing. $4,000.
New Building Projects.
New site and construction
projects are as follows:
Wheaton Junior Senior High.
SIS classrooms, library.
cafeteria and gymnasium, So mil
lion; Western Junior High, $780,.
600; KenSington Junior High.
100000; Montgomery Blair
Senior High. 100000; Sherwood
High, 100000; Bradley Elemen-
tary, $4,000; Damascus Elemen-
tary, $175,000; Forest Grove Ele-
mentary. 100000; Weller Road
Elementary, $460,000; Colesville
Elementary. 100000; Horner
Tract Elementary, 1920, GOO;
Twinbrook Elementary, $4,000:
Elementary north of Viers Mill
road, $485. 900. and Rock Creek
Forest Elementary, $230.000.
Also, North Chevy Chase Ele-
mentary, 5000 Bannockburn
Elementary. 100000; Hunting
Hill Elementary, 1920, 900; Glen
Haven Elementary, $4,000;
Suburban Negro Elementary, $780,
600; Viers Mill Elementary, $i20.-
600; McKenney Hills Elementary.
SIS 900; Oakview Elementary, So
900; Olney (Sycamore AZ Ele-
mentary, $4,000; Grosvenor Lane
Elementary, SAC. 900; New Hamp-
shire Estates Elementary, $35, 900:
Lincoln Junior High. $4,000;
Rockville Junior High. $4,000;
DarneStown Elementary. $4,000:
Wheaton Woods Elementary, $12,-
600; North Wheaton Junior High,
$25. 900; elementary east of Lone
Oak Elementary, $1,000, and fur
niture and equipment, $153, 900.
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