Evening star., 1953-12-17
Fairfax Drafts
Nursery School
Licensing Law
Maryland Tragedies
Cited as Supervisors
Name Committee

Fairfax County is preparing to
regulate nursery schools. which
county officials say now operate
without any local controls.
The board of county super
visors yesterday appointed a
committee of county officials and
citizen representatives to prepare
a nursery school ordinance.
Members of the committee are
DR.. Harold Kennedy, county
health officer; Miss Frances
Duffy, welfare director: Fire
Marshal Willis H. Burton, ir.:
Assistant Commemorative At
torney Ralph Louk and Mrs.
Alma Vozzola. Mrs. R. E. De-
Butts and Mrs. A. z. Gardiner
of the Lay Health Association.
Appointment of the committee
was recommended by DR.. Ken
nedy and by the Lay Health
Association.
81 Now Operating.
Mrs. DeButts said there were
81 nursery schools operating in
the county. They accommodate
1928 children - 1868 of them
under six years old.
"The public generally doesn't
know that we have no ordi-
nance" said Mrs. De Butts.
Most of the schools themselves
would welcome an efficient liz
censing procedure.
She reminded the supervisor
of recent tragedies that occurred
in nursery schools of Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges County.
The deaths of several children
were attributed to mistreatment.
DR.. Kennedy said an active
tuberculosis case was traced on
Tuesday to nursery school
teacher. He declared that an
ordinance should require cer-
tain health examinations Of
teachers, specify space require
ments according to enrollments,
require fire safety measures and
impose other rules to protect the
children's welfare.
Four With State Licenses.
Mrs. DeButts said the State
does require licensing of nurser-
les, but exempts those classed as
educational institutions. She said
most Of the schools operating
in Fairfax consider themselves
educational {. institutions, and
therefore do not get State liz
censes. Only four of the 81
schools now operating have State
licenses, she said.
On motion Of Mrs. Anne Will
kinS, the supervisors asked bond
counsel to draw up legislation
paving the way for sale of the
$40 million sewer bond issue
approved in a referendum Tues.
day. Some legislation is neces-
Sary to allow dissolution of the
existing sanitary districts SO the
new sewers can be installed as
one, integrated system. Legisla-
ton also is required to permit re-
funding of existing sewer bonds
with proceeds of the new bond
issue.
Water Case Action.
The supervisors asked the
State Corporation Commission
to disallow donated capital in
computing water rates. The ac-
ton was taken in connection
with the pending application Of
the Fairfax Hydraulics Water Co.
for a rate increase. A repre-
sentative of the county's public
utilities committee advised the
supervisors that Fairfax Hy-
draulics is requesting a 3.14 per
centn return on a total invest
ment of 1852 400, which includes
$485, 300 worth of water facilities
contributed by developers with
out any expenditure by the water
company.
Rules and regulations govern
ing the county's new trash coll
lection service which begins JAM
uary 4 we're approved. County
Executive c. c. Massey said
copies of the rules would be sent
all residents of Sanitary Districts
No. l and who are to receive
the trash service.
When the trash service begins.
the supervisors decided to per-
NIT free use of the county sani-
tary land fill by those private
collectors that continue to OPP
crate in Sanitary District No. !
and 4 where residents want extra
service in addition to that pro.
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