Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
6.7-Mi|Iion
County Schools
Offered
Montgomery Board
Invites Comment on
s., 600 Pupil Proposal

A suggested SGT million con-
struction program to provide
to 20 others in fiscal 1953-54 was
to 2 others in fiscal 1953-54 was
released yesterday by the Mont
gomery County Board Of Educa-
ton.
The plans constitute the first
portion of a five-year program
which would cost the county
some $2l million and would raise
the pupil capacity OF county
schools to 60, 900.
DR.. Richard E. Carpenter, as
sistant school superintendent in
charge of construction. empl1a-
sized, in releasing the report,
that it is not the School Boards
budget request. The report Is
aimed at inviting comment from
the public on the first years pro-
posalS.
1900 More Pupils.
This would increase the school
capacity by 1900 pupils. High
light of the program is proposed
construction of a SIS million
junior high school in the North
Bethesda area to relieve anticl-
pated serious oyercrowding in
1855 in the Leland and Western
junior high schools.
The county council this year
authorized So million in school
construction bonds. The county
also received some $1.8 million
from the Federal Government
for construction of the So mil
lion junior-senior high school in
Wheaton.
According to DR.. Carpenters
progress report of % new prof.
ects authorized last June. II
were under construction as Of
last January /. Four others
were expected to be under con-
tract by the end of the month
and two others by the end Of
March. The remaining three,
New Hampshire Estates. West
Rockville and Suburban Negro
elementaries. have been delayed
by site problems.
The present program will in
crease the school capacity by
1860 pupils.
Other New Schools.
Other new schools proposed
during the coming fiscal year
include an eight-classroom Ban
nockburn elementary. 12-class-
room Oakview elementary, eight
classroom Rosemary Hills ele.
mentary. a 22-classroom ele.
mentary north Of Four Corners,
10-classroom Rock Greek Pali-
sades elementary q six-claSs-
room Jamestown elementary
and 10-classroom Washington
Grove elementary.
Additions are proposed at
Wyngate, Bradley Hills, Rolling
wood, Westbrook. Wood Acres.
Hillandale. Woodlin, Parkwood.
Wheaton Woods. Lone Oak, Po-
tomac, Germantown, LaytonS-
vile, Burtonsville,- Clarksburg
and Taylor elementaries; Rock
vile and Takoma Park Junior
High Schools and Poolesville and
Carver High Schools.
DR.. Carpenter estimated school
enrollments will jump 5,191 this
fall and will continue increasing
but at lesser degree-over
the next five years to a 1858
enrolment of $3.50. He said
his estimates probably are too
low.
80 Pupils Per Teacher.
DR.. Carpenter said school ca
pacities are based on 80 pupils
per teacher in elementary schools
and from 90 to Is pupils per
teacher in junior and senior high
schools. He said the capacity
will be increased to 45,300 stu
dents by the fall of 1854. but en-
rollments probably will exceed
this capacity by at least 1000
students.
The assistant superintendent
described this condition as "rela-
lively favorable" but he said the
condition will get worse by the
next fall term.
Montgomery County school en-
rollments have increased from
1922 in 1916 to 1894 last Oc-
tober /. DR.. Carpenter said.
Montgomery schools operation
and PAYMENTS on canital ron.