Evening star., 1953-12-09
3 New Schools
Listed as Must
In Montgomery
Three Others Urged;
Citizens Protest
Double Sessions


officials have agreed on eight
must" projects for their 1954-55
school building program.
That was disclosed yesterday.
when Assistant School Supt.
Frank st. Clair presented a
tentative building program for
the next academic year to the
School Board, which has the
final say on which projects will
be carried out. The board took
the proposed program under ad-
visement.
List Must Projects.
Mr.. st. Clair and School Supt.
Forbes H. Norris said they con-
Sidered these as must" projects
for 1954-55.
l. A new 12-classroom Gros-
venor school to relieve over
crowding at Alta Vista Elemen-
tary School.
2. A nine-classroom addition
to the Wyngate Elementary
School.
3. A new wing at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School to re-
place the present wooden annex
and to contain a library, several
classrooms and possibly an audi
torium.
4. A four classroom addition
to Glen Haven Elementary
School.
5. An addition of Is or 16
classrooms at Wheaton Woods
Elementary School.
6. A four-room addition to
Laytonsville Elementary School.
7. A junior high school for
Rockville, either by building one
or converting the present ele-
mentary school. This is needed
to relieve overcrowding at Rich
ard Montgomery High School.
8. An addition to Carver High
School for Negroes at Rockville,
making it a six-year Junior
senior high and converting the
present Lincoln Junior High into
a storage warehouse and repair
center.
Three More Schools.
In addition, Mr.. st. Clair
asked the board to give consid-
Grafton to new junior high
to serve the area of Hillandale,
BroadacreS, Oak Hill, BurtonS-
vile, Colesville and Fairland; a
new senior high school in the
North Bethesda area, and a new
elementary school in the Ken
sington area.
In an associated action yester-
day the School Board awarded
a contract for construction of
the new 20-classroom North
Bethesda Junior High School to
the Kahn Engineering Co., Inc,
of Washington, the lowest of %
bidders.
Kahn bid $1,123,044 on the
project. Mr.. ST. Clair said ad-
ditional expenses will push the
total cost of the school to $1,276.-
1872. which is almost $50, 900 be-
low the amount the board has
appropriated for the project.
WeStbr0Ok Double Sessions.
Among the parent delegations
appearing before the board was
one protesting double sessions in
the fourth and fifth grades of
Westbrook Elementary School.
Manlio F. DeAngelis of the
Westmoreland Hills Citizens AS
sociation said the school got
along without double shifts last
year with an enrolment of COS
and the enrolment now is 602.
Mr.. Norris said the auditorium
was used for classrooms last year
and teachers complained it was
very unsatisfactory. He said the
teachers like the present system
better than last years and he
fears some of them would resign
if he attempted to change it.
Another delegation from the
Brookmont PTA, headed by
Phillip Thorsen, asked for an
addition to their new school
which opened only this fall. Mr..
ThorSen said there are 257 chill
dren in the school this year, but
the enrolment is expected to
jump to 427 by next fall when a
new apartment development in
the area is completed.