Evening star., 1955-01-31
3 New Schools
Easing Jam in
Nearby Areas
Three Others Slated
For Completion in
Present Semester
BY chorIes A. McAIeer

Va od0AttphAo CAAICA gRCA VI
nearly ready for use. Five OF
these are in Maryland and three
In Virginia.
In addition, three other schools
One In Maryland and two in
Virginia-are slated for compile
tion during the term. The same
areas also have a total OF 81
school projects which are to be
ready for the opening Of the
September term or shortly
thereafter.
BY area, this is the school con-
struction picture in general:
Montgomery County-Two new
elementary schools, Rock Creek
Palisades and Macdonald Knobs.
and an. addition at the Park
wood Elementary School are
slated for final inspection by
school and construction author
titles this Friday. They win be
ready Immediately II approved.
The new North Bethesda jun
lor High School Is due to be COM
pleted about April, but may not
open until September. Also under
construction now and due for
completion during the term or
In the summer are the new
Brookview Elementary School
near Hillandale; the new Gros-
venor Lane Elementary School.
Bethesda. and additions to the
Wheaton Woods and Woodlin
Elementary Schools, the latter in
Silver Spring. Contracts also
have been let for eight other
elementary school additions. all
scheduled for completion by Sep
tember.
The Rock Creek Palisades
School is of Newport Mill road.
near Kensington. and cost $685.
313. The Macdonald Knolls
School is at the end Of Tenbrook
drive, near Sligo Greek Park,
Silver Spring, and cost about
$225, 900. Each has 10 classrooms
and other facilities. The six
room addition at Parkwood cost
an estimated 100000.
Prince Georges County-Two
new elementary schools will open
during the week Of March z.
Five others are under construc-
ton but won't be ready until the
fall.
The new schools are the
Greendale Elementary School,
Addison Chapel road and B
street, Seat Pleasant. and the
District Heights Parkway Ele-
mentary School, District Heights
parkway and County road, Dis
trict Heights. Both are six
classroom structures with multi
purpose rooms, Kitchens, offices,
library and infirmary. Each will
have about 210 pupils.
The Greendale School. costing
an estimated $4,000. and the
District Heights Parkway School,
costing $1S3,000, win end double
shifts at the Seat Pleasant and
District Heights Elementary
Schools. They will bring the
county's total number Of schools
to los.
Alexandria-None.
Arlingt0n---No new schools will
be ready Immediately, but a
1915, ,093 addition at the Swan
son Junior High School will be
finished sometime during the
coming semester. The school is
at $500 North Washington bou-
levard. The addition includes
eight classrooms. kitchen. a
girls gym, teachers room, and
enlarged cafeteria, clinic and
Offices
Expected to be ready for the
1866 school year are the new
14-classroom Glen Carlyn Ele-
mentary School. and a connect
Ing addition between the Thomas
jefferson Junior High School on
South Walter Reed drive and the
Henry Elementary School.
Fairfax C0unty-The new
semester began last week and
one new school, the Bucknell
Elementary School. 1921 Univer-
sity drive, Bucknell Heights. was
opened for the first time last Mon
day. The $363.O00 school brings
an end TO double shifts at the
Belle View and Groveton Ele-
mentary Schools. 1t includes IA
classrooms, library. cafeteria.
clinic, and other facilities.
In the second week Of Feb
ruary, the $244. 900 Gunston Ele-
mentary School on Route l. near
Woodbridge. will open with seven
classrooms, cafeteria tcombina-
ton cafeteria-auditorium) and
other facilities. It is costing
$4,000 and viii accommodate
some 225 pupils now at Lorton
Within two weeks Of that, the
Bush Hill Elementary School
costing $222,000, will open or
Franconia road In the Bush Hill
Woods subdivision. 1t has sever
classrooms, q library and the
usual other elementary school
facilities. but will take ATS pupils
by use Of the library for classes
slated for completion in
March is a new $270 900 Belve.
dere Elementary School or
Columbia pike near Lake Bar
croft. It will have IL classrooms
cafeteria auditorium, library
clinic and other facilities.
Another IL are opening in Sep
tember, including n new hiel
school at Mclean and 10 ele.
mentary schools. Later on dur
ing the next school year. sii
more elementary schools and an.
other high school are slated fol