Evening star., 1955-08-08
Record Budget
Requested for
District Schools
S42,4S2,740 Set
As Operations and
New Building Needs

a $2z 49,, I4O SchOol DuQgeC Tor
fiscal 1857, largest ever requested,
was to be presented to th- Board
of Education today.
AS approved by School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning, the proposed
budget includes 1874 900 to
operate the schools, and $685.
TAO in capital outlay.
The budget revealed plans to
build a new senior high school
near Camp Simms on Alabama
avenue Sc. to house students
from the rapidly growing area
south of st. Elizabeths Hospital.
Recently approved pay raises
for teachers and other employees
will cost $3.327.039, the budget
shows, with other increased op-
Grating costs expected to reach
$2.386,961.
For the current year, the
school system is costing $32, $685.
800, including $4,473,300 for
capital outlay.
1853 More Teachers
The first part of a three-year
program to reduce the teacher
pupil ration in elementary
schools from its present So to
l to 80 to l, is requested in the
budget. This would include 1863
teachers, and cost the city $780,
$50.
Forty-four additional special
teachers" to teach atypical chill
dren. mentally retarded. reme-
dial reading, speech correction
and travelling classes in music,
art and science, are asked. This
would cost $224,800, and, accord
ing to school officials, would
provide all the special help
needed in those categories.
Another $46,800 is included
Tor hiring nine more counselors
for junior high schools. This
would provide counseling serv-
ice for all Junior highs with en-
rollments of 1000 or more.
The capital outlay portion of
the budget includes 13 new build
tngs and additions, some of
which. however, are slated to
get planning money only.
Is Projects Listed
In order of priority as recon-
mended by Supt. Corning. these
are:
l. Elementary school near
Fifth and Eads streets NE,
$s72,o5o.
2. Replacement of Hine Jun
ior High. $2,141,450
3. New health school for Grip
pied children, $942, 500.
4. Addition to Young Elemen-
tary, $210,300.
S. Addition to Eliot Junior
High, 1920, 800.
8. Elementary school near
Sixth and Chesapeake streets
Sc.
Z. Addition to Paul Junior
High, $181.650.
8. The new Southeast high
school, planning money only,
$120,000.
3. Addition to Payne Elemen-
tary School. $127,500
10. Addition to Kenilworth
Elementary, $718,350.
IL. Elementary school near
Texas avenue and Burns street
NE, site and planning, $4,000.
IL. Elementary school near
Tenth and F streets NE, site
and planning, $233.900.
l3. Addition to Randall Junior
High. $156,000.
S26 Million for instruction
Broken down by activities. the
proposed budget includes:
For supervision and instruc-
ton, $25. 1854, ,965; operation OF
buildings and grounds and
maintenance of equipment, $4,-
824, ,966; repairs and mainte-
nance of buildings and grounds,
$1,660, ,119; general administra-
tion, S967,292, and vocational
education, S426,658.
One expense anticipated for
the year which is not in the
budget is the cost of taking
down a demountable building
expected to be put up beside
Keene Elementary School, and
moving it to Taft Junior High.
The situation at Keene will
be eased when the new elemen-
tary school at Sixth street and
Riggs road NE. is completed,
But Taft is expected to be
jammed by then. so the building
which has not yet been bought,