Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
More Funds Sought
By PTA Congress
Group to Ask
CityHeods for
Finance PIun

$3.50 VI IdIcuOS dIlu leACnerN
tomorrow will ask the District
Commissioners to seek methods
of long-range financing of grow
ing school needs.
Classroom space and the num-
Der of teachers needed will call
for capital outlay program for
which current income is made
quate, r. N. Shoemaker, legis-
lative representative Of the D. C.
Congress, declared. He was
backed by John Gillilland, presi-
dent, and by the board of man.
ayers, meeting in the Grant
School.
Mr.. Shoemaker said he, Mr..
Gillilland and representatives Of
the eight area councils of the
D. c. Congress will so testify
at the Commissioners budget
hearing at 10 am. tomorrow in
the District Building.
Board Supported
| He said there was general
agreement" to support the orig
inal budget proposals of the
Board of Education. The goals,
he said, remain. generally, to call
for reducing classes, more teach
ers, more remedial classwork and
more assistant principals.
To deal realistically" with
future school needs, Mr.. Shew-
maker said. the District should
study specific legislative means
to obtain authority to borrow
money The Corporation Coun-
sells Office, he said, has indicated
there is mo chance in the world"
to borrow unless appropriate
legislation is passed
In other action. Mrs. Samuel
Bigio, chairman of the d. C.
Congress new Education Com
mittee, said parents are not being
Informed about the disparity in
student achievement inthe same
class.
Mrs. Bigio said she did not
know children were reading at
different grade levels in the same
classroom until it was publicized
in the recent congressional
Investigation.
Cites Hearings
ut is a question of do you keep
these things from parents?" Mrs.
Bigio said. IF we knew of these
problems in the home maybe we
could help" she said.
LAS citizen I believe they
(the hearings have brought out
"a few of the needs we didn't
realize existed before Mrs. Bigio
of 1886 Seventeenth street NV.
mother of two children in junior
and senior high schools, said.
Il don't think it is too late
to set an example for the rest Of
the Nation" she declared.
Junior high schools have been
attempting to consider" read
ing levels, Mrs. Agnes Arnold,
assistant principal of Mcfarland
Junior High School, commented.
The principal is the proper
source for information about how
students are doing. she added.
Where extra help is necessary
for students. she declared, lit Is
given to them"
viii Ask Assistance
! Mrs. SilaS Williams. vice pres
lident from area one, said in her
opinion gifted children" are the
neglected children of Washing
ton"
| Mrs. Bigia said she will ask the
PTAs to appoint persons to work
with her on the education com.
mittee. She said the group will
meet shortly" and plan its OPP
erationS.
1.-THE hearings have brought
out the needs and now we can
roll up our sleeves and do a good
job she said.
Other new ehairmen approved
at yesterdays board meeting
were Mrs. Stanley Pardos, health;
William Benedict, social hygiene:
Mrs. Martha Winston, audio Wis.
ual aid; Mrs. John B. Gilliland,
conventions. and Mrs. J. M.
Wheatley, hospitality.
Mrs. Bernard Katzen was
named president of the area 2B
council and Mrs. Estelle S. Pc
trulakis president OF the Area
One council. Named to the nom
mating committee were Hugh
Smith, Wallace p. Cant, Mrs.
Paul Smith. Mrs. Russell Dorrell,
Mrs. Bessie cramer, Mrs. Charles
Roberts and E. Perry Cunning
ham.