The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-23
Summer Maintenance
Program For Schools
To Begin June 10

Another summer program, the
third consecutive one whick will
complete the renovation of Garrett
County schools with the exception
of Grantsville Elementary school,
will begin Monday, June 10, it was
announced by Willard L. Hawkins,
county superintendent of schools.
The program outlined for the sum-
mer consists of work to be done at
Crellin, Yoder, North Glade, Deer
Park and Bloomington. In addition,
both high schools will have all eX-
terror metal parts, including win
dow frames and support columns
painted, and brick walls on rear of
each building treated with silicone
to prevent moisture penetration.
The first schools on the list for the
summer are Yoder, Crellin and the
two high schools. Both YOder and
Crellin will be completely reno
waited and repaired as needed in
side and painted on the outside.
The same will be done for Bloom
ington, while only minor improve
ments are needed at North Glade
and Deer Park, as work was done
on both of these schools last year.
A crew of Is men, all full-time
custodians but two, will provide the
work force, with o. T. eraser,
maintenance supervisor, directing
the work When children return to
school in September all will be in
newly renovated quarters, with the
exception of the children in the
Grantsville school, and those at
johnson, Finzel and the Annex
building waiting to move into new
buildings as soon as they are COM
pleted. The GrantSville school will
be somewhat recognized after the
next school year, when about IS
pupils from the AViltOn area will
transfer to the new school on Route
40. Mr. Hawkins said. This school
when complete will house all chill
dren in the FinZel, Johnson, Avilton
area in grades one through eight.
Grantsville school will be renovated
during the summer of 1858. Some
of the improvements contemplated
for GrantSville call for provisions
for a cafeteria, new classroom
lighting, glass block and new win
dUws for rooms on the west side
of the building, provisions for
larger library space, acoustical tile
ceilings, asphalt tile flooring, i'm
provements to toilet facilities, COM
plete interior decoration, and new
or reconditioned furniture for each
room.
Mr.. Hawkins said this will COM
plete the three year program de
signed to place every school boy
and girl in Garrett County in either
new or newly renovated and
modernized classroom, and will be
followed up by continuous rotat-
ing maintenance program to see
that all buildings and school prem
Uses are kept in first class condi-
ton. The school board hopes to be
able to construct some hard sur
faced, mud free play areas for all
of the larger elementary schools
within the next year or two, he
added. Such improvements he re-
garded as absolutely essential for
both the welfare of children as well
as for the maintenance of build
ings.
The school board also regards as
needy projects band room for
Southern High school and closed
covered walkways between the
main high school building and the
shops. The band room at South
ern is needed not only as a matter
of space but also to remove the
noise from the main building. Gov
cred walkways are considered nee
essary as a protection to students
passing to and from shop classes
during cold and inclement weather.
Two high school auditoriums re-
main in the school board improve
ment plans, he emphasized, when
ever such major improvements can
be properly financed.
He declared the school board is
confident that the renovation and
improvement of schools is paying
big dividends in improving the
quality of education in the schools
of the county
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