Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-09
Five School Projects
Seen in Fund Shift
Bourd Lowers
Cost Estimates
On Buying Sites
BY JAMES G. DEANE

District school officials today
came up with new cost esti-
mates which they said may
make it possible to add FIVE
more projects to next years
capital outlay budget without
disturbing the allotment made
by city budget officers.
The financial rejigging may
also permit a larger addition
TO Powell Elementary School.
Upshur near Thirteenth streets
NV. than budget officers
approved.
School officials planned to
present the revised figures at
a session with the District
Commissioners this afternoon
at which they also expected to
appeal a slash in next years
proposed operating budget for
the school system.
The Board of Education
planned to seek restoration OF
81 045,235 for operating pur-
poses. This would provide for
additional counselors, special
teachers. testing experts, SUI
pervisors. textbooks. repairs
and maintenance and other
items.
Sis Million Involved
About sl.3 million more than
the budget Office granted is in
volved in the six projects which
officials now say can be pro.
vided for without any addi-
tional funds.
The new plan was devised
after revisions of site costs
which had previously been sub
mitted to the District budget
Office.
The five projects besides
Powell to be submitted today
are these proposed site pur-
chases for future elementary
schools or additions: s277. 100
for a school at Forty -ninth and
Foote streets NE; $I5O,OO0 for
an addition to Maury Elemen-
tary School: $3.50, 900 for an
addition to Lenox Elementary
School, 100000 for a new
school at South Dakota avenue
and Crittenden street NE. and
100000 for a new school at
Alabama avenue and Wheeler
road Sc.
All these projects were listed
IN the original Board of Edu-
cation budget request which
was trimmed back by the bud
get Office.
3 Projects BypaSsed
School officials disclosed that
IN addition to finding some
savings by site cost re-esti-
mates, they had decided to by.
pass for the present three prof.
ects which also were originally
proposed to the budget Office.
One of these, a junior high
school at First street and Riggs
road NE. was approved by
budget officers. but officials
found that instead of the al
lotted 100000 the site would
cost more than 50 million.
The other two projects be-
ing deferred are an addition to
Cooke Elementary School. Sew
entsenth street near Euclid
street NV. and a replacement
for Stevens Elementary School
near Twenty first and K
streets NV. neither of which
was approved by the budget
Office.
Besides the school officials
the commissioners today were
Scheouled TO see Librarian
Harry N. Peterson. Mr.. Peter.
son said he was asking for a
decision on the proposed re-
placement or enlargement OF
the present Central Library
at Eighth and K streets NV,
Library officials are willing
either to tear down the present
building and replace it on the
same site, expand the build
ing or buy a new site.
The proposed building will
cost some s6 million. plus an
other 100000 if a new site is
purchased. The budget office
denied a request for the site
money.
( Mr.. Peterson said he did not
plan to appeal any other cuts
in the library budget proposal.