Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-22
District School
Budget Coils
For $57 Million
by JOHN M. McKELwAY
star star Writer

VIII DC taught spanish or
French In the third grade by
september. 1859.
The innovation In District
education is contained In the
fiscal 1860 budget handed TO
Board Of Education members
today. The budget totals S57
million, calling for an operat-
ing budget Of s4i,9li.564 and
capital outlay of $l5,706, 408.
At this stage, the 1860 budget
is about SO million over the
school budget for the current
fiscal year, now in conference
on Capitol Hill.
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
told board members nine teach
ers, at a cost Of $4,000, would
be needed to carry out the for
eign language program In ele-
mentary schools. He described
1t as a FIRST step toward pro-
viding competent foreign Ian
guage instruction for gifted
children in all elementary
schools Of the city" Eventually,
he said. As language teachers
would be needed.
At first. he said, and until
the program can be expanded,
third-graders would receive
language instruction from two
to three times q week. Only
those children who, in the
opinion Of school officials, could
profit from the instruction will
be selected.
Today's meeting Of board
committees saw the District
Teachers College budget intro
duced for the first time sepa-
rately. The full board will take
the budget under study at $3.50
pm. Friday.
DR.. Paul o. Carr. president Of
the college which is threatened
with loss of its accreditation,
asked for $70.155 in increases
to cover new equipment In
various laboratories Of the
school, library supplies and
other classroom equipment. A
figure covering the total annual
cost Of the school has never
been arrived at by the school
officials. 1t is estimated, how
ever, to cost about 100000 q
year.
DR.. Carr presented the budget
to the Standing Committee on
the Teachers College," made I'D
of three members Of the board
and headed by Mrs. Ruth Spen-
Ger. The procedure is one Of
several steps the college must
take to retain its accreditation
under terms set down by the
accrediting agency, the Middle
States Association Of Secondary
Schools and Colleges.
School officials are also ask
ing IS new teaching positions
to reduce the elementary class
size ratio by September, 1859,
to one teacher for 81 pupils.
The ratio during the last school
year was 1913. School officials
hope to maintain that ratio in
the coming school year. The
target is 80 to /.
Request COunselOrs
Ratios represent an average
only. Glasses will continue to
be swollen in some sections Of
the city, but school officials
emphasized today they expect
less than 100 part-time classes
in the 1959-1960 school year.
School officials are again
asking for elementary school
counselors. They were elimi-
mated from the last budget by
the District Commissioners. In
the 1860 budget. so are re-
quested at a cost of $3.50, 900.
Then. in fiscal 1861, SO more
will be asked.
Other items in the operating
budget include $53.100 for nine
junior high school principals.
$1l3,850 for % junior high
librarians; $4,000 for two music
teachers for vocational high
schools; $1,000 for increased
remedial instruction in future
summer schools and $4,000 to
cover salaries of additional
summer school personnel.
List Capital OUTLAWS
On the capital outlay side
Of the budget the following
projects are described:
$250,000 for a junior high
school site at South Dakota
avenue and Hamilton street
NE; $854,700 for construction
Of an elementary school at
Fifteenth and Rosedale streets
NE: S1.062,300 for a new ele-
mentary school, Forty-ninth
and Lee streets NE; $l,027, 180
for new elementary school at
Sixth and X streets NE.
i Also $757 $50, for an addition
to Rudolph Elementary School;
! S5l3,700 for an addition to
Maury Elementary School;
i 1859, 700 for an addition to
Lenox Elementary school;
1851. 800 for an addition to
Whittier Elementary School.
Also. S2.816.350 for replace
ment Of Hine Junior High
School; $3.228.400 for a new
junior high school, Fifty
eighth and Dix streets NE:
Sl,187, 100 fora new elementary
school at Fourth and w streets
NV; $1,415,500 for a new ele-
mentary school at Thirteenth
and e streets Sc.
Also $66,100 to equip a new
elementary school at Forty.
ninth and Foote streets NE.