Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-06
BUDGET
ContInuea From Pare "a

inal House budget Of 1884.
million.
OF the sSls.5 million total Il
the Senate bill, s26s mEIlioI
would go into operating tn
city government. s5I.s milliol
into public works and SIS mil
lion for repayment Of loans an
interest. One big piece Of deb
repayment is se56,O00 In in
terest on D. c, Stadium bonds
Two major building project
were junked by the Senatl
committee sac million re
placement for the Central Ii
brary. in the area Of Ninth AMI
O streets NV. and q Yves
Administration Building at In,
diana avenue, Sixth and (
streets NV, for which S75,00l
for designs was asked.
Senator Byrd said the CON-
mittee was dubious about thu
location Of the Central Library
and believed the administration
building could wait.
Stress on Schools
In construction, the stress
again was on schools. Allowed
was q So million replacement
Of the 75-year-old patchwork d
buildings at Hlne Junior High
seventh and c streets Sc: 1
SAL million Roper Junior High
at Forty-eighth and Meade
streets NE: and q SAL million
Rabaut Junior High at North
Dakota and Kansas avenues
NV.
The committee also included
money for 4 Bunker Hill Ele-
nentary addition. Fourteenth
street and Michigan avenue
NE. site or planning money
was carried for one Northeast
Senior High, four elementary
schools and two junior high
schools In the Southeast and
Northwest.
The Senate committee bill
provides for ies more elemen.
tary school teachers ga above
reQuests), and for 20 more
teachers (2B more than re-
quested) for severely mentally
retarded children.
tcut Pupil-TeAshsr Ratios
In elementary schools. the
new status would reduce class.
room ratios to 80 children to
one teacher In the first through
the sixth grade for the first
time. 10 10 70 in social adjust
ment classes and 10 80 To l In
kindereArten.
School supt. Carl r. Hansen
could hire i22 new junior high
teachers and 20 new high school
teachers under the Senate bill.
This would put ratios at Is to
l in academic and 10 to / In
shop and social adjustment
classes.
Some 200 retarded Youngsters
aged . TO Is. now waiting to
60 to school could be admitted
II the 20 special teachers are
hired. They would teach at
the Military Road School and
at four schools yet TO be selected
In the new program.
Education for the retarded
would be supported by II non.
academic employees, by nine
buses and by 5000 for books
and materials.
Would Pay TaitiOn
The Senate Committee YER
sion would free eSe, 900 to pay
tuition Of deaf and blind chill
dren at their own schools. some
ISL, 7S4 would finance, with
Ford Foundation help, language
instruction for culturally- de.
prived pupils in seven down.
town elementary schools.
To combat disciplinary prob.
lens, the committee urged
spending Of S4l,S57 to run
twilight" or late afternoon
classes for pupils with behavior
Embellishments in centrally
located eleEnentaries and junior
highs.
Twenty additional counsel
lors would be distributed among
elementary, junior and senior
high schools. The committee
continued textbook buying with
q 81 million Allotment, an in
crease Of s274.423 over last
year.
Welfare and Health Depart
ment reorganizations were or
dered by the committee as
long overdue"
More Social Workers
Twenty more social workers
we're asked in the Public As
siStance Division to cut the
average case load Of each
worker to 30 by the end Of the
year. compared with le3 In
1861. The total case load hAs
dropped since 4 Senate iylvesti.
CATION began In 1851 from 1917
to 566 in general public
assistance.
The 80 additional social
workers for child welfare would
find foster homes or parents
and relatives to live with for
children expected to leave
Junior village.
The village would be granted
its full request for "a additional
workers for three cottages. now
ready for stating. and so