MONTROSE SCHOOL
Leonard P. Gmeiner, Superintendent

13700 Hanover Road
Reisterstown 21136 Telephone: 833-1500

This School, established as the Female House
of Refuge by Chapter 156, Acts of 1886, was pur-
chased by the State by Chapter 303, Acts of
1918. When the School was moved from
Baltimore to its present site in 1922, it adopted
its present name by Chapter 215, Acts of 1922.
The Barrett School for Girls merged with the
Montrose School for Girls on June 1, 1963, by
Chapter 37, Acts of 1962. The School became co-
educational in 1973 and now provides services for
both delinquent girls and boys.

THOMAS J. S. WAXTER CHILDREN'S
CENTER

Jerome Person, Administrator

375 Red Clay Road, S.W.
Laurel 20810 Telephone: 247-0011

Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J. S.
Waxter Children's Center has the same Superin-
tendent and the same powers and responsibilities
as the Maryland Children's Center. Initially
known as the Southern Maryland Children's Cen-
ter, it was authorized by Chapter 38, Acts of
1962. It received its present name by Chapter
131, Acts of 1963.

The Waxter Center provides overnight and
weekend detention services to the Courts, as well
as detention up to thirty days on court order,
when a complete diagnostic evaluation is not re-
quested. The Center has a forty-bed capacity.

JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION YOUTH CENTERS

Robert G. Wolford, Superintendent
Headquarters

326-328 Queen City Drive
Cumberland 21502 Telephone: 777-2162

The Juvenile Services Administration operates
four Youth Centers for boys. These centers were
created by Chapter 370, Acts of 1955. The
Centers are combined into a single administrative
unit with one budget and one central business
management unit located in Cumberland. These
Centers serve older boys received on transfer

from the Maryland Training School for Boys and
the Montrose School. Boys selected for transfer
must be at least 15-1/2 years of age, in good
physical health, and interested in an active out-
door work and living experience. The present
names for the Youth Centers (formerly known as
Boys Forestry Camps) were approved by the
Board of Public Works on September 20, 1977.

GREEN RIDGE YOUTH CENTER
John E. Kerr, Supervisor
Flintstone 21530 Telephone: 478-2930

Green Ridge Youth Center was established
in May 1955 as a specialized institution in
Allegany County to be operated by the State
Department of Public Welfare (now the Social
Services Administration) in cooperation with
the State Department of Forests and Parks
(now the Maryland Forest Service). During
fiscal year 1964, the facilities were expanded
to accommodate thirty-five boys. In 1969 a
work-study program was initiated to provide
one-half day school and one-half day work
experience.

SAVAGE MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER

Boyd D. Hoyle, Supervisor
Lonaconing 21539 Telephone: 463-2244

The success of the first Youth Center at Green
Ridge prompted the 1956 General Assembly to
appropriate capital funds for additional facilities
(Chapter 98, Acts of 1956). Savage Mountain
Youth Center, four miles from Lonaconing in
Allegany County, opened in December 1957 with
facilities for twenty-five boys. During the fiscal
year 1964, the facilities were expanded to accom-
modate thirty boys and in 1968 and 1970 capital
funds were appropriated to increase capacity to
thirty-five boys.

BACKBONE MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER

Francis P. Scarcelli, Supervisor
Swanton 21561 Telephone: 359-9190

The 1963 General Assembly appropriated
funds to establish a temporary youth center at
Victor Cullen State Hospital (now Victor Cullen
Center under the director of the Mental Retarda-
tion Administration). This was an immediate way