The times., 1901-03-14
THE SITE OF NEW SCHOOLS.
A Discussion ut the Meeting of the
Board of Education.

The regular meeting Of the Board of Ed
ucation was held last night at the Frank
lin school building. The most important
matter OF business considered was the re-
port of Superintendent A. T. Stuart, en-
bodying recommendations for the loca-
ton of the six new school buildings which
will be erected during the next fiscal year.
The matter was brought up by the read
ing of a letter from the District Com
missfoners to Gen. II. V. Boyntou, the
President of the board. The letter states
that the Commissioners deem it advisa-
BILE that proposals for the sale OF property
to the District for use as school sites
should be advertised for at an early date
The Commissioners notified the board
that they were desirous the board should
indicate what sites We're, in their opinion.
best fitted for the new schools. Ii was
suggested that the recommendations OF
sites be made general enough to enable
the Commissioners to secure the greatest
benefit from the results of competition
between property owners. The four
eight-room buildings for the erection of
which appropriations have been made
art located in the Sixth, Tenth. Third, and
Ninth school divisions. The new four
room buildings are to be erected at Good
Hope and Brookland
General Boynton presented the report
of A. T. Stuart, the Superintendent, rela-
tive to the areas of selection, and it was
accepted and approved by the board The
recommendations of the School Super
intendent follow:
Sixth Division-The eight-roOm build
ing in this division CTrinidad and vicin-
ity) is to relieve the Madison, Taylor,
Blair, and Hayes schools, and viii serve
this end best if located between Florida
Avenue and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on the west, and Trinidad Ave
nue. on the east, preferably on Florida
Avenue. in any event, not more than two
squares north OF it,
tenth Division-The cight-room build
ing in the Tenth Division is intended to
relieve the Jones' Douglass, Cook, and
Banneker schools, and should be placed
between First Street east and Fourth
Street west, and * and 0 Streets north.
Ninth Diyision-The eight-room build
ing in the Ninth Division is designed to
relieve the Stevens and Briggs buildings
and should be situated between the two,
that is in the territory bounded by Twen-
tieth and Twenty-eighth Streets west;
and + and * Streets north; preferably
between New Hampshire Avenue and
Rock Creek, south of Pennsylvania Ave
nue..
'Third Division-The eight-room build
ing in the Third Division viii afford re-
lief to the Peabody and Hilton schools, on
the west. and the Maury building, on the
east, and should be located in territory
| bounded by c Street north; and East
| CapitoI Street and Seventh and Twelfth
! Streets east. preferably in the neighbor-
hood of Tenth and B Streets northeast.
Seventh Division-The fOur-room build
ing CBrookland) should be located To the
| north of BroOkland on or near the Bunker
| Hill Road, not farther west than the
Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad. There is no inSurmount-
| able objection To placing the new building
/ on the site of the present Bunker Itlll
school. although il is situated little too
far to the eastward, the population lying
| west Of the present school If the pres
! ent site is used II is desirable to buy ad-
| ditional ground.
Eighth DiviSion-The four-roOm build
| ing at Good Hope should be erected about
! "A third of a mile east of the present site
! and on the same road, most of the pupils
! now in attendance living in that direc-
/ ton.
! General Boynton presented an interest
/ ing letter, which had been received from
! Elizabeth Bryant Johnston. of 1920 Flori-
da Avenue, informing the board that the
/ Mary Washington Chapter of the Ma
/ American Revolution proposes to offer Il
| gold medal annually TO a graduate OF the
! Washington High Schools submitting the
/ best essay on American history emhrac-
! ing the period Of the American war FOR
/ independence. The essay shall not con-
! tain more than 5000 nor less than 3,oO
/ words and should be placed in the hahuS