Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-12
SCHOOL .HAND|CAPS
|. IN. THIRD DIVISION
Supt. BaIIou Notes Greater
Congestion There Than
Elsewhere in District.

Revealing the handicaps under which
the schools Of the third division are
operating, due to the lack of accomrno-
dations for their excess. enroilments.
Supt Frank W. BaHou last night opened
the second week Of his campaign to
impress on members Of Congress and
the general public the conditions and
immediate needs of Washtngton's edu-
cationaI system.
Schools in the third division, are the
most congested of any in the entire sys-
tom, although many temporary subsi-
diary buildings have been pressed into
use for the emergency. Omciais point
out that the overcrowding already mas
reached the stage of seriousness. and
that it Is destined to grow worse un-
less remedied in the near FUTURE
In Northwest Section.
The third division lies in that part
Of the northwest section of the District
which has Increased in population more
rapidly than any other part OF the
city. It is bounded on the north by
the District boundary, on the east Dy
the western boundary Of Soldiers Home
Grounds, on the south by Florida avenue
and T street, and on the west by Rock
Creek
There are fourteen schools in the di-
vision. They are the BrightWood,
Brightwood Park, Fl. d. Cooke, aun-
bard, johnson, Monroe. Morgan. Park
View, Petworth, Powell, Ross, Takoma,
West and Woodburn. The total ENROLL
ment is 7,443 pupils, who are occupy
ing l42 classrooms.
Forty-nine additional classrooms are
needed Immediately to provide adequate
accommodations for the pupils IN the
third division, the report states. Tne
need Of more, classrooms for probable
increase in enrolment Is not included
in this figure. Thirty-three OF the ad-
ditional classrooms asked for. the
superintendent states. are to- accom-
modate children now in frame porta-
BILE structures, rented and other unde-
sirable quarters; nine to reduce over
size classes and seven to eliminate
part-time classes.
indicative OF the overcrowding in
the third division, DR.. Ballou's report
states that twenty-one portable
classes are accommodates In rented
quarters-two in an undesirable frame
house, four in two rented rooms In
church and kindergarten class from
the Takoma School quartered in a
parish hall. There also are eight
ing pupils IN each Of these CLASSES OF
a full day Of schooling, to which they
are; entitled.
| There is not a vacant room. in any
one of the fourteen buildings In the
third ti, DIVISION" the report TT states states
and a first grade used only in the
mornings. There are no rooms which
are not used a full day.
"One basement room in the; Bright
wood Park School now used for
classroom for the. fourth grade was
not built for such use. In the Park
View School, which is. being run on a
platoon system, two playrooms, Ii
brary and auditorium are being used
as classrooms.
this division are located as follows:
Two at the Cooke School, one at the
Johnson. one at the Monroe. three at
the Park View, five at the Petworth,
two at the Powell, three at the Ia
koma and four at the West.
Excess Enrollments.
Seventy-four classes in the schools
Of this district, the report shows, are
carrying enrollments in excess of the
standard OF forty pupils class set
by the board of education. There are
forty-four. classes with enrqllments
from forty-one to forty-hye pupils;
twenty-eight with from forty-six to
nifty pupils Therefore. the report
states, there are 34S pupils in excess
Of the standard Of forty pupils per
class. 1t would take at least nine adj
sQ1t1Ondl classes TO accommodate these
pupils il they were all in one school.
Scattered as they are in 3 several
schools it would probably take more
than nine additional classes. Hence
the estimate of nine classes is a mini
num-"
! The Park View School. with 1.02s
pupils, has the largest enrolment Of
any school In the division. Petworth
School Is second. with 839 pupils, and
the Cooke School third with i812
-Four New Buildings Needed.
Construction Of four new schools in
the third division. having a total OF
forty rooms, is provided for in the
District appropriation bill now before
the House subcommittee on appro-
priations. II Congress grants. the ap-
Preparation necessary to build these
schools they will be placed as fol-
lows:
A Junior high school of twerty-f four
rooms Twelve elementary rooms and
twelve high school rooms) on Taylor
street between Georgia avenue and
18th street; a primary school OF eight
rooms in Ingleside, west Of 18th
street: a four-room addition to the
Monroe School and a four-room addi-
ton to the Cooke School. These
hui ldings, it is estimated, will entail
a total cost Of $1,060.00