Evening star., 1921-09-06
BOARD TO TAKE Up, /,
SCHOOL YEARPLANS
Organization for Coming
Term to Be Considered at
Meeting Tomorrow.

Steps to complete the Organization
Of the school system for the new term
which begins September 19. will he
taken by the board Of education at its
initial fall meeting. at Franklin School
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
These include the appointment Of q
number of teachers and other school
employees to all vacancies created by
re designations during the summer va
cation PEI iod.
Appointment Of q principal Of Dun
bar High School. 1t Is said. may be
made at the board session. The post
has been left vacant by the promotion
Of Garnet c. Wilkinson to temporary
assistant superintendent Of colored
who went on an indefinite leave OF
ci.aence last Thursday. Ruaors are
current in school circles tina: pro-
fessor az Howard University is being
seriously considered by school officials
for the Dunbar post.
Program Partly Completed.
The usual hustle and b1stle in the
ofiices OF school authorities. hereto
fore. prior to the inception Of q new
term Is absent this year because
many of the important preparations
for setting the school machinery into
operation were completed by the Of
hcials before they went on their va
cations Early in July, a number of
new teachers were appointed and the
estimates for the next fiscal year
completed and sent to the Commits
sioners. School authorities now have
only minor details to work out be-
fore the opening of the schools.
again this year the officials of the
schools are confronted by perplexing
congestion problems. Overcrowding
| In the graded schools. it was pointed
out today, will be somewhat relieved
Dy the opening of new additions to a
number of buildings which have vir-
tuaHy been completed during the past
several months. These additions are:
Takoma School. eight rooms: West
School. eight rooms: Petworth School.
feignt rooms. and Burrville School,
eight rooms. The new John Bur-
roughs chool. at 1t8h street and
,',iI3 Rh9de s Island avenue northeast. also
Will be opened. This new school and
the additions will add forty class
rooms. giving estimated accommoda-
tions to 1900 children.
John RurFoughs School EQuipmeDt,
Furniture for the new John Bur-
roughs School has been purcha sed
and win be installed soon. it was
said. It 10 the hope Of the authori-
& sies to have this school and the ad-
l~Ass~AS AS@Ny AOT occupancy Wn0n the
school bells call so, 900 children back
to their classrooms September 1s.
Il The high school congestion, like
last year. will be met by continuing
the two-shift system Of operation.
according to Supt. Frank. w. Ballou.
This plan was established last Sep
tember. and Is said to be the only
feasible one under the circumstances
for accommodating the large student
| bodies of the senior Institutions.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
stephen +. E. Kramer continued his
conferences today with the Commits
sioners relative to the school budget
which 10 being slashed before pres
entation to Congress. It is UNDER
stood that the estimates already have
Deen reduced from the original
$12. .000. 900 to $s. .000, 900, 900. In cutting
the budget. the provisions for the new
Business and Tech high schools, have
been eliminated. 1t Is said.