Evening star., 1921-05-01
SCHOOL DIVISION
NEEDS 49 ROOMS
Third Most Seriously Con-
gested Section of En-
tire System.

Forty-nine additional classr""lnS
are vitally needed in the puph'
schools of the third division to rem
edy present overcrowdcd conditions
Statistics compiled last night by
school authorities show tha' 'h'N
division is the most seriously con-
sested one in the school system
The third division lies in The norlh-
west section and - bounded IN Et"-
eral on the north by the p!Strl't i'h''
on th. cas-, II. thr western boundary
of soldiers HON" grounds. on cue
. south by Florida aN'uH" ana
and on the west hN k"'N n n
There are fourteen schools IN '"'S
any of them. while. on the "'He'
hand. most of them hav" oversize
Glasses.
Schools in i>isi"n.
The schools in the third division
are the Bri-htwood. Brishtw"od t'ark.
H. u. Cook", Hubbard. johnson. Mon
roe Morgan. Park View l'"tw"rth
Powell. Ross. Tak"ma. West an"
Wuodburn. Thrr. ar" " class
rooms in all OF ih"sr nuiidinSS. an"
they have Il total tur"lln"nt 81 NOR"
than ..5"o pupils
The last police census. school oil
ficials point out, shows ihat IN"
tenth precinct. the hounds of which
are virtually coincid"nt with the
third school division. has increased
IN population more iapluiN IMAM any
other part Of III" city. III I'LL the
school ,.upuiatIon uf this division
was less than 4.O"o. Tn" school rn-
rollmeut today. as cited above. Is
more than I,Iu". sine" l"li "hiH IN"
Park View and the eiGht-r""m addl-
tion to the Powell have been hullt.
an increase of only twenty-tour per
manent ClaSSrooms.
OverCrowding in the third DIVISION
has resulted in IN" u.s. OF twenty
one fiimsy portable buildings: and
seven rented structures. which IN
clude old frame dwellings and parish
halls of several churches. 1t ais"
has caused min. classes 10 be put on
part-time instruction. and created
seventy-three oNerSlzed classes
A basement room al III" Bright
wood Park school is being used to
care for the large enrolment. rms
room school officials declare. was not
built for such use. In the Park View
School. which is being run ON a
platoon system. two playroomS. IL
brary and auditorium are being used
for classroom purpose in order TO
provide accommodation for all the
pupils enrolled there.
Additions Being Erected.
Additions I" the Petworth, Takoma
and West schools are now beng
erected. and officials expect them 10
be completed for occupancy by the
beginning Of the new school term in
September These additional facltI-
ties il is believed. Will relieve con-
ditions greatly in the sections in
which the schools are located. How
ever school authorities declare that
Congress must appropriate even more
literally in order To relieve the over
crOwding in the third division.
Thirty-SiX of the forty-nine addi-
tional ClaSsrooms needed to remedy
the present overcrowded conditions III
the third division are provided for in
the original s5.000,000 school building
program of the board of education.
which school officials hope Congress
will approve At this session. II
recomme ndS four-room addition TO
the H. D. Cooke School. construction of
a atwenty-four-rOom junior nigh school
on Taylor street, between Georgia
avenue and 18th street. erection of
an eight-room primary school in In
gleSide four-room addition 10 the
Monroe School. and an eight room
primary school on Spring road be-
tween 10th and 18th streets The
cost of providing these additional ac-
commodations is estimated at sl.3l0,-
600.
Although no request for an appro-
priation has been included in the So
600 900 building project. school of
fcials say there is urgent need for
a site and an eight-room building in
the vicinityq of the Connecticut ave-
nue bridge.