Evening star., 1921-05-07
TEN SCHOOLS IN 9THiDIVISION
WITH $3.50 PUPILS ENROLLED
Children Crowded Into 81 Classrooms.
Five Portable Buildings Utilized for
Overflow Attendance.

Although there are twelve rooms
vacant in the schools OF the ninth
division, it Is almost as congested
as others in the system. emergency
measures having been taken to pro-
vide accommodations for the excess
enrolment. The unoccupied rooms
in the schools Of this district are in
buildings located in outlying sections
such as Congress Heights and Randle
Highlands. too distant to force chill
dren in the overcrowded schools in
the city to attend.
There are ten school buildings in
the ninth division. which includes
the southern portion Of the District
south of the Anacostia river. and
that territory south of East Capitol
street and west as far as Lincoln and
Garfield parks. They are the Bryan,
18th and B streets southwest: Bu-
chanan, l. street between 18th and 9Th
streets southeast; Congress Heights.
Nichols and Alabama avenues south
east; Cranch, 18th and q streets
southeast: ketcham. 18th street and
Good Hope road southeast; Lenox, 5th
street between G and l streets SOUTH
east; Randle Highlands. Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Q street south
east; Stanton, Alabama avenue and
Bowen road southeast; Tyler. 1lth
street between G and streets south
east, and the Van Buren. w street
between 18th and 14th streets south
east
Ninety-FOur C1assrooms Available.
The schools in the ninth division
have ninety-four classrooms. with a
to statistics of school officials, this
Registration is larger than in some
divisions having more buildings and in
sections Of the city more thickly
populated than Congress Heights and
Randle Highlands.
Four Of the vacant rooms in the
ninth division are in the Randle
Highlands School, two in the Con-
gress Heights School annex, three in
the Stanton School and three in the
Van Buren, School.
To meet the overcrowding in some
Of the schools in this district, five
portable structures have been pressed
into use. Three of them are at the
Buchanan School, one at the Bryan
and one at the Lenox. In addition to
the portable forty-six oversize classes
have been created.
In order to provide adequate ac-
commodations for the children in the
schools OF the ninth division, school
authorities estimate that thirteen ad-
ditonal classrooms are vitality need.
commodate children now in the por-
table and eight to reduce the over
size classes.
The greatest point Of congestion in
this division is at the Buchanan
School. where an eight room addition
is needed Immediately to provide ade-
quate accommodations for the chill
dren now enrolled there. There are
eight classrooms in this school and
thirteen classes, with a total ENROLL
ment Of $40. AS pointed out three
portables are being used at this
school to provide relief from over
crowding.
Depend on Emergency Provlsion.
The 100000 emergency building
program now before Congress pro-
vides for the erection of an eight
room addition to the Buchanan
School. and some hope for relief in
the ninth division is forecast by
school officials providing the project
is approved. The emergency pro-
gram carries an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purchase of a site ad-
joining the Buchanan School, and
$155, 900 for the erection of an eight
room extensible addition to the
school.
The original $4,000. 900 school build