The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
SCHOOLS BREAK
RECORD IN FIRST
Y'SENROLLMENT
Total of 5s,45s Pupils
Overflows Capacity Of
Buildings.
coxtinssa from Paee on.

coxtisssd from Puoe o~s
cidedly more serious than they were
last year" This was the opinion
Of practically every supervising
principal In the system following
q tabulation Of the first days en-
rollment.
One of the features OF the enroll
ment was tho unusually large num-
ber of kindergarten children and
frst-grade pupils. This was par
ticularly marked. It Is said. in the
kindergarten. School oficials were
at loss to know whether this in
crease 10 due TO an increasing popu-
larity of kindergarten work, or to
q healthy, condition of washington's
population.
Practically every school in ,he
outlying residential districts re-
ported crowded conditions. Eleven
hundred children. according to yes
terday's figures. will have to be
crowded into sixteen rooms and five
portable buildings At the Petworth
School,
No Rsom for Overflow.
Taksma Park School was fiIled TO
overlooking almost as soon as the
doors were opened. Robert L Hay
cock, supervising principal Of the
Third division, in which this school
is located. reported that a large
number of children from Takoma
will be forced TO seek enrolment in
less crowded schools In the older
sections OF the city.
The Brookland School also report
ed congested conditions. Supervis-
ing Principal Selden NJ. Ely said yes
terday that the enrolment In the
lower grades at this school account
ed for the crowded conditions.
Other congested points in. the Third
division were reported at the Gage.
Langdon and John Burroughs schools
Mott school Has 200.
The worst congestion was found n
the Tenth and Eleventh divisions.
comprising the fourteen colored
schools. Mott School. a sixteen.
room building, has more than 800
pupils. Conditions are made worse
at this school by the fact that an
eight-room addition which was to
have been ready yesterday has not
been completed. The equipment,
which was ordered months ago. has
been delayed in shipment. due to the
railroad strike.
Double e-shift classes in every
grade up to the seventh are being
arranged as q result Of congestion
at the Mott School.
While conditions are not as bad
at the Slater-Langston group. a
double-shift system was neceSsitated
in the lower grades. Conditions At
the William Lloyd Garrison School.
where six portables were In use last
year, were partially relieved yes
terday by the opening OF the Cleve-
land School for colored children.
Il Classes In Ie Rooms.
The E. V. Brown School. in Chevy
Chase. reported that an enrolment
of 720 pupils necessitated the hold
ing of twenty-one classes in sixteen
rooms. The John Eaton School Is
operating on . doubls-shift basis.
while an abandoned church near the
Tenley School 10 being used for the
overflow pupils there.
Because of the delay In completion
Of the addition to the wheatly
School. the double shift system was
put into operation there yesterday.
It Is expected that congestion at
this point will be partly relieved
upon completion Of the addition.
Park Wit wAdmits I.o2I.
The largest enrolment in the his
tory of the Park View School was
reported yesterday when I,ozl pupils
were admitted. OF this number. SAT
are in the grades and ~ in the kim
dergarten.
The number OF pupils admitted to
high schools exceeded estimates of
authorities for Central, Eastern and
Business. Double shift classes al
ready had been scheduled for West
ern. Tech and Dunbar. II is said, but
the enrolment at Central and East
ern Is expected to necessitate Q re-
vision Of the class schedule for those
two schools.
While the first day Of school con-
firmed the predictions Of officials
that the enrolment would break
previous school records. plans for
the reception of increased number of
children had been completed for
weeks.
Handled Without Confusion.
So we'll had the supervisory ON
cials and principals prepared for the
day that the record-breaking army
was handled without confusion or
furry.
Wherever II was found that the
number of children exceeded the ca
pacity to accommodate. double shift
schedules were formulated and the
classes announced. In this way. II
is declared. officials averted the tur-
moil that probably would result
from packing each class room
While the first days enrolment
comprises a large part of the stu
dents expected for this year, ap-
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