Evening star., 1922-09-19
SCHOOLS REPORT
I. B|GENR0LLMENT
se5 More Register Than on
First Day Last Year-To-
tai Reaches 5s,45s.
BIG HIGH SCHOOL JUMP
1,172 Increase, as 10,797 Are List
ed-Maryland Children Must
Wait for Accommodations.
BIG HIGH SCHOOL JUMP

Eight hundred and ninety-five more
pupils were enrolled in the District
public schools when they reopened
for the new term, yesterday than on
the first day of school last year.
School officials did not look for this
large increase on the opening day,
and are conjecturing whether the
schools received more pupils than
usually attend on the first day or
whether the peak enrolment ,s des-
tined to exceed the maximum esti-
mate of $1,000
Supervisory officials reports to the
Franklin School headquarters showed
thai .5S, f5S pupils were placed on the
rolls yesterday for the school year OF
l922-l923. The figures for the first
day last year were S7,563.
Big High school Increase.
The increase was most noticeable in
the high schools, where 1,l12 enrolled
In excess of last years school open
ing day. The high schools were open.
ed yesterday with 10,7s7 students and
on the first day; last year s.625 stu
dents were enrolled.
The elementary school enrolment
yesterday totaled 41,212. as againes
1886 last year. q decrease OF &2$.'
Officials explained this decrease as
one school to another. and conse-
quentiy they were noe included In the
first days figures.
Maximum October Is. :
whether the schools Will be much
more crowded than last year will not,
be known until about October Is,
when the maximum enrolment Is ex-
pected to be reached. The authorities
point ont two alternative explana-
tions OF the Increased enrolment on
the first day Of this year. One 10 that
more pupils were In attendance yes
terday than usually go to school the
first day. This would mean that the
higher enrolment reached within the.
on the first day of this year. Then it
is possible that the figures compiled
yesterday indicate an actual addition
Of pupils. and that the schools viii be
confronted with a larger problem or
congestion than last year.
The opening day enrolment ngures
announced today by Asst Supti Ste
phen E. Kramer follow:
Enrollment Figures.
Wilson Normal. 2o7, and Miner Nor
NAL, 242. a total of 44s in the normal
schools. High school figures are:
Central, 5000; Eastern. 971; Western,
S14; Business. 1900: Mckinley. 1895:
Columbia Junior High, 743; Arm
strong. 1908: Dunbar. 1852, and Shaw
Junior High, a54.
ha
third. 1905: Wilson Normal Practice,
313; Franklin Thomson, 625; special
schools, 3l4: fifth division, Sass:
sixth. s.?7:: seventh. s.44i; eighth.
eleventh, 4,20a: Miner Normal Prac-
tice, 1873: twelfth. LII. and thir-
teenth, 4.340. The vocation school
enrolment totaled 9o, with 80 In
the Cardoza and Go in the o street
building.
DIR. Ballou Inspecting.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou. superlntend-
ent of schools. today began a personsl
inspection of the public school build
ings to learn at first hand the over
crowding problems facing the super
visofy officers. On his first trip to
day the superintendent visited Cen
tral, Eastern and Mckinley high
schools and the new Kingman ele
mentary school. which is nearing COM
pIetion. school officials hope to have
the Kingman ready for occupancy by
October Is.
Refusal of school authorities to ac-
commodate all of the Maryland chill
dren in the E. V. Brown and Takoms
and other schools near the Maryland
District boundary has aroused
storm of protest from their parents.
The authorities emphasized that they
are not refusing admittance TO the
District schools to any of the Mary
land children, but they do not In
tend to create part time classes and
use portable buildings at the e. "
Brown and the Takoma schools In
order to accommodate the Maryland
children who desire to enroll in them.
Must Came Farther In.
The Maryland children who want to
attend the District schools will be re-
auired to come to the schools farther
In the city. where congestion il not
as great. an official pointed out. The
policy of the officials. he said. will be
to first accommodate the District chill
dren living in the communities served
by the Brown. Takofna and other
schools near the District Maryland
line. and then. If there is any room
for. the Maryland children, they Will
be enrolled.