Evening star., 1923-09-16
SCHOOL RE0PENING
MARKS FIFTH YEAR
OF OVERCROWDING
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Hine school while the school board
favors the name of Bancroft. Until
these two factions agree 1t will go
na~aless
About 1900 more students will be
added to the rolls of the high schools.
the majority of which staggered
under the overload throughout the
be the only senior high school with
out an enrolment greater than its
normal capacity.
All OF the senior institutions, save
Eastern and Mckinley. have again
this year adopted emergency systems
students Although crowded beyond
its capacity. with 1900 students,
Frank &; Daniel. principal of Nc
Kinley, plans to run the school with
out an overlapping or two-shlft ar
rangement, which the other high
schools have adopted.
Central High School expects an en-
rollment of 3,400 students, an increase
of 800 over last year. The same sys-
TEN of overlapping the classes, used
here for the last two or three years
viii pc carried out again this year
Nevertheless. the school will be very
crowded the officials said.
1.4OO Easterns Prospect.
Charles Hart, principal of Eastern.
believes that by October /, the maximum
liOi4Llclll dI MS ScnOOl VIII total about
l,4OO, as compared with 1,150 last year.
Eastern is offering new courses in wood
working, auto science, mechanical draw
ing. domestic art and domestic science.
Whih Is sattracting the students. The
school can accommodate comfortably !
500 students, and il will b. seyaraI
years, in the opinion of the officials
before It's capacity, Is reached
Business High. School, according to
Allen Dayis' principal. will show a net
gam OF 100 In its enrolment this year.
The highest enrolment at the school
last year was approximately ], 800. Busi-
ness VIII run on two shift system In
order to accommodate the overfiow-tbe
hrst semester classes operating in the
afternoon and the advanced classes in
the morning.
At Western also. a two-shift systenn
VIII be operated. Dr. Elmer s New
ton, principal, expects his enrollment
TO jump to 1,l00. or 40 more than Ia ST
year. The morning classes will be
run from $3.50 am. to 1890 n. m and
the afternoon classes from / to 4
Dr Newton has ordered that the ad
vanced pupils report tomorrow morn
ing at o'clock, and the freshmen
at IL.
Western Relief In Sight,
There is some relief from West
ern's overcrowded condition in sight
Plans for the new addition TO the
school. 100000 for which has been
appropriated, are nearing completion
In Municipal Architect Harris office
and the contract for its construction
Will be awarded by Christmas.
An increase of 200 in the enroll
ment at Dunbar High School is ex-
pected, bringing the total up to 1900
which will make conditions at this
school uncomfortable, according to
the officials. A staggered system OF
operation will be introduced at this
school in order to accommodate the
students.
Armstrong High School will have
portable colony for it's overflow stu
dents. Eight of the one-room build
ings will be used for these students
but six OF them will be placed in Dun
bars yard pending the construction
Of the proposed $55e,000 addition 10
Armstrong, bids for which will be let
soon.
The eighty-four additional class
rooms, which will be available before
the beginning of the second semester
, viii be provided by the following
buildings;
The four-room Smothers building
at 44th and Brooks streets northeast
ready for inspection tomorrow; the
two-room chain bridge road school
scheduled to be completed Thursday;
the eight-room Lovejoy School addi-
ton, expected to be ready for occu-
pancy by October /; the eight-room
Garrison School, to. be available No
vember l.; the MacFarland and Lang
ley Junior High schools of twenty
four rooms EACH the eight-room Hen
derson School at 18th and Newton
streets, slated to be completed by
February, and the third-story addition
| to the Thomson School, which NAV be
| ready for occupancy before Christmas