The Washington times., 1923-09-17
contested
SCHOOL IS
5T0RNED
D. c. Parents Demand Relief
From oyercrowded Rooms
in Vain.

with several SCHOOLS peOpleu
with double capacity, number Of
students and teachers and with
rate parents making useless pleas
for relief to school officials, APP
proximately 10000 school chill
dren today started on another
year of "muddled education"
which Congress has imposed upon
the National Capital.
Parents Storm Schools.
Two cases Of overcrowding were
forcefully brought to the attention
of school officials this morning when
parents stormed the Franklin school
and berated school and District off.
Gals because pupils at the Webster
School, Tenth and H streets north
west, and the Franklin School, on
Thirteenth and K streets, must be
cut down to halliday sessions in
order that the students who ordi-
narily attend the Thomson ScEoci,
at Twelfth and Il streets northwest,
can be- FhaIfsway accenllpo datsds.
school officials pointed Tout Ito
them that the Thomson School Ii
unavailable today because Congress
ignored the Districts plea that the
limited sum appropriated for a.
third-floor addition be rushed and
held it over so that work could not
be started until July /. last.
For this reason, the Thomson
School is in the process of re-
modelling today and its TOO pupils
and scores. of teachers must make.
the best of tat the Webster and
Franklin Schools while the pupils at;
the Webster and Franklin Schools
must make the best of it, under
the enforced overcrowding.
No Immediate Relief.
This condition, school. officials said,
must continue at least until NoVern-
Der IL and probably some time after
this date. Even then, only the first
two floors and not the new addition.
will be available.
Similar conditions are being faced
today at the Petworth School, the;
West School, the Gage School and
the Emery School f..
The first two named schools are
taking care of the pupils and
teachers who will go into the Mac
farland Junior High School after it
is completed and the last two
named schools are taking care of
the pupils who will go into the new
Langley Junior High School when
1t Is completed
1t is estimated that this hard
ship. imposed on hundreds Of school
children, will have to continue for
several months. 1t is also said that
the normal pupils at the West.
Petworth, Emery and Gage in the
lower grades probably will attend
"in halliday shifts while the
Junior high visitors will be given
the regular full day period.
The atteatfon of school officials
was called to the unprecedented
over'crowding in the Petworth,
section due to the heavy building
operations in that vicinity during,
the past several months On Ali
son street a colony Of portable
scnool buildings are making an at
tempt to alleviate the situation.
No Figures On Enrolment.
A SIS list a mt Superintendent of
Schools Stephen Kramer said. while
every indication he has received
thus far is the enrolment will be
the heaviest for FIRST day" in
the city's history, he will not have
Definite figures until late this
afternoon and tomorrow morning.
We will not he able to tell
What our enrolment will be-" Mr..
Kramer continued, "for two or
.hree weeks, because there are
hundreds Of children who have not
returned to the city vet and hun.
1THds more who are delayed through
reasons"