Evening star., 1924-09-21

it's accommodations. Mckinley will
avoid the temporary overcrowding ex-
pedients by increasing the size of its
classes from 80 to 40 pupils.
Owing to the construction of its
new addition, Western will feel the
pinch of congestion more than the
other white high schools, although It's
student body will be about the same
as the last school year. Several OF
it's classrooms. as well as one-half
of the lunchroom and one-half of the
assembly hall have been put out of
use by the work on the annex.
Temporary corridors also have been
cut through a number of the class
rooms, decreasing seating accommo-
dations considerably. The school may
have to go through the entire new
school year under such handicap
Although the contrast for the erec-
ton of the addition calls for it's COM
pletion next March, officials now be-
lieve that it will not be completed
before the beginning of the 1925-1926
school year in September.
CoIored Schools Taxed.
The situation in the colored high
schools, Armstrong and Dunbar, will
be more serious than in the white
senior institutions. Armstrong will
continue to divert it's overflow to a
colony of 1S portables now located in
the rear of Dunbar High School until
It's new addition is finished.
Like Western, the Armstrong addi-
tion was originally planned to be
completed early next year. 1t is not
expected now to be ready for occu-
pancy before next September. The
prospective gain in enrolment at
Dunbar is estimated at ESQ. which will
give the school a student body of
originally built to accommodate.
Disappointed over the delay in COM
pleting the installation of the heat
ing apparatus in the Thomson School,
which will keep it closed for another
week. Robert L. Haycock, assistant
superintendent Of schools. issued a
statement last night explaining the
plans for accommodating the pupils
in the Franklin and Thomson Schools.
The statement follows:
lowing to- an unavoidable delay in
the completion of the heating plant
at the Thomson School, the building
Is in such condition at this time that
the school. authorities do not deem it
advisable to undertake any class
room instruction at the Thomson dur
ing the opening days Of school The
contractor expects to have the build
ing ready for occupancy by the end
of the week. Meanwhile, noisy cleo
trio drills are at work drilling
through cement floors for the extern
sion of the heating pipes. Besides
the noise and dust there are points
Of danger for the pupils in and
around the building which lead the
school officials to postpone the open
inEs of this building, which has just
received a new third floor addition.
"All work at the Thomson School
will be suspended for two hours to-
morrow morning when the Is classes
will be assembled in their regular
rooms, will be supplied with their
books and instructed in regard to
taking UP their temporary quarters
at the nearby buildings. The four
classes now at the Franklin and the
classes at the Webster must be
placed on a double-shift organixa-
ton to meet the emergency. The
upper grades, which will be accom-
modated in the Franklin assembly
hall, in the board room and in other
available rooms, must also attend
upon a double shift. Miss Maud
Alton. principal of the Americ2niza-
tion School, now housed at the Web
ster. is cooperating with Charles F.
Finckel. the principal Of the Frank
lin Thomson School, in making ad-
justments Mt the Webster to meet
the situation"