Evening star., 1925-03-11
SCHOOLS To END
PART-T|ME SYSTEM
Elimination First Aim in Car
rying Out $4,000 900
Building Program.

Elimination of part-time classes
Will be the first aim of school author
tiles in carrying out the Districts un-
precedented s19,000,000 five year
school building program, which will
be definitely launched after a survey
of schoolhouse construction in other
cities. which will be started Friday y
in Baltimore by committee COM
posed of Supt. Frank w. Ballou, Mu-
nicipal Architect Albert L. Harris,
and Ernest Greenwood, vice president
OF the Board of Education and chair
man of its committee on buildings,
grounds and equipment.
DR.. Ballou indicated today that
school authorities considered the
elimination of the part-time classes
of primary importance and deserv-
ing of first consideration as far as
schoolhouse accommodations are con-
cerned. There are now 129 part-time
classes in the school system, in which
approximately 5000 children are re-
ceiving only so per cent of a normal
days schooling.
Elimination of PortabIes.
After the part time classes are
eliminated through additional ac-
commodations in the schools in which
they are located. steps will be taken
to dispose of undesirable rooms and
rented quarters, which were pressed
into use as an expedient when con-
procedure will be to eliminate the
81 one-room portables now in use at
greatly overcrowded schools.
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over size classes and undesirable
quarters, a definite plan of replace
ment of the old buildings recommended
for abandonment years ago will be car
ried out. Under this plan few of the
old buildings would be abandoned an
nually over the five-year period.
Figures compiled by school authori-
ties show that $50 additional class
rooms are needed solely to eliminate
portables, part-time classes, rented
quarters and undesirable rooms and
to reduce oversize classes. One hun
dred and sixty eight additional class
rooms are necessary to replace build
ings recommended for abando lment
Those buildings, which will be
a bandoned under the five-year pro-
gram, are: John F. Cook, Threlkeld,
Abbott, Adams, Berret. Bradley,
Force, Jefferson. Lincoln. Webster,
Bell, Chain Bridge, Hamilton, Smoth-
ers, Tenley, Arthur. Brightwood,
Garnet, Langdon and Patterson. Ten
of these buildings were recommended
for abandonment in 1908.
S4..O0,0O0 for This Year.
Approximately $4,000, 900, about
one-ifth of the total of $4,000, 900
by Congress for new
is available this year. and
school officials plan to make use of
it without Undue delay.
Plans for the new Mckinley Tech
nical High School to be erected at
Second and T streets northeast. ad-
joining the Langley Junior High
School, already are in the process
of preparation in the Office of NUM-
cipal Architect Harris.
The plans for other school build
ings provided in the initial INSTALL
ment of the building program, will
be started as soon as the committee
completes it's survey of schoolhouse
construction in other cities. Besides
Baltimore, the committee has planned
to visit Philadelphia, New York.
Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago
and Detroit.
DR.. Ballou pointed out that every
feature of schoolhouse construction
will be observed closely by the COM
mittee during the trip, such as heat
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