Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
MOVE TO REDUCE
SCHOOL DIVISIONS
Changes First of Year to
Leave Only Six Sectors in
District System.

A forward step toward the con-
solidation of the public school system
into five divisions as proposed in the
school reorganization bill will be taken
January ]. when the present eight
geographical divisions will be cut
down to six. This move is made pos
sible through the retirement of Miss
Anne Beers, supervising principal of
the eighth division and for whom no
successor will be named
Beginning the first of the new year
seven schools which were in the old
second, fourth and eighth divisions
will be assigned TO other divisions
| and the remaining schools in the sec
ond, fourth and eighth divisions Will
be consolidated into one division.
None Will Be Unwieldy.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools. makes it plain that
the eventual division of the city into
five school divisions will not make
any one group unwieldy for its super
vising principal. inasmuch as pro-
vision will be made for additional ad-
ministrative principals who will as
sumo the greater part of the added
| responsibilities.
The new segregation of schools into
six divisions brings about an equaliza-
has never before been possible. As
rearranged each of the divisions will
carry approximately $500 pupils.
The seven schools affected by the
revision of divisions are: Weightman
| School, from the fourth to the first
division; Toner School. from the
| eighth to the first division; Grant
! School, from the eighth to the first
division; Cooke School, from the sec
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| from the second to the third division;
| Arthur School, from the eighth to the
| fifth division, and the Seaton School,
from the fourth to the fifth division.
Enrolment Changes.
The shifting of the schools and re
| arrangement of the divisions Will re
suit in the following enrolment
! changes: First division, from 1870
pupils to 5,252; consolidated second
| fourth and eighth divisions from 7.013
to 4,577; third division, from 1851 tc
| $3.50; fifth division, from 5,046 to
5,825; sixth division, 5,S0S, and sew
enth division, 5,299. The latter two
| divisions are unaffected by the change
B. W. Murch supervising principa
Of the first division; DIR. +. G.. Kim
ball. supervising principal of the third
division, and Selden NJ. Ely, supervis
the brunt Of the additional enroll
ments in the divisions occasioned by
! the change. Mr.. Murch takes on the
| Weightman. Toner and Grant Schools
/ DIR. kimball takes on Cooke and Ross
! Schools, and Mr.. Ely takes on the
=! Arthur and Seaton Schools.
| Locations of Divisions
| AS now constituted the first divi-
| sion embraces Georgetown and en-
| virons, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park
Conduit road and Washington Circle
vicinity; the third division takes in
Mount Pleasant between Rock Greek
Park and Soldiers Home northward
to Takoma Park; the fifth division.
northern northeast and a small slice
of the northwest; sixth division, south
ern half of the northeast section; sew
enth division, all of the southeast sec
ton, and the consolidated second
fourth and eighth divisions. the cen
trail part of the city and the south
west.