Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
BR00KLAND SCHOOL
RELIEF IS ASSURED
Section, With Woodbridge, to
Be Admirably Cared For
in Big Program.

While pa time classes and porta BILE
schools must prevail in the Brookla nd.
Woodbridge section for the balance of
this and probably the major portion
of the next school year. this rapidly
growing section will be taken care of
admirably under the terms of the
hre-year building program, DR.. Frank
w. Balou. superintendent of schools,
pointed out Yesterday.
Erection of the new Mckinley Man
ual Training School, two junior high
schools, one 16-room school, one eight
room school. two eight-room additions,
three school sites and land to supple
ment the Langdon and Brookland
school sites are provided for in the
program for this immediate section.
viii Furnish Portab,eS.
While it is true that only three of
these items. erection of an eight. room
addition to the Burroughs School and
assembly hall. the completion of the
Langley Junior High School at a
cost of $500. 900 and erection of the
new Mckinley High School are taken
care of in appropriations already made
or carried in the 1921 budget it
Is expected To provide portables as
soon as any are available to serve
students who now have to rely
on the BIooklanG, Burroughs or Lang
don schools.
Pressing need for immediate relief
IL school housing conditions was called
TO the attention of the Board of Edu-
cation by representatives of the Mich-
gan Park Citizens Associa ton al the
semi-annual meeting last Monday.
School officials said yesterday that
II is hoped to have the eiCht-room ad-
dition to the Burroughs school ready
by September. 1927. A total of so45.-
GOO TO cover this operation is carried
In the current budget.
% Rooms Short.
At present the Rrookkla nd W God
ridge section is 90 schoolrooms short
of being able 70 take care of the pu-
pills s DR.. Ballou would like to have
them taken care of. There are -
rarttime classes which need as many
rooms and there are eight porta bles.
two at the Brookland. one at the Bur
roughS, one at the Lanedon and four
located on the new site at Central
avenue and Carlton avenue northeast.
In addition temporary quarters are
rented at 20l4 Franklin street north
east and Fourteenth and Lawrence
northeast.
The new Mckinley Manual Train
Ing School. for which ii site already
has been purchased at Second and
I streets northeast, is expected TO
reach an eventual cost of 81 900 600
Appropriation for a stadium for this
school is carried in the tive-year pro
gram.
Following are the items carried for
this section in the five-year buildinl,
program:
Site for S-room school in vicinity
OF South Dakota avenue and Rhode
Island avenue northeast. appropriat :
ed for last year md purcha sed at Cen
trail avenue and Carlton avenue.
Site for l6-room school vicinity Of
Twelfth and Rhode Island avenue
mort beast
Michigan Avenue Site.
Site for 16-room school vicinity
north of Michigan avenue extended.
Land 10 supplement Langdon School
site
Land to supplement Brookland
School site
Erection of S-room addition to Bur
roughs School
Erection of S-room school on Cen
trail avenue site
Erection Of l6-room school TO re.
place the LangdoD School, which is a
frame building.
tompl~ non ~ the Langley Junior
High School and erection of a new
Junior high school in The Brookland-
Woodbridge neighborhood.
Statistics show that at present there
are 352 excess pupils in this neigh
porhood 1t Is felt certain that if the
provisions OF the tve-year program
are carried out the growth of
this section will be comfortably taken
care of, notWithsta nding the many
building operations which are known
to be contemplated.