Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-11

: G!a3in- observation Of the dire
necessity cf Il promptly executed five
yeir school building plugy; N Is seen
III the srlu.tt,un prevailing i'll The cen
tr,l and sou, invest sections OF Wash
i,ILstou. where rEave are seven schools
which wer: recommended 10y Con
gress Tor ''ear,y abandonment exact
/ ~ Is years ago. Thev" are - e!e-
mcutar- scFoo;s in use IL This Iii
vision. : consolidated ong. comprising
the Old second. fourth and eighth
divisions.
While any material school growth
, in this division. which takes in the
Gov ntoWn section. appears inDrona-
Die. Dr. Frank ". Baliou. suDorin-
-cndsnt OF schools. uerci lcle"s e,-ti-
mates that open;ng Of 10f new school
rooms will be necessary TO make il
c2pa Bile % providing adequate educa-
,!onal facilities for the city's present
population.
Erection .. new oO-room Jefrer
son Junior IHGh School and con
Struction of one 2troom building,
one lo-room addition. one +i-roon1 addi-
ton and one eXtensible S-room build
, ing are OUT sta nding provisions carried
, in the interest Of this division in the
dve-year program.
Buildings IN sc.
The school buildings which have
been necessarily used. despite their
antiquated condition. for Is years
after their inaGcquacv was reco2 niHeu
by Congress are a follows:
, Webster. Eerret. Bradley. Force
Adams. Abbot and Jefferson.
Replacement OF these schools is rec
commended in The five-year program 80
- alI
rairbrother School TO house former
Bradley pupils; q new S-room Abbot
school; a new n4-room building on
site to he purcha sed in the vicinity
Of the Adams School to replace the
/ Force and Adams schools: third
story addition % the Amidon School
to care for pupils now sharing the
old jefferson School. which has been
converted into a junior high school
and the new 2O-room Jefferson junior
High School.
The Berret School Is now used as
center for manual and household arts
I instruction and has no resident pupils.
as soon d such instruction can he
, given in schools where pupils are
enrolled The use Of this buildin" can
be aba ndoned. It need not be re-
! pla ced as a building, hut a request for
nine rooms IS made by DR.. Ballou as
a consequence bI It's GbttlII'tIili'i4t-
! The Webster School has been partial
; L. aba ndoned by the construction OF
six additional rooms at the THOMPSON
School The Abbot SchOo! il pres
ent largely used az a Vocational school.
Division of Shortage.
Outside OF the Il rooms needed 10
rep'ace these Old schools the balance
Of the 80 rooms which the division is
short are divided IS follows: Est
mated increased enrolment. rooms:
portables now in use. 6 rooms: rented
quarters, rooms: 10 reduce oversize
classes. rooms; to eliminate part
time classes. Il rooms.
The most alarming condition in the
2-4-8 division is that existing at the
Jefferson and Amidon schools in the
southwest where there is an excess
OF 1914 pupils. with elementary classes
sharing space with junior high school
ella sses ar the jefferson.
Taking this situation into consid-
Grafton, the quota, of relief given this
division in the pending appropriation
bill authorizes construction OF a four
room addition at the AInidon School