Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
D. c. SCHOOLS OPEN
| DOORS TOMORROW
Peak Enrolment Is Expect
ed-Many New Buildings
for This Term.

Washington's public schools will re-
open tomorrow morning with prepara-
tions completed for an estimated peak
enrolment of nearly $4,000 children in
the school SYSTEMS senior high, junior
high and elementary grade buildings.
Some of the youngsters will enter
bright. new quarters and others will 60
into the tiny frame portables which
school officials have strategically thrown
across the gap between utter lack OF
facilities and a state of adequate &C
commodations which the five-yeal
building program is designed to give tc
the Capital.
Most Of them, however, will return tc
the buildings they quit for vacation last
June, while all of Wasilington's public
school boys and girls will return to the
jurisdiction of teaching personnel en-
hanced by Summer conferences and
studies and periods of relaxation at
home and abroad.
Back to Same Rooms.
In accordance with the announce
ments of school officials, elementary
school pupils throughout the city, with
the exception Of those promoted to the
high schools, will report at 9 o'clock
to the same rooms they occupied last
last year. From these rooms, the pro-
NOTED pupils will be sent to higher
classes.
Pupils scheduled to enter high
school through promotion from the
elementary buildings will report at
their new school buildings-at 10
o'clock for those in the white schools,
and at o'clock for those In the col
ored schools. The junior high schools
will open at Q o'clock and pupils en-
tering these buildings should present
themselves at their respective schools
at that hour. Returning senior high
school students will enter their classes
at the regular time tomorrow.
Congestion in certain sections Of the
school system will be relieved, II not on
the opening date of school, soon after
the first semester gets underway, by
the opening of two new senior high
schools, two new junior high schools,
one new elementary school and two
new additions to elementary buildings.
Including the new junior high schools
and the new elementary school Struc-
lures, total Of at least SO additional
elementary classrooms, providing ac-
comodations for LAO pupils, will be-
come available during the term about
to open. The two new high schools
will offer facilities for approximately
l 200 more senior high school students
than were provided for last year. The
total senior high and elementary school
additional facilities for 2,640 pupils rep
resent this years progress under the
five-year building program.
New Mckinley High.
The new Mckinley High School at
Second and r streets northeast has ac-
commodations for 1000 students, rep
resent facility increases for 800
pupils over the old "Tech" Building at
Seventh street and Rhode Island ave-
nue., which accommodated only 1,lOO
bows and girls.
The newly established Cardo2o (busi-
ness) High School for colored pupils.
housed in the old M Street High School
building between First street and New
Jersey avenue, will relieve Dunbar High
School Of its overcrowding by removing
entirely that schools departments OF
business practice with its $50 students.
The new Gordon Junior High School
at Thirty-fifth and T streets will re-
lieve both senior high schools and eie-
mentary schools of the Georgetown dis
trict when it opens about october l.
It's accommodations for a total enroll
ment of 600 students will include, 1t Is
estimated by Robert L. Haycock. assist
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