Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
Citizens Association to Air
Parents Rebellion Against
Board Ruling.
MAY KEEP SIS CHILDREN
AWAY FROM NEW CLASSES
Stronger Unity Reported Built Up
to Prevent Transfers to
Monroe Institution.

Plans were being complied last night
for the resumption of Park Views
battle of the boundaries" which fol-
lowed the rebellion of group of par.
ents against the school authorities
transfer of SIS children from the Park
View School to the Monroe School.
A special meeting of the Park View
Citizens Association, of which Fred 8.
Walker is president, will be held at the
Park View School, Warder street be-
tween Newton and Otis streets, at 2
o'clock tomorrow night. The enti;e
situation arising out of the ordered
transfer of the SIS children will be re-
viewed at that meeting, which prob
ably will be attended by the parents Of
the children involved as well as MEM
berS and officers of the Monroe School
Parent Teacher Association, some Of
whom are members also Of the Park
View citizens body.
Education Board to Meet.
The second Forthcoming definite move
in the controversy is scheduled to take
place at the meeting of the Board of
Education in the Franklin Administra-
ton Building at $3.50 O'Clock Wednes.
day afternoon. At that time both fac
lions, according to their announcements
last night, will be represented by dele
cations in order to present both sides
to the school board. DR.. Charles r.
Carusi. president of the board, an
nounced late yesterday that he had
planned to preside at that session, the
first since his return from Europe last
that determination.
Meanwhile it remains to be seen
whether any of the SIS children will
report to the Monroe School tomorrow.
Eighteen of them were in class at that
building Friday, according to the re-
ports there, but it was claimed last
night that the protesting parents were
more determined than ever to refuse
to accede to the school officials orders.
Alfred Hannemann, father of three
little boys affected by the transfer. told
The Star that, while "a couple" Of the
SIS children had been sent to the Mon
roe School by their parents, he was
certain stronger unity had been built
up among the parents and that none
of the children will be sent back to
the Monroe School.
Boundaries Disregarded.
The complexity of the situation, 1t
was pointed out by spokesman for both
sides, is aggravated by the fact that
the Monroe School is in territory under
the jurisdiction of the Columbia
| Heights Citizens Association, while the
residences of the SIS children involved
in the transfer are situated within the
Park View Citizens Associations terri
tory. These residences also are located
within the Monroe Schools district"
School officials have explained that IN
assigning territory to the public schools
the boundaries OF the citizens associa-
lions have to be disregarded. They
commended it is impossible to claim any
one school as that which shall be at
tended by the members Of any par
ticular citizens group.
Further complications arise out Of
the fact that two schools are operated
under different systems. The Park
View School. located in the heart of
the Park View Citizens Association ter
ritory, is the Districts only platoon
type of school, while the Monroe
School is one of the ordinary type OF
class-per-room schools. The parents Of
the children who have been transferred
from the Park View School have set
up as one of the chief objections TO
the move the contention that having
been accustomed to the platoon system
of schooling their boys and girls would
be seriously handicapped by transfer
to the old system at this time.