Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
DECREE
MADE BY BOARD
Only Those Examined and
Adiudged Safe Will
Be Used.

Portable school buildings will be used
in the future only after they have been
thoroughly examined and adjudged safe
for occupancy. the Board Of Education
decreed yesterday afternoon at special
meeting, when the report of DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools,
embodying the statement that 1.-The
abandonment of all portables without
further moving Is an ideal which
school officials would sincerely like to
attain" was unanimously adopted.
The report carried recommendations
that the two portable buildings at the
Petworth School be abandoned and that
needed repairs be made on all others
before the beginning of the school term,
September %.
Is in Good Condition.
The report made public that after a
careful inspection of the rs portables, it
was found that IS were in good condi-
ton, % show various degrees of rotting
timbers and 2 should not be used
in their present condition.
The recommendations made by DR..
Ballou and approved by the board are:
Il. That the two portables at the
Petworth School, which are reported
portable schoolhouSes to be unfit for
further use. without repairs, be aban-
doned.
"2. That the Board of Education au-
thorize and direct First Assistant Sup
erintendent Jere j. Crane to secure from
the repair shop further report on the
% portables in which rotting of tim
bers has taken place, for the purpose
OF determining whether said portables
are safe and suitable for classroom
use, before pupils are received in them
on September %.
IS. That the Board of Education au-
thorize and direct First Assistant Sup
erintendent Crane further to secure an
estimate Of the cost Of any repairs to
said portables that in the Judgment
OF the repair shop may be necessary
to put said portables in proper con-
dition for USE"
Seek Repair Shop Advice.
The report further stated that 1.-THE
superintendent advises the board that
as heretofore the District repair slOp
will be asked to determine whether
portables may be properly moved before
issuing orders to the repair shop for
moving them to another location.
THE recommendation of the COM
mittee that only those portableS in a
| very substantial condition be moved and
| that others should be abandoned when
| their usefulness in their present loca-
| ton has been served, is a policy that
the school officials heartily indorse.
The abandonment of all portables with
out further moving is an ideal that the
school officials would sincerely like to
attain.
1.-The superintendent believes that
hereafter protableS should be moved to
new locations only in the case of the
most urgent needs. The adoption OF
this policy seems necessary not only be-
| cause of the condition of the portable0
but also possibly because of the new
schoolhouSe construction annually be-
ing carried on in the District of CO.
| lumbia"
The board named a committee Of
three to represent it in connection with
| the recreation system for the District
| The committee members are Stephen
e. Kramer, assistant superintendent Of
schools; H. B. Learned, vice president
of the board, and Miss Sybn Baker
director of community center work.
Isaac Cans Presides.
In the absence of DR.. Charles Carusi
president of the board, Isaac Cans
member, presided. DR.. CaruSi is in Eu.
| IOpc. Lie ACpOlC VI VIC superintendent
was read by Mr.. Kramer, DR.. Ballot
being confined to his home with ar
attack of hay fever.
Mrs. M. T. Latimore was promoted
from teaching principal to administra.
tive principal of the Cardoza-Bel
School and s. D. Matthews was pro.
| NOTED from teacher to teaching prin.
| cipal at the Garfield School.
The following transfers were ordered:
| j. C.. Payne, administrative principal
| from Douglass-Simmons School to John
F. Cook School; Miss E. A. Chase, ad-
ministratfve principal, from Briggs
Montgomery group to Douglass-Sim-
mons group; j. p. Gillen, administra-
| tive principal, from CardoZa-Bel group
| to Briggs montgomery group; Mrs. r
| s. Netherland, principal, from Harrison
| School to Burrville School; Miss v. E.
Chase, principal, from Garfield School
to Wilson School, A. G. Stafford, prin-
cipal, from Burrville School to Phillips
School; Miss e. F. Wilson, principal
from Phillips School to Cleveland
| school, and DR.. F. J. Cardoza. principal
from Wilson School to Harrison School