Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
PORTABLE SCHOOLS
NOW USED HERE ARE
CUT TO TOTAL OF 50
Five Still Employed Have
Been Moved TO New Sites
Since Last Year.
FL LIMITATION PLANNED
OF is ADDITIONAL UNITS
Congestion May Necessitate Fur.
ther Transfer of Buildings
to Other Locations.

With the elimination this Fall Of
eight of the one-room frame structures,
the District public school system has
entered upon the 193O-3l academic
year with SO portable school houses
still in use, according to data compiled
by Jere j. Crane, first assistant super
intendent in charge of business affairs
and school buildings.
OF those in use, five are going into
service at new locations, having been
moved during the Summer from sta
tons they occupied last year. The
biggest and most important elimination
OF these structures against which public
sentiment has been aroused. occurred
at the Park View School where five
portables are replaced this year by a
new broom addition to the main
building. -Four of these are to be
turned over to the District property
office for final disposition. indicating
their complete withdrawal from service,
while the remaining one has been
stored for possible use in the future.
Will Drop Is More.
Mr.. Crane pointed out late yester-
day that 16 more of the portables In
service this year will be eliminated next
year through new construction sched-
uled this season and provided for in
the current appropriation. Every eff
fort will be made. Mr. Crane declared,
to abandon these 16 structures for ali
time. although it is possible that con-
gestion at new locations will neces-
stitatc the transfer of some of them
to new sites.
The portables which were discon-
tlnued this year were one of the five
at the Garrison School. one of the three
at the Jefferson Junior High School,
one of the two at the Keene School
and the five at the Park View School.
Those which have been transferred
to new sites this year include one from
the B. w. Murch School site to the
Broad Branch road site, making q
community of three portableS where
only two did service last year: one from
the B. w. Murch School to Wesley
Heights, making q community of five,
where four served at the beginning of
last year (this whole group will be
eliminated, however, with the compile
ton next September of the new eight
room SCHOOL,; two from Burrville
School to Deanwood, and one from
the Takoma School to the Whittier
School, making two there.
Others in Service.
Other portables in service this year
are as follows: One at the old Bates
road site, Allison street and Fort drive:
one at the Benntng School, Anacostia
road and Benning street northeast; two
at the Brookland School, Twelfth and
Monroe streets northeast; three at the
e. V. Brown School, Connecticut ave-
nue. and Military road; four at the
Cleveland School, Eighth and T streets;
two at the Congress Heights School,
Nichols and Alabama avenues south
east; three at the John Eaton School,
Thirty-fourth street and Lowell place;
two at the Fillmore, Thirty fifth and s
streets; two at the Giddings School,
Third and G streets southeast: three at
the Harrison School, Thirteenth and v
streets; two at the Kalmia road site.
Fourteenth street and Kalmia road; one
at the Kingsman School, Fourteenth
and E streets northeast; one at the
Maury School, Twelfth and B streets
southeast: two at the Orr School.
Twenty-second and Prout streets south
east; one at the Powell Junior High
School, Hiatt place and Lamont street;
two at Rosedale, Twentieth and Rose
dale streets northeast; two at the
Syphax School, Half and N streets
southwest. and two at the Tenth and
Franklin streets northeast site.