Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-27
SCHOOLS ARE FOUND
DARK AND CROWDED
Anticipated Heating, Lighting
and Plumbing Revealed
Ia in D. C. Survey.
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able, part-time class or diversified class
contrasts with it.
In the whole division there are only
four schools with auditoriums or combi-
nation assembly hall and gymnasiums.
These are the Curtis, E. v. Brown, jan
ney and Oyster Schools. The new B. w.
Murch School, which probably will be
opened next week in the Chevy Chase
area, viii give the division its fifth as
sembly hall.
The FIRST division possesses, besides
the magnificent Murch School now
nearing completion, the handsome
Oyster School. But 1t has also the old
Weightman School with its four hot
air furnaces. 1t boasts the New Key
School, destined to be 16 or 24-room
school with every modern facility, and
nearby It owns the antiquated wooden
Reservoir School.
Comparisons Tel Story.
Comparisons are odiouS, perhaps, but
they tell the story of Washington's
schools as they are today.
One by one, the buildings and their
respective conditions were found as fol-
lows:
Corcoran School, Twenty-eights street
between NJ street and Olive avenue
Two stories, eight class rooms; total en-
rollment, al; total sittings, $50. Seven
rooms used for classes, one as head
quarters ONCE for nature study teachers.
Largest class, sixth grade, 80 pupils;
smallest, second grade, ~. The 4AB
class lacks two chairs so odd pieces are
borrowed from other rooms. Two toilet
rooms and two play rooms, all in base
ment, of vault type" poorly lighted,
cold and damp. Plumbing facilities, old
fashioned. Playground, adequate, but
needs fence repairs; buildings upper
floors well lighted on clear days, ade-
quate electric equipment for cloudy
days; heating plant all right. Teachers
have tiny rest room over stair landing;
used also for sick pupils; medical ex-
aminations made In principals CORE
spending stairway office.
Glasses diversified.
jackson School, Thirty-frst and r
streetS-Two stories, eight class rooms;
total enrolment, ass; total sittings, 2s7.
All rooms occupied by classes ranging
from kindergarten through sixth grades.
Two diversified classes, first grade of Il;
third grade, 80 (until recently, 46);
fourth and sixth grades have IS each,
while ; smallest class second grade has
rooms, each with old fixtures, and play
rooms of vault" type. Playground
small and brick paved. Teachers room
over stair landing, small, used also for
sick pupils; medical examinations made
in principals corresponding stairway
room. Light and heat adequate under
ali conditions.
Hyde School, Thirty-second and o
gtreets-Two stories, eight class rooms;
total enrolment, 290; total sittings, 291.
Seven rooms used for classes; one
available since opening Of Gordon
Junior High School, used for coaching
All graded classes oversized-Kinder-
garten, So; three FIRST grades, ~, 46
krryr 10 an.
combination second and third grade,
SO. The first grades, one of IS, the
other OF Al, use sittings borrowed from
other rooms, In room corners TO accom-
modate pupils; extra chairs used SIM
ilarly in kindergarten Play rooms
dark and inadequate. Recesses held
In class room in bad weather. Toilet
facilities. Teachers rest room actually
q small store chamber, lacks q couch.
Hot air heat, all right.
Teachers without Room.
Curtis School, Thirty-third and o
streets-Three stories, eight class
rooms, assembly and library: total en-
roIlment, 24s; total sittings, 265. Seven
rooms used for classes ranging from
third through sixth grades; one room
vacant pending second semester organ
ization. Four diversified classes-Sixth
grade, 40; fifth grade, 43; another NTH,
Al; third grade, -. A second sixth
grade has IS pupils. There are two spe-
cial classes Of IL and %, respectively.
The auditorium on third fioor Is wood
construction throughout, old-faShioned
In design, devoid Of decoration and
fresh paint. Teachers have no rest
room, as that chamber has been q Dis
trict Health Department dental clinic
serving school children Of Georgetown
section. Two play rooms for boys and
two for girls, are Of vault" type, Mod
ern toilets have been installed in q for
mer class room having improved ven-
tilatton, lighting and heating. Play
ground Is cramped because It g used
by children Of adjoining schools. Par
ents and teachers have urged purchase
Of additional lots bearing four small
houses and running through to p
street.
Play Rooms Too Cold.
Addison School, Thirty-third and p
street-Two stories, seven class rooms;
total enrolment, 100; total sittings, 1885,
One diversified class, q 4A-B grade, of
81. A combination "a and Ia "oppor-
tunity'' class has ~ pupils, and another
special class has II. The basement
vault" play rooms are so cold that
principal forbids their use; bad weather
receSseS held in class and lunches eaten
in class. A first floor class room has
been made into modern toilet room,
thus abandoning q one-story independ-
emit structure at rear. Four hot-air
furnaces-with coal and ash doors
opening on corridors used daily by
pupils, resulting in tracking Of ash and
coal dust throughout building-inade-
quate; reporter found building tempera-
ture low. School personnel declares
only constant feeding Of soft coal viii
produce a maximum Of 20 degrees in
cold weather. Playground needs sur
facing. Teachers have small stair land
ing lunch room, but no couch in build
ing for emergencies.
Key School, Hurst Terrace and Dana
place. Potomac HeightS-One story ESQ.,
called four-room eXtenSible building) i,
hve class rooms; total enrolment, 1888;
total sittings, 208i one part-time class.
AL class rooms occupied. There are
two with diversified rclasses-a part-time
nrst grade with Al, and combination
second and third grade Of SO. Com
bination Sab and ga grade Of 80 is
expecting 10 new pupils. Smallest class
Is q special class of 81. Teachers room
used for domestic art and science;
Janitor's room used for storage. Build
ing lacks auditorium and play rooms;
pupils eat lunches in class; play In cor
ridors in bad weather, working hard
ship upon children coming great dis
tanceS in that suburban area. Play
ground, leveled space in clay bank,
neither fenced nor surfaced.
All Combination Glasses.
Reservoir School, Elliott place and
Potomac avenue; two stories, frame
and stucco construction, four class
rooms; total enrolment, 100: total sit
tings, l60-No room filled; all classes
are combinations such as Is pupils in