Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

teachers room, better toilets for girls,
those in the new section having to walk
nearly the distance of city block
through the building to basement toilets
in old section. Daylight is poor in up
per hall of new section due to small
ness of transom window.
ROsedaIe PortabIes, Twentieth and
RoSedale streets northeast-There is /
kindergarten and q part-time la class
in one portable and a combined part
time LIB, PA and 2-B and a part
time 3-B In second portable. The
total enrolment of the two temporary
buildings is 140 and the total sitting II.
The kindergarten has % pupils, the l.
class 43, the combined first and sec
ond grade, 35 and the third grade "a.
The portables have no artificial lights,
and are heated by stoves unevenly.
The floors are cold and the ventilation
poor. Rain sometimes beats in through
the walls of the structures. During the
recent storm snow sifted in around the
windows and doors. The children use
two wooden outhouses for toilet pur-
poses. They are supplied with running
water, but are unheated. Drinking
water Is furnished by an outside bub-
bling fountain between the two build
ings. There Is, of course, no inside
play room, and for an outside play
ground in good weather the children
must use privately-owned lot.
BurrviIIe School Division avenue and
Hay street enthusiastically class
rooms, oldest section, 4 rooms: second
section, rooms, and new section,
rooms. with fine new auditorium; no
portableS. When The Star reporter
called only 4 rooms in the new section
were occupied, and there were three
part-time classes in the school. When
the addition is all in use Monday he
was told there would be room for all
the classes on full time. Total enroll
ment for the building, 780; total sittings,
942; including the 4 rooms to be occu-
pied Monday. In addition to the 8
part-time regular classes there was a
double kindergarten with total of 70
pupils sharing room, with a part-time
first grade of As pupils. There were 13
classes with more than 35 pupils each,
8 of them having more than 40 pupils.
Extra chairs and tables have to be set
up in some of the class rooms when all
of the children are present. The light
ing is satisfactory; steam heat salts
factory; toilets are part old-style and
part modern; 2 play rooms on ground
floor of old section are too small, but
there is a large room under the new
not yet assigned for use. This space
may be used for play rooms, or for in
struction In industrial arts. Even with
new toilet in the modern section the
reporter was informed that boys toilet
facilities will be inadequate. The out
side playground is much too small, most
of the former playground space having
been used as a site for the new section
of building. Additional playground
seems to be greatest need; playground
equipment is also needed, as there is
room for women teachers are salts
factory, but there is no room for three
men teachers. Coaching rooms are lack
ing. Laboratories for industrial art in
Struction are needed and also modern
equipment for industrial art work. The
reporter found deep, sticky mud around
! the building, and the children had to
pillow through it to get inside. The out
side grounds are unsightly, being en-
tirely without housekeeping. The side
walk in front of the building is full of
holes and dangerous, especially for chill
dren. There is no room in the build
ing IN which the janitor may keep his
effects. Although the auditorium is
! otherwise satisfactory, 1t has movable
seats, which, under the fire regulations,
bar 1t from use for showing moving
pictures.
| DeanwoOd School, Whittingham and
Lane places northeast--13 class rooms,
total enrolment 673: total sittings, in
| Guiding those in two portableS, 551
| When the reporter visited this build
ing there were 6 part-time classes, but
/ when 2 portables are occupied Monday
this number will be reduced to 2 part
/ time classes. There were Is classes
with more than 35 pupils each, of
these having more than 40. The light
ing is satisfactory; steam heat salts
| factory. Toilets in new section are
modern, those in old section being old
| style. There is a play room for boys
but none for girls. The playground is
satisfactory. The two portables were
having electric lights installed. They
are old structures, having been moved
8 times. They have cold floors, cracks
under doors and around windows, etc,
like other wooden structures of this
| type. There are 3 extra rooms In
the main building for cooking, sew
ing and carpentry work. and the prin-
cipafs Office is satisfactory. There is
teachers room, but no furniture for
it. This building is in fairly good
condition, but crowded, In addition