Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
SCHOOL CHANGES
RULED BY BOARD
Two White Schools Shifted
to CoIored Division-Per.
sonnet Moved.


Two elementary schools now occupied
by white pupils will be transferred to
the colored division and a supervisory
position at $4,000 to $4,000 will be re-
placed by dictatorship carrying a SAL
airy 81 900 lower, under reorganiza-
ton of the public school system or
dered by the Board of Education yes
terday on the recommendation of DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent.
The Monroe School, at Columbia road
and Georgia avenue; the Greenleaf
School, at Four-and-a-half and NJ
streets southwest, both in neighborhoods
in need of additional school facilities
for colored children. are the two
schools which are housing white pu-
pills for the last time this month.
Patterson to Retire.
The Supervisorship that is being elm
mated Is the position now held by
Walter B. Patterson. who is retiring at
the end of the current term. after So
years of service in the public school
system Mr.. Patterson has charge OF
the atypical and ungraded schools, the
Summer schools and the night schools.
With the elimination of his position,
the various atypical and ungraded
schools will be assigned to the divisions
in which they are located and the re-
sponsibility for their operation placed
upon the respective supervisors OF ex-
listing divisions.
The Summer and night schools will
be grouped, however, under a director
to be appointed later.
The reorganiZa ton, together with the
opening in September OF several new
school buildings, nccessitateS marked
shift in the personnel Of the school
system.
Mrs. Kinnear Shifted.
Mrs. Agnes I. Kinnear, now prin-
cipaI of the Columbia Junior High
School. will be principal of the new
Eliot Junior High School. 1t was UNI
derstood in school circles that Mrs. Kin
near was to head the new Alice Deal
Junior High School in the Reno sec
ton, but Dr. Ballou explained to the
board she asked that she be assigned
to the Eliot building, which adJoins
Eastern High School
Miss BERTHE Backus, now principal OF
the Powell Junior High School. will be
principal of the Deal Junior High
School.
Lester T. Walter, teacher OF general
science at the Columbia Junior High ,
School, will be promoted to the prln-
Cipalship of the Powell Junior High
School. Mr. Walter, a native OF Penn
sylvania, came to the District school
system with valuable administrative
school experience. A graduate OF the
East StroudSburg. Pa. State Teachers
College and the holder of bachelor
of science degree from the Pennsyl- |
vania State College. Mr.. Walter has
been both a senior high school and an
elementary school principal. In addl- |
ton to his teaching position at Column
bia. he also is principal of the Hine |
Night School He holds master OF
arts degree from George Washington
University. He is 80 years old and
married.
Other Changes Ordered.
Other personncl changes ordered by
the board yesterday included the as
signment of Miss L. E. Ballenger. ad-
ministrative principal of the Hubbard
Raymond School group, to the Ray
mond School alone. The Hubbard
School now is to become an annex Tor
the Powell Junior High School.
Miss R. G. Garraher, administrative
principal CT the Fairbrother- Rossell
School, will be administrative principal
of the Bradley Fairbrother School. The
Rossell School will be consolidated with
the Amidon School to become the
Amidon- Rossell School.
Miss M. r. Merritt. administrative
principal of the n-Greenleaf
School. will become the administrative
principal of the Bowen-Smallwood
Miss M. X. steinle. administrative
principal of the Amidon-Smallwood
School, becomes the administrative
principal of the Amidcn-RoSsell School.
The board also formally ordered the
discontinuance of the Columbia Junior
High School at Seventh and Q streets
as regular Junior high school. This
move was long anticipated in view OF
the gradual moving of the Abbott Voca-
tional School classes and equipment into
the Columbia Building.
Building transfers to speciflc d.
visions from the old ninth division. !
which now is eliminated, include: |
Americanization WebSter Building, !
Tenth and H streets to sixth division:
Health School to third division, and !
Polk School to fifth division; Indus
trial Home School to first division.
"Janitors" Made "Custodians."
The board also officially changed the |
designation of the 'janitors" in pubic
school buildings to "custodians. Az
the same time it appointed H. r.
Thompson now at MCKINLEY High
School, as chief engineer of the white |
schools, and Henry Adams, now at
Armstrong High School, as chief en-
gineer of the colored schools. /
DR.. Ballou reported to the board at
its meeting yesterday that the funds
raised to provide free milk and cracker
lunches for needy children totaled
S6l8.10, while the requests for financial
aid from the various schools amounted
to only $346. The balance, he ex-
planned, will remain available for the
same purpose with the reopening OF
schools next year.
The board received a report on the
number of colored high school gradu-
ates who condnue their education. Dun
bar, which last June graduated 258
students, certified 1913 for college and
sent four others on to special schools;
Armstrong graduated IA and sent Sc
to college, while Cardozo, which gradu-
ated only 3d. certified to college.
Dunbars graduates entered total OF
81 different colleges, while five institu-
lions were required to receive Arm
strong's output and three to take care
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