Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
TIA From District Attend
Maryland and Virginia In
Stitutions, BaIIou Shows.
BASIS FOR COMPARATIVE
FIGURES AT VARIANCE
433 Washington Students Attend
Maryland University Without
Paying Tuition to State.

While 2.727 Maryland and virginia
resident pupils attend the District OF
Columbia public schools ia pupils ad-
Judged to belong 10 the District" go
to the schools and colleges in the neigh
boring counties of the two States ac-
cordlng to the report DR.. Frank w.
Ballou superintendent, made to the
Board Of Education at its meeting late
yesterday.
In presenting these figures to the
board however, DR.. BalOu cited the
difficulties Of comparing the number
Of nonresident children attending Dis
trict schools with the number OF Dis
trict children enrolled in Maryland and
Virginia schools arising from varying
definitions Of the term non resident.
The District public school system con-
strues any child actually living within
the District as a resident, the SuDerin-
tendent explained. but the county school
superintendent regard child who lives
with relatives in their respective cCun-
ties while their parents reside in the
District as a non resident child.
Only 4 Non Resident"
Hence DR.. Ballou advised the board
that while Arlington County Va re-
ported IS District pupils attending its
schools, 81 actually live in Arlington
County with relatives and "A are there
Board OF Public Welfare. while the par
ents of the children in both groups live
in Washington. Only four Of the 45
are nonresident pupils in the same
sense that the District regards its non
. ,5ident' children.
Further Complications.
The problem Of determining the rela-
tive numbers Of nonresident pupils is
ful Their complicated. DR.. Ballou re-
ported. by the fact that there are Dis
trict reservations at Lorton and Deco
GUAM. Va, where employees of the Dis
trict live whose children attend the
state schools. Moreover. in Prince
Georges County the Federal Government
maintains Fort Washington and large
experimental farms. Residents on these
reservations the superintendent pointed
out. may or may not be construed as
Prince Georges County residents, de-
pending upon definitions.
With these complications in mind.
DR., Bailou advised the board that the
county school superintendents had re-
ported the following number Of children
belonging TO the District attending
their schools: Montgomery County.
80 in elementary schools and 80
in high schools. Prince Georges County.
lis in elementary schools and %
in high schools. and Arlington County.
Il III elementary schools and in
high schools Thus 246 children who
belong to the District" attend county
elementary schools and 81 of them go
10 county high schools. making a total
Of 303 nonresident" pupils being
sChoolcd in these counties for the Dis
trict.
All at Maryla nd University.
Besides these. DR.. Raymond A. Pear
son. president Of the University Of
Maryland. has advised the local school
authorities that there are Ali residents
of the District Of Columbia attending
his institution.
None of the District" children pay
tuition to the States Dr. Ballou added
Comparing with these figures. sub
mitted by the Maryland and Virginia
the District authorities re-
ported to the board that the 2,727 nom
resident pupils in Ditrict schools are
divided as follows: Elementary schools.
1926. with 4 paying tuition. Junior nigh
schools 492, with ! paying tuition;
senior high schools 965. with 81 paving
tuition; teachers colleges. % with
paving tuition. vacation schools. 2l3,
with paying tuition: night schools.
l6l. with 10 paying tuition. vocational
schools 80. with none paying tuition,
and special schools. 3. with none paying
tuition The total paying tuition out
of the 2727 is &c.
While he advised the board that rela-
tive costs Of educating District children
in the States and State children in the
District are ont available DR.. Ballou
submitted to the board cost computa-
tons based on the District tuition rates
and the University Of Maryland tuition.
These figures show that the TIA chill
dren reported as belonging to the Dis
trct' now attending Maryland and Vir-
ginia schools receive educational serv-
ices valued at $40 240.92, divided as
follows: Two hundred and fOrty-siX
school pupils. at $69.68 (the
District of Columbia tuition). $l7.l4l.2 %;
ST in high school. at Sl35.52 District
Of Columbia rate). S7.72464. and All
of Maryland students. at SIPS
Irregular tuition charges, ISL .375. None
of the students belonging to the Dis
trict," however, pays any charges.
$251,s62 for Non Residents.
Comparing with these figures are the
buttons provided nonresident children
in the District schools. The 2.66l nom
resident pupils receive instruction cost
ing S25l 1862 20 OF this total $57 ,27696
is for elementary instruction, S54 5000
is for junior high school pupils, $l26,-
SIS SO is for senior high school instruc-
ton $629384 is for teachers college
S922.88 is for vacation
schools. Sl.54364 is for night schools.
81 27776 is for vocational schools, and
1881 "a is for special schools.
The report on comparative costs Of
outside" children in the Dis
trict and in the Maryland and Vir-
ginia schools, with the relative numbers
of enrolled such pupils, was presented
to the School Board III accordance with
the suggestion made in April by Daniel
G. Roper, board member.