Evening star., 1936-08-18

land for physical education in connec.
ton with erection Of vocational school
to replace Lenox Vocational School
at Potomac avenue between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets southeast,
$50. 900; additional land for Margaret
Murray Washington Vocational School,
$35. 600; for completion of purchase of
the site of the Jefferson Junior High
School, in southwest Washington,
$l65, 900; site for new Miner Teachers
College, $33.500.
To justify starting the new senior
high at Fifth and Sheridan streets.
the board said: This high school
will be located in a portion of the city
in which the secondary school popula-
ton is very much congested at the
present time. In addition to that
there are an unusually large number
of building operations in the imme-
diate vicinity OF the proposed new
building, which will serve to increase
the number Of high school pupils
which must be accommodated. At
the present time this section Is being
served by the Roosevelt and the Gen.
trail High Schools, both Of which had
an excess enrolment as of November
/, 1885,"
Explaining why a new senior high
school would be needed on Rhode Is
land avenue northeast, school officials
said: This is for the purpose of
bringing relief to Eastern High School.
1t is imperative that no time be lost
In the purchase Of land and ccnst-uc-
tion Of the building. A saving Of
approximately one year can be made
if the plans and specifications for
this building are developed before a
request is made for an appropriation
to begin construction"
Reasons for an early start on a
new senior high for colored children
on District-owned property It Twen-
ty-fourth street and Benning road
northeast were found in the facts that
the colored population Cf tie Ecrth-
east section is rapidly increasing; tl.at
Dunbar High, built to accommodate
1900, had an enrolment OF 1913
last November and expects an en-
rollment Of 1,700 next month. and that
both the Armstrong and Cardozo High
Schools also are overcrowded.
The estimates also propose that au-
thority be given for transfer of the
Wilson Teachers College to colored
elementary school purposes. and that
a new home for the white normal
school be erected on the grounds oc-
cupied by the old Tuberculosis Hos
pital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets,
after that institution is vacated next
January /, with the opening Of the
new tuberculosis Hospital at Glenn
Dale, Md. As an alternative site the
board suggests the site now used by
the Industrial Home School for Chill
dren, at Wisconsin and Massachu-
sets avenue, although the board
doubted whether that site would prove
adequate.
Would Vacate Industrial School,
The Industrial Home School would
be vacated If the Commissioners gain
approval Of plan for the District to
take over jurisdiction of the National
Training School for Boys, on Blad-
ensburg road northeast, as proposed
at the past session of Congress.
The School Board suggests that pos
sibly some other site might be de-
termined for the new Wilson Teachers
College.
The board also is proposing transfer
of the Miner Teachers College to
colored elementary school purposes,
at later date, and the construction
OF new building, also later, at Twen-
ty-fourth street and Benning 'oad.
where large colored school center is
being developed
In support Of the request for 233
additional teachers for the system as
a whole, the board produced statistics
to show that approximately 40 per
cent Of all the classes in the white high
schools last November had rlore than
IS pupils, that I'll CT them had be-
tween IS and A pupils. Only 228 of
the total had less than 20 pupils.
Additional teachers also are needed
for the colored high schools and for
the elementary schools. to reduce con-
gestion in classes, the board said.
Employment of f2 additional teach
ers and 10 custo5ians to cermit the
opening of new night schools at West
ern High and Randall Junior High
Schools, and better operation Of other
night schools was asked. The board
showed that while the total enroll
ment in night schools had increased
from 1869 in 1881 to 16,318 in 1894,
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