Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-08
TAK0MA TO MAKE
SCHOOLS REQUEST.
Need of High School to Be
Stressed in Coming
Budget Hearing.

Impressed with the necessity for
additional school facilities in the Ia.
koma Park area, officials of the Citi.
zens' Association OF Takoma, D. c.,
will put forth every effort to secure
q senior-junior high school when
they appear at the coming budget
hearing with a view to relieving
present overcrowded conditions OF
schools in the suburban section.
President Wallace c. Magathan and
William M. Greene, chairman of the
School Committee, have prepared
considerable data on the school situa-
ton. They both believe a Joint senior
and junior high school will take care
OF the excess enrolment at a Junior
high school until such time as the
senior high demands the entire build
ing.
Estimate Held Conservative.
The estimate is purposely conserva-
tive in that it Is based solely on the
present enrolment figures at the
Paul Junior High School at Bright
wood, without inclusion OF any Mary
land pupils other than the few that
may be enrolled in the 1886 and 1887
graduating classes and without any
provision for growth Of the COM
munity which is expected TO occur,
due to the present large building OPP
erations in the territory to be served
by the school,
The new l0-room wing to be add
ed to the Paul Junior High School,"
say officials of the association, is
taken into consideration in an allow
ance of 1900 pupils as the capacity
of the school. The present capacity
is approximately 943 Also no pro-
vision is made for the transfer of sec
ond. third and fourth year senior
high school pupils TO this school. OBJ
viously, the estimate is for the bare
minimum enrolment and that for
even an approximation of the maxi
mum enrolment these additional fac
tors should be considered"
Figures Are Cited.
In 1856 the Paul Junior High
School had 465 in its two graduating
classes In September, 1886, the en-
rollment was 1868. Magathan and
Greene anticipate that this enrolment
will go higher this year. but this con-
sentative figure is used. Using a
capacity of 1900 pupils for the COM
pleted building, there is an excess of
1913 pupils. Projecting these figures,
it has been figured out that the enroll
ment in 1887 will be 1,401: in 1898,
1904; in 1889, 22l7; in 1910, 2,40o;
in l94l, approximately 1883 pupils,
with 1888 in 1912. The enrolment
after that year, without taking into
consideration growth factors, would
be practically static.
These officials of the association
in conclusion say: 1T is obvious that
on the basis of building of 1900
capacity, such building would be
practically filled on completion. That
within the second and third year
after completion the building would
be overcrowded and it would be nee
eSsary to provide separate building
for junior high school pupils. Con-
sidering Maryland pupils and trans
fers OF present second and third year
students from other high schools to
this school, it would be filled to capac.
ity with senior high school pupils at
the date of the opening or shortly
thereafter" At the present time the
overflow from the Paul Junior High
School is housed in the old Bright.
wood Public School on Georgia avenue,
which was abandoned in 1925.