Evening star., 1949-09-12

help Mrs. Lewis with the more
than 900 children who reported.
The PTA even set up a lost de-
partment to take care of small
children who didn't know where
to go.
Mrs. Lewis said that even with
the addition to the building,
classes still would be crowded with
the average class running around
40 pupils. She said the high war
time birth rate plus the expand
ing housing in Southeast Wash
ington were the factors which ac-
counted for the heavy increase of
pupils in the lower grades.
She said that there were more
than 200 kindergarten pupils en-
rolled today and more than 16C
first-grade pupils. In contrast,
she pointed out that the entire
sixth grade contained only 40
children.
Things were not quite as bright
at other elementary schools of
the city.
1,5O0 Report for Classes.
At the Patterson School. South
Capitol and Danbury streets, Miss
Florence M. Painter, the principal,
was swamped as more than $500
children poured into her school
which last year served about 1880
children. She said she expected
to set up % part time classes.
More than 800 children have en-
rolled in the kindergarten alone
and a waiting list has been set up,
she said.
This school is four years old
and went on part time classes for
the first time last year. a.
The two veteran high school
centers, one at Mckinley High
School and one at Armstrong
High School, again reported a de-
crease in enrolment.
120 Veterans Enrolled.
DR.. Robert G. Vanderlip, direc-
tor of the Mckinley Veterans
Center, said the enrolment today
was 100. The peak year in the
which has been running
for five years, was in 1916 when
l ,284 veterans enrolled.
L. A. Penn, director. of the Arm
strong Veterans Cer1Ser. reported
enrolment was down to 400 from
the 430 of last year.
Students of Browne Junior High
School-who have been forced to
attend classes in the nearby Blow,
Webb, Thomas and Turner
Schools this morning
with that situation still with them.
However, school officials expect
the new Kelly Miller Junior High
School to be completed next
month and then the use of the
four elementary schools will be
discontinued by the colored Junior
high pupils.
A new Birney Elementary
School and a new Montgomery
Elementary School also will be
completed next month to reduce
part-time classes in the colored
schools.
The crowded situation at Car
dozo High School for colored stu
dents appeared to be no better
today as enrolment crept past
last years peak of 1.700. The
school has a capacity of 1.040 and
has been on a triple shift since
last year.
No Action on Card0zo.
Enrollments in the other two
colored high schools, Dunbar and
Armstrong. also threatened to
pass last years, bringing both
schools we'll over capacity.
The Board of Education has
under study proposals to relieve
the situation at Cardozo but has
taken no action as yet.
The plans are to transfer Gen.
tral High School to colored stu
dents or to shift the Wilson
Teachers College into Central and
use the Wilson building for the
overflow from Cardozo. /
In Montgomery County, about
$4,000 students were expected to
enroll today. This would be an
increase of 5000 over last years
enrolment.
Part-time classes were being
organized in two schools, the
Somerset and Oak View Element
ary Schools, and overcrowding was
evident in a number of other
grade schools.
In Prince Georges County an
anticipated increase of $500 pu-