Evening star., 1950-09-01
School Glasses
In Arlington 10
Start Earlier
Opening Advanced
By County-Owned
Bus transportation

School bells will ring more than
an hour earlier this year for Ar
lington Junior and senior high
school students.
Since before World War II, be-
ginning morning classes at Sec
ondary schools in Arlington had
to be delayed until $50 o'clock
because commercial bus COM
panies which brought the stu
dents to school were unable to
provide earlier transportation.
Under the new system of coun-
ty-owned school buses going into
operation with the opening of
school Tuesday, the tardy bell for
students at Swanson, Jefferson
and Madison junior high schools
will ring at $40 am. Glasses
will continue until $40 pm, and
school activities such as clubs and
athletics will come after that.
First Glasses at 8 Am.
Since Washington-Lee high
school students will be compelled
to share their building for prob
ably two and half months with
students at the new Stratford
junior high school, Washington
Lee students during this period
will be summoned to their first
classes at 8 am, with the daily
session lasting until noon.
Until their own building is COM
pleted, Stratford students will at
tend classes at Washington and
Lee, with their school day run
ming from 12:45 to 4:50 pm.
When the Stratford pupils go to
their own building in late No
vember, they will be on the $40
a.m.-to-3:10 pm. schedule used
by other Junior high schools in
the county.
Hoffman-Boston junior and Sc
nior high school students will be-
gin their first classes at 500 am,
with sessions continuing until
2:40 pm.
AoAA -udy CCSS1OASs
Two elementary schools in the
county will have halliday sessions
until new buildings are complete.
Elementary pupils at Hoffman
Boston will go on shifts until they
can get into their new school.
One group will attend school from
8 am. to noon, and the remainder
of the children will be in class
rooms from 1890 to 4:30 pm.
Children of Nellie Custis School
and the new Oakridge School will
share the Custis building until
Oakridge is ready for use. The
Custis children will go to school
in the morning and the Oakridge
children in the afternoon.
Youngsters in all other elemen-
tary schools in Arlington win be-
gin their school day at 9 am, as
in the past. First and second
graders will be dismissed at 2 pm.
and third, fourth, fifth and sixth
graders will be dismissed at 8 pm.
Registration for the Arlington
schools was virtually completed
yesterday. When classes begin
Tuesday. all children who have
not registered will be expected to
do so at that time.
Cafeterias Open Tuesday.
Cafeterias in junior and senior
high schools will start serving
meals Tuesday.
Mrs. Grace Schwartz, cafeteria
supervisor, said lunch service will
begin in three elementary schools,
Yorktown, Barrett and Glencar-
lyn, the following day.
AL secondary schools will have
full-day sessions on the opening
day of school. Elementary chill
dren are expected to attend classes
only in the morning on Tuesday.
Noon meal service will begin at
the new Abingdon school in North
Harrington September II.
Later in the month it is hoped
to open the new cafeteria at
Walter Reed School.
Daily lunch service from a cen
trail kitchen at Yorktown School
to the pupils at Clay, Marshall
and Lee Elementary Schools, is
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