Evening star., 1950-08-27
Schools 10 Open Final OK Due
Sept. 11;;Record This Week on
Enrolment SeenNew Airport
Another Increase
Appears Likely in
Elementary Grades

With the opening of the Dis
trict public schools just two weeks
sway-Monday, September IL
school officials are preparing fol
what may be an all-time high en-
rollment in the city's system.
Last fall total of 89,921 pupil.
had registered at the public
schools by the second day Of tn,
term and this rose to 94,268 OF
September 90, an all-time record
Peak enrolment normally il
reached by October.
Although wary of making pre-
dictions of school enrollments thi!
fall, school officials admitted an
other increase was expected IN the
elementary grades.
Last year the elementary enroll
ment went up 1854 pupils. Ont
school officials said he felt ele.
mentary enrolment would in
crease again this year by about
that same number.
The junior high schools exper.
fenced q slight increase last fal
and the high school enrolment
dropped slightly.
Part-time Glasses to Continue.
DR.. Carl r. Hansen, associate
superintendent in charge OF ele-
mentary schools, said that part
time classes would continue al
Congress Heights and Patterson
Elementary Schools and at least ir
one class at Kenilworth Elemen-
tary School.
A new Stanton Elementary
School is expected to be ready fol
use and will eliminate part-time
classes for about $50 pupils there
DR.. Hansen said that over.
crowded classes at Randle High.
lands and Kimball Elementary
Schools would be solved tempo.
rarily by establishing six grade
classes at the Sousa Junior High
School where there are some va.
cant rooms. Another trouble spot
he said, is the Bunker Hill
Elementary School where crowded
conditions are expected.
Last year more than 1900 pu-
pills in the white elementary
schools were on part time instruc-
ton. Congress Heights alone had
about $50 pupils on part-time and
Patterson about 778. Completion
of the new Abram Simon Elemen7
tary School is expected to relieve
crowding at these two schools.
Registration Sept. l, 8 and 7.
Part-time classes were eliminat-
ed from the colored elementary
schools by the close Of the last
school year.
All of the over crowded schools
are in northeast and southeast
Washington where school con-
struction has not kept up with rap
idly expanding home and apart
ment construction.
Pupils entering the elementar!
schools for the first time this fal
should register on September l
S and 7, school officials said
Principals will be at the schools
from 9 am. to noon and l pm
to 4::30 pm. on those days.
A child must be five years OLE
by January IS, 1851, to be eligible
for kindergarten and six years OLE
by January Is for the first grade
Birth certificates and smallpo,
vaccination are required also.
Elementary pupils who were Il
school last year will report to thei
old rooms unless they were pro
NOTED to Junior high school.
Tuition Required in Advance.
Students whose parents liv
outside the District-but VIII
want to attend the city school
must pay tuition in advance
school officials warned. There ar
no exceptions.
Parents of nonresident ele
mentary pupils entering for tn
first time, should call the Boar,
of Education, National 5000, TO
information. Nonresident pupil
who attended last year should en-
roll at Murch, Raymond or Pea
body Elementary Schools If whit
and at Lenox, Berret' Bundy o
Logan Elementary Schools
colored.
School officials said that no non
resident pupils will be admitted t.
Kramer and Deal Junior Higl
Schools because of crowded con
ditions expected at those tw,
schools.
Senior high students from Beth.
esda and Chevy Chase may enrol
at Wilson High School only. Othel
nonresident senior high schoo
students may enroll as follows:
Virginia residents at Western
High School: from Takoma Parl
and Silver Spring at Coolidge
from Mount Rainier and HyaGts.
vile at Mckinley; from Mary.
land north of Massachusetts ave.
nue. and east of the District line
at Eastern; from Maryland soutl
of Massachusetts, and east of tht
District line at Anacostia.
Catholic Schools Open Sept. 7,
Registration for evening school,
will be held September 6, 7 and Il
at $50 pm.
Colored veterans may attend tn,
Veterans High School Center a
Armstrong High School. The Vet.
Grams High School Center fol
white students has been discon.
tinued and any veterans interested
In continuing high school studie.
should inquire at the individual
high schools.
Catholc schools in the Archdio.
cese will open Thursday, Septem.
ber Z. with half day session.