Evening star., 1951-11-07
Corning Offers
Last Part-Time
School. Solutions
Outlines to Plans
To Cure Conditions
At Poyne Elementary

School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
yesterday reported to the School
Boards Committee on Building,
Grounds and Equipment that only
one school is still holding classes
on part-time basis and offered
two possible solutions to relieve
this condition.
The Payne Elementary School,
Fifteenth and c streets Sc, DR..
Corning told the committee, still
has 273 children attending part
time. This condition exists de-
spite 238 fourth. fifth and sixth
grade pupils from the Payne
School area being sent to the
Webb School, Fifteenth and Rose
dale streets NE.
The only other condition of
part-time classes that had existed
in the city. according to Mr.. Corn
ing's report, was that at the Van
Ness School, Fourth and M streets
Sc. This was relieved when a
special class at the Lenox School,
Fifth street Sc. between G street
and Virginia avenue. was consoli-
dated from three claSsroms to two.
This made it possible to shift one
of the two part-time classes at the
Van Ness School to the Lenox
School and operate both classes
full time.
Solutions Offered.
The two solutions offered for
the relief of the Payne School
conditions are:
/. An exchange of the Payne
and Bryan Elementary School,
Thirteenth and B streets Sc. a
school for white students only
three blocks away, which would
involve using the Payne School
for white students from Bryan
and the Bryan for colored stu
dents from Payne.
The Bryan School is large
enough, DR.. Corning said, to ac-
commodate all of the Payne STU
dents without use of part-time
classes. and the 464 white students
from Bryan could be put in Payne
School with the overflow going to
the Eastern Elementary School.
the Tyler School and the Bu-
chanan School. which are nearby.
2. Transfer Madison School,
Tenth and G streets NE, to the
use of colored pupils Although it
would be practical. DR.. Corning
reported, to transfer the classes
now at Madison to other white
schools nearby, the Madison
School is not close enough to pro-
vide direct relief to the Payne
School. To effect the solution it
would be necessary to transfer
children from Payne to Maury
School. Maury to Lovejoy School
and from Lovejoy to Madison.
Addition Authorized.
IN making his report, DR.. Corn
ing pointed out that Congress has
appropriated money to build an
eight-room addition to Payne
School, but construction is not |
possible until steel has been allo-
Gated for the project. Completion
of the additional rooms can be
expected by September, 1858. He
added, however, that something
should be done to relieve this
crowded situation before the time
necessary for new construction.
The solutions he put forward,
DR.. Corning said, are based on the
principle that it is the policy of
the Board of Education to use
existing school facilities to their
fullest extent.
DR.. Corning asked that the two
proposals be considered in antici-
patton of a recommendation he
will present at the December
meeting of the board.
Cadet Enlistments Rise.
The Committee on Student Ac-
tivities also received a report
from DR.. Corning on the enlist
ment figures for the High School
Cadet Corps.
Total enrolment of the corps
has risen LOG over this time last
year, to 1,724 cadets.
The colored' high schools
showed an increase over last year
of 166 cadets while the white
high schools lost ground, DROP
ping from $40 cadets last year
to only $50 in 1851.