Evening star., 1951-06-27
Desperate Need
|0f 7 Southeast
Schools Cited
Parents Ask Bourd
To Seek $1,150, 900
| For New Elementary
or New Elementary

and Washington Highlands Sec
tions of Southwest Washington
if two new schools are not con-
structed Immediately was before
the Board of Education today.
1--WE must be a very prolific
neighborhood," declared Charles
Price, as he presented plea for
new construction for the area to
the board.
Mr.. Price was one of more than
20 citizens who spoke last night
in the Thomson Elementary
School auditorium. 1t was the
annual meeting of the board at
which residents present their
school needs.
He asked the board to seek i'm
mediately $1,150,0O0 for construc-
tion of new 24-room elementary
school in the vicinity of Ninth and
Barnaby streets Sc. The pros
pective enrollmentS, predicted
after a house-to-house check, will
fill even that new building to
capacity, he added.
In addition, he asked that plans
be drawn for the construction of
Junior high school at Fourth
street and Mississippi avenue Sc.
so it can be built by 1857, when
some l ,492 Junior high pupils will
be pouring from the elementary
schools in the section.
Kramer Now Crowded.
He pointed out that Kramer
Junior High School, the building
to which the sections junior high
pupils now go, even at present is
slightly over capacity.
Seven organizations who have
studied this situation are the
Washington Highlands Citizens
Association, the Congress Heights
Citizens Association, the Eastern
Branch KiWanis Club, the Kiwanis
of Eastern Branch, the Congress
Heights PTA, the Patterson PTA
and the Simon PTA.
Other speakers requested a wide
range of improvements in their
neighborhod schools, ranging from
better light bulbs to entire new
school plants.
One group, headed by Mrs.
Helen Aronson, of the Parent
Study Group of the Washington
Hearing Society. asked that the
School Board establish classes in
the public schools for deaf chill
dren. They said public school
instruction for these handicapped
children would enable them to
enjoy the advantages of home life
while learning.
Health School Needs Presented.
Monroe Oppenheimer of the
Health School PTA urged i'm
mediate construction of the plan
ned addition to the school, which
is for crippled children. He also
asked additional teachers for the
SLOW OF learning and for remedial
reading classes there.
George H. Jordan of the Whit
tier Elementary School PTA, re-
quested a study be made of the
area around the school. He said
building is mushrooming and that
the school, now filed beyond
capacity, will be in even worst
shape a few years from now.
Dutton Ferguson of the Dunbar
High School Alumni Association.
presented a list of AZ urgent needs
for the colored school. Included
were requests for more teachers to
reduce the size of classes.
The Rev. Joseph F. Haskins of
the Ivy City Citizens Association
asked that the Crummell Elemen-
tary School be replaced with a
l6-room building with auditorium
ana gymnasium. He said there
VIII be an increase of more than
zoo apartments in the vicinity of
the school soon. with resulting
IoVercroWding at Crummell.
Other Requests.
Other speakers included:
Mrs. Margaret T. Banner, Grant
Elementary School PTA, who
asked for playground equipment
and a full-time principal; Mrs
John Tripp. Murch Elementary
School PTA, playground equip
ment and building improvements:
Mrs. Virginia P. Miller, Janney
Elementary School, building i'm
provements; Mr.. Jordan, also
representing the Paul Junior High
School, librarian and other
improvements; Mrs. Florence
ICreaver, Keene-Rudolph Elemen-
tary School PTA. alteration of the
keene basement so it could be
used as an assembly hall.
Mrs. Samuel Bigio, Shepherd
Elementary School PTA, an addi-
ton with auditorium and improve
ments to present building; Harry
H. Harman. Key Elementary
School PTA, auditorium and fence
Tor Playground; Mrs. Edna M.
Grimke Elementary School PTA.
improvements to kindergarten and
stage; William E. Ray, jr., a speech
defect teacher and improvements
TO building; Mrs. Lillian Lewis,
Washington Vocational High
School PTA, replacement of out
moded equipment and other i'm
IprovementS.
Grounds Improvements Asked.
Robert Brooks, Terrell Junior
High School PTA, additional play
space and continued action to get
the planned replacement for the
present building: Mrs. ANGELA T.
Hayes, Slowe Elementary School
PTA, improvement of the grounds.
Mrs. Margaret C. Stouffer, Eliot
Junior High School PTA, improve
ments to grounds and additional
gymnasium; Mrs. Adele Goods,
Phelps Vocational High School,
auditorium and expansion of
courses offered; Mrs. Inez West.
Klngman Park Civic Association,
more teachers and classrooms to