Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
$4,000 Return
As Schools in
&
Area Reopen J.
Segregation Goes On
In Counties; Closes
Start Monday in DC.

Summer vacations ended for
more than $4,000 Washington
area school children as classes
were resumed today.
District schools will not open
until next Monday.
Some $1,000 children in Fair
fax County. Va. already were
well on the way to an established
routine. having started classes
Wednesday. They got the Labor
Day holiday of. however.
Largest enrollments expected
today were in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties, Md.
Each was expecting approxi-
mately $4,000. In Virginia, Ari-
ington anticipated more than
10000. Alexandria, about 1l.O0O
and Falls Church. 100.
Parish Schools Integrated.
In Virginia and Maryland,
public schools opened under
their customary policy Of segre-
cation. except in Baltimore
City.
Indignation was in effect at
three Catholic parochial schools
in nearby Virginia and at Fort
Myer and Fort Belvoir.
Three Negro students enrolled
at st. Charles in Arlington. The
Rev. Leonard j. Roster said the
policy was not new; two Negro
children were admitted to the
school two years ago.
Father Roster said there would
be no problem IF adults will let
the children work it out Them
selves"
At. st. Thomas More, also in
Arlington, five Negro children
were among the 1,225 students
who reported this morning.
Negro students also were en-
rolled at the new st. Michael's.
Annandale.
One Of the Negro students re-
porting to Fort Myer this morn
ing is already a veteran of an
other integrated school as we'll
as segregated schools in the
Washington area.
Attended School in Reich.
Breda Hines, 8, entering the
third grade at the new elemen-
tary school at Fort Myer, at
tended an integrated school for
dependents of Army personnel
in Germany. Last year, she
studied in Fairfax County, Ar
lington County and the District.
Breda and her brother George.
jr., 7. a first-grader. were watt
ing at $3.50 am. for school to
open a half-hour later. Their
father, M/Sergt. George Hines.
ST.. an Army veteran Of Is years.
service. was at work, but their
mother, Mrs. Doris Hines, was
with them.
Asked if she expected any
difficulty. Mrs. Hines said. MY
goodness, no. We service people
know how to get along"
Can't Estimate Number.
The principal of the Fort Myer
school, Theodore Craig, a native
Virginian, said he did not know
how many colored children
would attend.
"As far as we are concerned
at this school," Mr.. Craig said,
they are neither white nor
black. They are children
High school students from
Fort Myer were attending Ar
hngton's segregated Hoffman,
Boston High School.
In Maryland's counties, segre.
cation continued in effect.
In Baltimore, however, white
and Negro students were in the
same classes in some schools.
The city's Board of Education
announced the end of segregation
in Baltimore schools last June
after the Supreme Court decision
was announced. "a.
Preliminary Glasses.
An innovation for Arlington
was the start of pre-primary
classes for children who become
6 years old after october l and
before December 81. About $50
children in this category were
expected to enroll at six schools.
Because of rapid growths in
school population, Montgomery
anticipated placing about 1000
children in IL elementary schools
on double shifts. In an attempt
to accommodate a staggering
kindergarten enrolment, Mont
gomery may place children OH q
four -day-a-week basis. Virgin
ia schools do not operate kinder
gartens.
In some Montgomery County
elementary schools combination
classes have been set up to avoid
overcrowding or double shifts.
No Skipping Grades.
At the seven-classroom Rolling
Wood School, for example, where
so children are enrolled in the
third grade. 10 Of them. together
with II fourth graders formed a
combination third grade-fourth
grade class. The school has no
separate fourth grade but also
has a combination fourth grade-
fifth grade class.
Between 800 and 1000 Prince
Georges students may have TO
go on the double shifts at the
beginning but new construction
may take care of the problem as
the school year advances.
Arlington expected to put a.
500 Junior high school students
on halliday schedules pending
completion Of the new Williams
burg High School. About ITO
elementary grade children also