Evening star., 1954-05-25

yet prepared to make recon-
mendations as to any formal
changes in the functions Of
the officers on his staff. The
work involved In accomplish
ing de-segregation in so large
a school system viii require
the closely knit and joint ef-
forts Of all these officers for q
considerable period of time.
They have been engaged in
working out the detailed prep
aration of this plan and it will
require their continued CO.
operative efforts in its inaugu-
ration. The responsibilities
and duties of such officers as
the assistant to the superin-
tendent in charge of business
administration. the associate
superintendent in charge Of
personnel are already CITY,
wide in scope. The work which
is at present the responsible
ity of the officers in charge Of
instruction and school admin
istration and of educational
research will in no wise be
lessened by the change in
the school system. It is the
plan of the superintendent to
assign these officers eventually
to duties that will be broad
ened and on a system wide
basis and which will provide
opportunity for the initiation
of new services and the de-
velopment of others not at
present sufficiently empha-
sized. These reaSsignments
will result in considerably i'm
proved supervisory and ad-
ministrative practices in the
claSSroomS Of all levels.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE.
To begin the implementation
OF the plan to deSegregate the
public schools of the District
Of Columbia, the superintend-
ent proposes the following
tentative schedule:
BY September, 1854
Completion by the building
principals and their super
visory officers Of the estab-
lishment of new boundaries
for all schools except those
that will continue to function
on a city-wide basis.
Relief of present urgent sit
uations in:
/. Elementary Schools.
(a) To relieve overcrowding
transfer sufficient number of
pupils:
Fro mthe Slowe and Noyes
Schools to the Woodbridge,
Langdon and Burroughs
Schools;
From the Slowe and Noyes
Park View Schools to the Ray
mond, Petworth. Barnard and
Rudolph Schools;
From the Madison, Maury
and Lovejoy Schools to the
Kingsman, Edmonds and Blair
Schools;
From the Taylor, Hayes and
Ludlow Schools to the Wheat
ley School;
From the Bryan and Payne
Schools to the Buchanan
School:
From the River Terracet
School to the .Benning School.
(b) To vacate the Military
Road School, no longer needed
for classroom purposes, trans
fer the pupils from that school
to the Brightwood School.
2. Junior High Schools:
(a) To alleviate overcrowd-
ing transfer pupils:
From the Randall Junior
High School to the Jefferson
Junior High School:
From the Browne, Eliot and
Langley Junior High Schools
to the Eastern Junior Senior
High School;
From the Kelly Miller Junior
High School to the SouSa
Junior High School.
NOTE: These transfers Of
elementary and junior high
school pupils are proposed by
the superintendent because of
almost emergency situations
and in his opinion are deserv-
ing of approval at this time as
first steps in the complete de-
segregation process. He feels
that no cases beyond these
should be considered at this
time.
8. Senior High Schools.
Begin the merging of the
Mckinley and Armstrong
Technical High Schools by
transferring to Mckinley stu
dents in such courses as can
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