Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-12
School
Sought for D. {.
Crippled Pupils
Corning Aides Urge
Replacement for
Present | wo Units
By james G. Deone

Top aides Of school Supt. Ho-
bart M. Corning have recom-
mended merging the Districts
two health schools for crippled
children.
Funds to construct q new
building for all crippled pupils
viii be asked in next years budg-
ct Il DR.. Corning gives his ap-
proval, one aide said today. APP
proyal is expected, he added.
The new school probably will
be located on an l1-acre site at
Mount Olivet road and Holbrook
street NE. The site is already
owned by the District.
Parents Urge Move.
Parents q month ago urged
merging the two health schools.
Replacement Of the present coll
ored health school and enlarge
ment Of the white one are cur
rently in next years plans, but
parents from the white unit told
the Board Of Education at q
public hearing that these plans
should be scrapped.
The parents argued that q
merger would mean, q better
school and also save the city
money.
The two present health schools
are at Thirteenth and Allison
streets NV. and Delaware ave-
nue. and NJ street S.W. The
Northwest school up to now has
been for white children and the
Southwest school for colored..
In the city's public works pro-
gram, the white health school
is scheduled for a $3.50. 900 addi-
ton. and the colored school, now
in the basement Of q regular
elementary school, is slated for
replacement. Oficials had ex-
pected to include both projects
in the 1867 budget request,
now in preparation. The single
building would be substituted
under the new proposal. $
Savings Possible.
The new unit for the colored
health school has been sched-
uled for inclusion in a projected
regular grade school at Thir-
teenth and S streets NV. The
school viii still be built il the
merger is approved, but it will
be scaled down and considerable
money will be saved. One saving
will be about 100000 that will
no longer be needed to buy extra
land at this site.
The proposed Mount Olivet
site for the new health school
originally was slated for a new
Phelps Vocational High School.
But officials have temporarily
postponed the Phelps project and
they now expect to relocate
Phelps at Sixth street and Brent
wood road NE. The Brentwood
location had been reserved for
q new Armstrong High School,
but with forthcoming race inte-
grafton. plans for the Armstrong
replacement have been dropped.
Both health schools are small,
specialized establishments to
which crippled youngsters are
transported by the school sys-
tenn. Parents have argued that
merger will save money both on
the transportation and on staff
Construction Of a single new
school will cost slightly more
than the old plans, but this will
be Offset by operationaT savings
later, officials predicted.
Conversion Suggested.
The present white health
school building may be con-
verted to an. annex to Burdick
Vocational High School for girls,
next door.
officials haven't ruled finally
out the possibility OF locating
the proposed. merged health
school near the Thirteenth and
Allison location. But Municipal
Architect Merrel A. Coe says the
present white health school
can't be enlarged enough to
accommodate all pupils.
On another matter connected
with Indignation. Assistant Supt.
Harold A. Haynes today dis
closed that he is planning to
transfer three and possibly four
colored teachers to Mckinley
High School next fall.