Evening star., 1955-05-19
September to Bring Shifts
In Third of School Zones

Boundary changes for a third
Of Washington's public schools
will take effect next September.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing told the Board of Education
yesterday the changeS-moSt OF
them minor-are necessary to
reduce crowding. equalize enroll
ment in nearby schools or elm
mate traffic hazards. In a few
cases realignment is being caused
by the opening Of new schools.
Five high schools-Anacostia,
Eastern, Mckinley, Coolidge and
Roosevelt-and four Junior highs,
Taft, Langley, Kramer and Doug
lass, as well as As elementary
schools are involved in the re-
visions.
Plans Not Final
The Anacostia remapping is
not yet final, DR.. Corning said.
since parents who already have
protested against it are to meet
with him next week.
The Anacostia Eastern revi-
sion, which would shift Anacos-
tia's east boundary from Naylor
road to Pennsylvania avenue.
would make it the same as the
Kramer Junior High boundary
and would have the effect Of ex-
Guiding Sousa Junior High grad
yates from Anacostia. Sousa
graduates would enter Eastern
High School next fall.
A group Of 48 Kramer gradu-
ates, at the same time, would
enter Anacostia instead of
Eastern.
DR.. Corning said Anacostia is
too crowded to continue taking
SouSa students. Some students
living only four blocks from
Anacostia already go to East
ern because of the crowding, he
said.
The superintendent said Ana
costa would be forced onto
double shifts if the boundary
change is not made
Slice to Roosevelt
Roosevelt is being given a slice
of territory now belonging to
Mckinley. The boundary between
the two schools is being shifted
from the present line along North
Capitol street and the west edge
of the Soldiers Home to the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks.
Coolidge is acquiring from
Mckinley a small triangle
bounded by the railroad, South
Dakota avenue and Gallatin
street NE.
The Roosevelt Mckinley
change affects only 13 children
at present. It is being made be-
cause of transportation conven-
ience, DR.. Corning said.
Kramer is scheduled to &C
quire from the present Douglass
territory a small area bounded
by Suitland parkway. Twenty
second street and Southern ave-
nue.. making the Kramer bound
airy coincide with that of the
Stanton Elementary School.
Langley is getting a slice of
Taft territory from Fourth street
between Michigan and Rhode
Island avenues to the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks. This is to re-
lieve crowding at Taft and elm
mate danger to pupils now
crossing the tracks.
A small triangle bounded by
Bladensburg road. the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and South Da-
kota avenue is being added to
Taft territory. 1t was previously
omitted by oversight, DR.. Corn
ing said.
Biggest Elementary Change
Biggest of the elementary
changes is the assigning of sep
arate zones to eight nearby ele-
mentary schools in the central
part of the city that shared the
same zone, this year. These
schools are Morse, Scott Mont
gomery, Bundy. Simmons. Lang
ston, j. F. Cook, Perry and
Walker-JoneS.
Other elementary schools af-
fected by changes are Barnard,
Birney, Brent, Brightwood,
Bryan. Buchanan. Bundy. Bunk
er Hill. Burrville, Cleveland.
H. D. Cooke. Emery, Gage, Gar
field, Garrison. Giddings, Grimke,
Harrison, Jackson, Keene, Mer-
ritt. Monroe. Morgan. Mott,
Noyes, Park View, Payne, Powell,
Richardson, Seaton, Sim on,
Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Ia
koma. Thomson, Truesdell, West
and Whittier.
DR.. Corning informed the
board the boundary changes will
not affect pupils already attend
ing the schools except where
transfers are necessary because
of crowding.
Pupils already enrolled may
remain where they are or, If a
boundary shift puts a pupils
home in a different school zone,
he may request transfer to that
school.
This option of either remain