Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
1900 Fairfax
Pupils Face
Dual Shifts

| About 1000 Fairfax County
first and second graders will be
on halliday shifts at the open
ing of school this year while new
buildings are finished.
Some other children will at
tend classes in temporary class
rooms. But by the end of the
year, the School Board hopes
many of the make-shift arrange
ments can be dropped as new
buildings are occupied.
| Eleven new elementary schools
and one new high school are
due to be ready for the opening
of school September 6. or within
so days. Some others will be
finished later In the year.
The new high school opening
this year is Mclean. the county's
seventh. Annandale High has
IL new classrooms.
New elementary facilities due
to open are: Belvedere, nine
new rooms at Bucknell. Bush
Hill. Crestwood by midyear,
Flint Hill, Floris. Haycock,
Holm Hills, Lemon Road by
midyear, Masonville within so
days of September 6, Navy with
in so days Of September 6.
Pimmit Hills, Pine Springs,
Timber Lane. Virginia Hills and
Walnut Hill by midyear.
Here are the double shifts and
temporary arrangements made
for some schools while new build
Iings are completed nearby:
Baileys Cross ROads-Four
classes of the first grade to be
on double shifts. probably all
year.
Dunn LOring-Four classes of
the first grade to be on double
shifts until midyear when Lem
ON Road School is ready.
Franconia--Two classes to be
held in quonset hut indefinitely.
Franklin Sherman Two
classes to be held in a quonSet
hunt until Lemon Road opens in
midyear.
Garfield-Twelve first and sec
ond grade classes to be on double
shifts. and eight classes to meet
in rented rooms of a church until
Crestwood School is ready by
midyear.
Mas0nville-Until the new Ma
sonville school is finished in
about so days, most of the chill
dren will go to the old Baileys
Cross Roads building and four
sections of the first and second
grade will go to WOODBURY.. The
old Bailey'S School will be emp
tied when the students move into
MaSonVille.
Mount Eagle.-Double shifts
for four sections of the first and
second grades, and three classes
of the third, fourth and fifth
grades to be Shuttled to Virginia
Hills School, which has room.
Navy-Students to attend the
old Floris School until the Navy
school is finished within 60 days.
when old Floris School will be
emptied.
Pimmit Hills-Double shifts
for four classes of first and sec
ond graders until the Lemon
Road School opens in midyear.
Sleepy HOllOw--Double shifts
for six sections of the first and
second grades for the full year.
Westlawn-Twelve sections of
the first and second grades to be
on double shift, three classes to-
be held in rented space in a.
church, and four classes to be
shuttled to the Willston School.
All should end by midyear with
completion of the new Walnut
Hill School.
WestmOre-Double shifts for
two first-grade classes.
WoOdburn-Double shifts for
eight sections of first and second
grade until opening Of Mason
vile School in go days.
WOOdlawn--One class to meet
in quonset hut all year.
Mount Vernon High-Eight
sections Of the eighth grade to-
meet half days at various ele-
mentary schools and shuttle to
high school for other half day of
departmental instruction. -Four
rooms in quonset hut to be used.