Evening star., 1955-09-06
Pupils Troop
Back 10 School
In Suburbs
lntegrotion Smooth
In Prince Georges;
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IN rflnCe SeorqeSs
Virginia Unchanged
More than 100000 Washing.
ton suburban area children
trooped back to school today. in.
cluding about so colored pupil:
who quietly Joined white class
mates In Prince Georges County
in integrated classes for the first
time. .
Other classes were opened In
Arlington and Fairfax Counties
RoIlinewood Group Accuses School Boort
Of "Foee Sowing" Pose A-ls
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and the city of Falls Church un-
der traditional segregated condi-
tions.
In the District, the city's 12e
elementary schools today began
registering new pupils for the
start of classes next Monday
Secondary schools also are regis
tering new pupils this week. Re-
turning pupils are required only
to report Monday.
District elementary schools
also will register new pupils
from 1890 am. to noon and
TO 4:30 pm. tomorrow. Parents
are asked to bring birth and vac
cination certificates.
Alexandria and most area
Catholic schools open Thursday.
In Montgomery County, about
500 Negro children will attend
several previously \all white
schools in the suburban area
when schools open there on
Monday.
Prince Georges expected to-
days enrolment to reach $4,000.
while Fairfax looked for $4,000,
Arlington 21.000, and Falls
Church 1900.
Permits Transfers
Integration in Prince Georges
was based on a board policy
permitting individual colored
children to apply for transfer
to schools nearest their homes.
Although 81 requests had been
honored, at least two of the ap-
plicants have moved from the
county. They had been sched-
uled for Carole Highlands Ele-
mentary School in Takoma
Park. where IL colored children
did enroll this morning.
The largest number Of col
ored children was assigned to
the 600-enrellment Beltsyille
Elementary School.
Talk by Principal
Here 80 youngsters, mostly
from the Muirkirk community,
appeared this morning and irn-
mediately were given an oriental
tion talk by Principal Pearl Hart
in the auditorium. Most Of the
children were accompanied by
parents, who also heard Miss
Hart.
Later the colored children,
who are distributed among the
six grades, were registered in
the auditorium by a group of
volunteers, some of them mothers
Of white children.
The colored children then left
school, ready to return tomorrow
for the first integrated classes.
White children remained in
school today until 1890 am.
At Carole Highlands Elemen-
tary School, the dozen colored
children were well received,
officials said. The children came
from Colby and Cherry avenues
of Sligo Greek Parkway and
formerly attended Ritchie School
in Silver Spring.
Drop Tuition Plan
With no schools at the ele-
mentary level available in the
county, Prince Georges had paid
tuition for the colored children
in the Ritchie school in Mont
gomery County. The school was
abandoned at the end of the
last term.
Five Of the children enrolled
in the first grade at Carole High
lands. three in the second, three
in the third and one in the
sixth.
The one colored pupil assigned
to Northwestern High School re-
ported for registration. He is
William Thomas, Is, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Thomas of
Brentwood, who entered the 10th
grade. He attended Lakeland
Junior High last year and was
to have gone to Fairmount
Heights High School this year.
William, accompanied by his
parents, said he will take an aca-
denic course preparatory to
studying civil engineering either
at Maryland or Howard Univer-
Sity.
All six colored children as
signed to the Accokeek school
on time and all went
smoothly. The same was true
for the five at Seat Pleasant
Elementary School. where three
colored pupils entered the first
grade and one each the third
ana NTH grades. They joined
the other pupils as though it
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