UC-NRLF LB 7fl7 LO o SPECIAL REPORT ON Schoolhouse Accommodations SUBMITTED TO THE Board of Education of the District of Columbia BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS "Jl seat in a suitable schoolhouse for every public school pupil in the district of Columbia." What this means in a building program SPECIAL REPORT ON Schoolhouse Accommodations SUBMITTED TO THE Board of Education of the District of Columbia BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS seat in a suitable schoolhouse for every public school pupil in the of Columbia. " What this means in a building program TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter of Transmittal 5 PART I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Building Program 7 Summary of Immediate Classroom Needs 10 Portable Schoolhouses 11 Rented Buildings 12 Oversize Classes 12 Part-Time Classes 13 Elementary School Buildings Under Construction 14 Increased Enrollment 15 Supplementary Estimates on Buildings and Grounds 16 Purchase of Additional Land 21 Detailed Study of the Immediate Building Needs of the Ele- mentary Schools by Divisions: First Division '. 22 Third Division 27 Franklin-Thomson 32 Fifth Division 33 Sixth Division 37 Seventh Division 41 Eighth Division 45 Ninth Division .' 49 Tenth Division 53 Eleventh Division 57 Twelfth Division 61 Thirteenth Division 64 PART II HIGH SCHOOLS Statement of Congested Conditions: Business High School 69 Central High School 69 Eastern High School 69 McKinley Manual Training School 70 Western High School., 70 Armstrong Manual Training School 70 Dunbar High School 70 Junior High School (white) in the old Central Bldg 70 Junior High School (colored) in the old M St. Bldff 71 459677 To the Board of Education of the District of Columbia. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to transmit herewith a special report showing the urgent needs for additional class- rooms to accommodate elementary and high school pupils of the District of Columbia, together with a proposed building program to satisfy immediate needs in the elementary schools. Urgent needs also exist for additional or en- larged playgrounds in connection with the Public Schools. There are also justifiable needs for school assembly halls in certain sections of the city. Fur- thermore, some old buildings now in use should be abandoned or extensively repaired as soon as possi- ble. Although these needs are purposely not here considered, they are needs which must have early consideration. Respectfully submitted, FRANK W. BALLOU, Superintendent of Schools. Approved in conference of the Board of Education December 1, 1920. PART I ELEMENTAKF SCHOOLS BUILDING PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS In the judgment of the Board of Education and of the Superintendent of Schools, the following additional school- house accommodations are an urgent and immediate neces- sity to provide "a seat in a suitable schoolhouse for every elementary school pupil" in the Public Schools. The facts on which this judgment is based are to be found in the pages following, in which the present conditions regarding port- ables, rented quarters, undesirable rooms, oversize classes and part-time classes are indicated : FIRST DIVISION Immediate Need 18 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST John Eaton 8 8 Site $12,000* Tenley Bldg . . 240,000 Site 25,000 Total Bldg 200,000 16 $477,000 THIRD DIVISION 1 Immediate Need 49 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST H D Cook 4 12 8 4 8 36 Bldg.... $100,000* Taylor St., bet. Ga. Ave. and 14th St., Junior High School 12 Elementary Rooms 12 High School Rooms Ingleside Primary School Monroe Site 90,000 Bldg 500 000 Site 60 000 Bldg.... 200,000 Bide- 110 000 10th and 15th Sts. N. W. on or near Spring Road, Pri- mary School Site 50,000 Bide- 200 000 Total $1,310,000 'Although no request for appropriation has been included, there is urgent need for a site and an 8-room building in the vicinity of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge. *This item was included by the Commissioners in the estimates which they transmitted to the Appropriations Committee. DVISION N?e4-f-21 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST Eckington 24 Site $90,000 Junior High School Bldg 500,000 12 Elementary Rooms 12 High School Rooms Total 24 $590,000 SIXTH DIVISION Immediate Need 12 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST \Vheatley 12 8 Site $300,000* Ludlow Site 20,000 Total.... Bldg.... 200,000 20 $570,000 SEVENTH DIVISION Immediate Need 9 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS Vicinity of Lincoln Park 16 Total.... 16 I ESTIMATED COST Site $45,000* Bldg 432,000 $477,000 EIGHTH DIVISION Immediate Need 7 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST S J Bowen 8 Bldg $200,000 Total 8 $200,000 *This item was included by the Commissioners in the estimates which they transmitted to the Appropriations Committee. NINTH DIVISION Immediate Need 12 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST Buchanan 16 Site..., $45,000 Total Bldg 400,000 16 $445,000 TENTH DIVISION Immediate Need 10 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST Vicinity of Stevens School.... Military Road 8 4 Site $25,000 Bide; . 200,000 Bldg 110000 Total 12 $335,000 ELEVENTH DIVISION Immediate Need 28 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST Mott 8 4 4 Site $40,000* Deanwood Bldg 218 000 Site 3 000* Smothers (Replacement) Total Bldg 100 000* Site.... 10,000 Bldg.... 140 000 16 $511,000 THIRTEENTH DIVISION Immediate Need 17 Rooms WHERE NEEDED No. ROOMS ESTIMATED COST Loveiov.... 8 4 A Site $7 500 Cardozo Bldg 200 000 Bldg 100 000 Bell Site $5,000 Bldg.... 100,000 Total . . 16 $412,500 *This item was included by the Commissioners in the estimates which they transmitted to the Appropriations Committee. 9 SUMMARY OF COST First Division Third Division Fifth Division Sixth Division Seventh Division Eighth Division Ninth Division Tenth Division Eleventh Division.... Thirteenth Division. $477,000 1,310,000 590,000 570,000 477,000 200,000 445,000 335,000 511,000 412,500 $5,327,500 SUMMARY OF IMMEDIATE CLASSROOM NEEDS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS The following is a summary of the immediate classroom needs to provide adequately for pupils now enrolled in the Elementary Schools of the Thirteen Divisions of the District: To eliminate port- ables, rented quarters or un- desirable rooms. To reduce oversize classes. To eliminate part time classes. Total Number of rooms needed. First Division 12 3 3 18 Third Division 33 9 7 49 Fifth Division 11 9 1 21 Sixth Division 9 2 1 12 Seventh Division. . 3 5 1 9 E'ghth Division 2 4 1 7 Ninth Division 5 7 o 12 Tenth Division 5 4 1 10 Eleventh Division 18 8 2 28 Twelfth Division o Thirteenth Division..... 10 6 1 17 Grand Totals 108 57 18 183 10 PORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSES The following is a list of the portable school buildings in use in the public schools of the District of Columbia at the present time, classified to show (a) with what schools they are associated, and (b) how they are distributed in the respective school divisions >of the District: Portable school buildings. Building sites upon which located Number of port- ables Building sites upon which located Number of port- ables 5 Loveiov 1 Blair 2 1 Brown Elizabeth V 1 Maury 2 Brookland 1 Mott 2 Bryan 1 Monroe School.... 1 Buchanan 3 Monroe & 18th Sts. N. E 6 Burville .... 4 Park View 3 Bruce 2 Petworth 5 Cooke, Henry D 2 Powell 2 Cook, John F 1 Smallwood 1 Deanwood 5 Syphax 2 Eaton 4 Takoma.. . 3 Force 1 Tenley 1 Gage.... 3 West 4 Garrison 1 Wheatley 4 Garnet 1 1 1 Total 78 Portable school buildings distributed in the respective school divisions. Total F numbe ortables r of Total I numbe ortables r of Division White Colored Total Division White Colored Total 5 5 9 5 5 1 7 7 10 4 4 3 20 20 11 13 13 5 10 10 12 3 3 6 7 7 13 1 1 7 2 2 g 1 1 Total 52 26 78 11 RENTED BUILDINGS The following is a list of the buildings rented for public school purposes at the present time. The total rental for the use of these buildings is $16,500: Berean Baptist Church, llth and V Sts. N. W. 737, 739, 741 Eleventh St. N. E. 25 Fifth Street S. E. 2014 Franklin Street N. E. 1340 G Street N. E. 212 H Street N. W. 466% Huntoon Place S. W. 1201 K Street N. E. 1606 M Street N. W. 646 Massachusetts Ave. N. E. Northeast Industrial School, 8th and I Sts' N. E. 129 Schott Alley N. E. 837 Shepherd Street N. W. 810 Sixth Street S. W. Takoma Parish Hall, Takoma, D. C. Thirty-ninth and Windom Sts. N. W. 730 Twenty-fourth St. N. W. Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Randolph St. and New Hampshire Ave. N. W. 1600 Eckington Place N. E., Storehouse for the Public Schools. Lots 53 to 61, inclusive, ad- jacent to the Buchanan School. OVERSIZE CLASSES One feature of the congestion with which the public is probably not fully informed is the number of very large classes which have been formed to take care of the increased number of pupils for whom there are no classrooms. The rules of the Board of Education provide for a maximum of 40 pupils in a class in the elementary schools. In the judgment of the Superintendent of Schools, suit- able education cannot be adequately provided in a class of over 40 pupils. Furthermore, no teacher, however compe- 12 tent, should be asked to shoulder an educational responsi- bility greater than that required by a class of 40 pupils. In order to take care 01 pupils who have applied for admission to our elementary schools it has, nevertheless, been necessary to put more than 40 pupils into a class. On a basis of accurate computation it would take 57 addi- tional classrooms to accommodate the pupils who are now in excess of the standard of 40 pupils in a class in our elementary schools. PART-TIME CLASSES The congestion in some of our schools is so great that it has been necessary to shorten the day for certain classes in order that one classroom may accommodate two classes ; one of these classes comes in the morning and goes home at 12 or 12:30, and another class comes at 1:00 and goes home at 4:00 or 4:30. At best, each class is receiving approximately 3 A /2 hours instead of five hours of educa- tion to which all 3rd and 4th Grade pupils are entitled. Such children are spending only about 70 per cent, of the time in school which they should spend there. There are 28 classes on part time, and assuming an average of 40 pupils per class these classes represent approximately 1,100 children. To accommodate these classes for a five-hour day would require at least 18 additional classrooms. 13 Part-Time Classes Divisions No. of Classes No. Rooms Needed 1st 6 3 3rd 9 7 5th 1 1 6th 2 1 7th 1 1 8th 1 1 9th 10th 2 1 llth 3 2 13th 2 1 Total 28 18 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION The following Elementary School Buildings were au- thorized for construction in the Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921 : School Division No. of Rooms Petworth Third 8 Takoma Third 8 West Third \ 8 Woodridge-Langdon..., Burrville Fifth Eleventh 8 8 Deanwood . Eleventh 4 Total 44 Deducting 44 classrooms now under construction from the 183 classrooms which represent the immediate class- room needs, leaves 139 classrooms required at once. It should be borne in mind that this does not take count of the probable increased enrollment next year. At least 30 or 40 rooms should be provided for that purpose. Indeed it is the opinion of the Superintendent that a comprehensive building program, which should be undertaken at once, should provide the city within the next year or two with 200 additional classrooms. 14 INCREASED ENROLLMENT Detailed Enrollment of Pupils by School Divisions Over a Period of Five Years First Semester of School Year Ending in 1915 1916 1917 i 1918 1919 1920 Elementary Schools 1st Division 3,054 3,138 5,140 5,294 5,074 5,574 2nd Division f 4,124 4,153 3rd Division 4,946 5,345 6,750 7,599 7,228 7,852 4th Division 3,115 2,987 1,901 815 744 750 5th Division 4,076 5,345 5,223 6,425 6,233 6,681 6th Division 7th Division 3,550 3,767 3,710 3,671 3,823 3,885 3,778 4,020 3,581 3,841 3,760 3,954 8th Division 2,693 2,669 3,590 3,591 - 3,649 3,823 9th Division 10th Division 3,636 3,924 3,780 4,031 3,772 3,751 4,001 4,495 3,699 4,364 3,971 4,755 llth Division 4,123 4,192 4,392 4,821 4,414 5,092 12th Division 3,605 3,611 1 3,564 1,173 1,096 1,299 13th Division Total 3,724 48,337 3,838 3,746 4,962 50,724 4,505 48,428 5,203 50,622 49,635 52,714 Elementary School Pupils in Jr. High Schools 1-9 Divisions 236 118 227 143 , 21 153 231 178 317 208 525 478 229 707 10-13 Divisions.... Total 354 370 374 409 Junior High ! O St., bet. 6th & 7th, N. W 268 151 M Street Total '. 419 Grand totals.... 48,691 50,992 i 50,009 i 51,133 48,953 53,840 15 SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS In addition to the estimates for buildings and grounds transmitted to the Appropriations Committee by the Board of District Commissioners, the following additional esti- mates are presented by the Board of Education as the result of mutual agreement: In accordance with the request of Mr. Charles R. Davis, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the requests are arranged in the order of their importance in the estima- tion of the Board of Education. For the erection of an eight-room extensible build- ing upon the site to be purchased in the imme- - diate- vicinity of the Mott School, $218,000 $218,000 NOTE: The site is provided for in the estimates submitted by the Commissioners. For the erection of an eight-room addition to the John Eaton School, $240,000 240,000 NOTE: The site is provided for in the estimates submitted by the Commissioners. For the purchase of a site for a Junior High School Building, north of Taylor Street and east of 14th Street, $90,000 90,000 NOTE: Land is already owned by the Government which could appropriately be used for this site. For beginning the erection of a Junior High School upon a site north of Taylor Street and east of 14th Street, $200,000 200,000 And the Commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for said build- ing at a cost not to exceed $500,000. 16 For beginning the erection of a sixteen-room build- ing on a site north of and in the vicinity of Lincoln Park, $150,000 150,000 And the Commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for said build- ing at a cost not to exceed $432,000. NOTE: The site is provided for in the estimates submitted by the Commissioners. For the purchase of a site in the vicinity of the Stevens School 25,000 For the erection of an eight-room building on a site to be acquired in' the vicinity of the Stevens School 200,000 NOTE: A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. For the purchase of a site adjoining the Lovejoy School : 7,500 For the erection of an eight-room building on a site to be purchased adjoining the Lovejoy School 200,000 NOTE : A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. For the purchase of a site adjoining the Bell School. 5,000 17 For the construction of a four-room addition to the Bell School 100,000 NOTE: A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. For a four-room addition to the Military Road School, $110,000 .. 110,000 For a site for a Junior High School Building in the vicinity of the Gage, Emery and Ecking- ton Schools, to relieve congestion in those schools and in the high schools, $90,000 90,000 For beginning the erection of a Junior High School on a site in the vicinity of the Gage, Emery and Eckington Schools, $200,000 :... 200,000 And the Commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for said build- ing at a cost not to exceed $500,000. Authorization is. hereby granted for the use of a sum not to exceed $25,000, from the unex- pended balance of appropriations heretofore made for an addition to the Gage School for the purpose of constructing additional fireproof exits to the existing Gage School. The remain- ing unexpended. balance over and above the said $25,000 is hereby made available toward the site and erection of a Junior High School Building in the vicinity of the Gage, Emery and Ecking- ton Schools. For a site and building to replace the Smothers School, $150,000 150,000 NOTE: This is one of the two provisions for replacement of thoroughly undesirable school buildings provided for in this building program. 18 For a four-room addition to the Monroe School, $110,000 110,000 For the purchase of a site for a sixteen-room build- ing adjoining the Buchanan School, $45,000 45,000 For beginning the erection of a sixteen-room build- ing on a site adjoining the Buchanan School 200,000 And the Commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for said build- ing at a cost not to exceed $400,000. NOTE: Provision 1 for a site for an addition to the Buchanan School is contained in the original estimates of the Board of Education to the Commissioners. Provision for the erection of a building is included in this supple- mentary budget because it is considered one of the urgent needs. For the purchase of a site west of 16th Street northwest, in the Ingleside section, $60,000 60,000 For the erection of an eight-room extensible build- ing upon a site to be purchased in the Ingle- side section, $200,000 , 200,000 NOTE: Provision for a site is provided for in the original estimates of the Board, of Education to the Commis- sioners. Provision for the erection of a building is in- cluded in this supplementary budget because it is con- sidered one of the urgent needs. For the purchase of a site between 10th and 15th Streets N. W., on or near Spring Road, $50,000.. 50,000 For the erection of an eight-room building on a site to be purchased between 10th and 15th Streets N. W., on or near Spring Road 200,000 19 For the construction of a four-room addition to the Cardozo School 100,000 NOTE: The land which may be used for this purpose is already owned by the Government. A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. For the construction of an eight-room building on a site to be purchased adjoining the Bo wen School 200,000 For the purchase of a site on which to locate an eight-room building to accommodate some of the pupils now attending the Tenley School 25,000 For the erection of an eight-room building on the above site 200,000 NOTE: A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. It is the in- tention of the Board of Education ultimately to pro- vide a sixteen-room building for the accommodation of the children now attending the Tenley School, and others in that vicinity, in order to abandon the present Tenley School. For the purchase of a site in the vicinity of the Ludlow School 20,000 For the erection of an eight-room building on a site to be purchased adjoining the Ludlow School 200,000 NOTE : A request for neither the site nor the building was included in the original estimates submitted by the Board of Education to the Commissioners because the Board of Education did not feel justified in presenting to the Commissioners a budget in excess of $10,000,000. This request is to satisfy an urgent need. $3,595,500 20 PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LAND From time to time the Board of Education has re- quested funds for the purchase of land in the vicinity of school buildings already constructed, either for playground purposes, or in order to prevent the erection thereon of buildings in too close proximity to the school grounds. In the budget recently submitted to the Commissioners the fol- lowing items were included. The Board of Education be- lieves that provision should be made at once for the pur- chase of these various pieces of land. For the purchase of land adjoining the Armstrong Manual Training School $35,000 For the purchase of additional land north of the Hayes School 10,000 For the purchase of additional land adjoining the Emery School 10,000 For the purchase of additional land adjoining the Park View School 5,000 For the purchase of additional land adjoining the Peabody School , 14,000 $74,000 In addition to the above items there were included in the estimates of the Board of Education to the .Commis- sioners the following items which should receive the con- sidera+ion of the Appropriations Committee: For the construction of a heating plant for the Old Central High, Henry and Polk Schools, $90,000 $90,000 For the construction of permanent approaches to the Miner Normal School 50,000 21 For an addition to the McKinley Manual Training School to include an assembly hall, a boys' gym- nasium, a girls' gymnasium, and swimming pool 232,500 For the purchase of a site for a new Business High School for whit? pupils 100,000 For the purchase of a site for a new Business High School for colored pupils 100,000 For the purchase of a school farm to be used in con- nection with a course in Agriculture in the Arm- strong Manual Training School 5,000 $577,000 DETAILED STUDY OF THE IMMEDIATE BUILDING NEEDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY DIVISIONS REPORT OF FIRST DIVISION Location The First Division lies in the northwest section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows: On the North By the District boundary. On the East By Rock Creek, but including also the vicinity of Dupont Circle. On the South By the Potomac River. On the West By the District boundary. Schools Within First Division Adams R Street, bet. 17th Street and New Hampshire Ave. N. W. Addison P Street, bet. Wisconsin Ave. and 33d St. N. W. Berret 14th and Q Streets N. W. E. V. Brown Connecticut Ave. and McKinley Streets N. W. 22 Conduit Road Conduit Road, bet. Ashby Street and Chain Bridge Road N. W. Corcoran 28th Street, bet. M and N Streets N. W. Curtis O Street, bet. Wisconsin Ave. and 33d Street N. W. Dennison S Street, bet. 13th and 15th Streets N. W. Eaton 34th and Lowell Streets N. W. Fillmore 35th Street, bet. R and U Streets N. W. Force Massachusetts Ave., bet. 17th and 18th Streets N. W. Hyde Street, bet. Wisconsin Ave. and 33d Street N. W. Industrial Home Wisconsin Ave., bet. Observatory Lane and Davis Street N. W. Jackson R Street, bet. 31st St. and Avon Place N. W. Reservoir Clarke and Elliott Places N. W. Tenley Wisconsin Ave. and Yuma Street N. W. Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training School Wisconsin Ave. and 33d Street N. W. 23 First Division: Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 8 331 Addison 8 284 ferret E V Brown 16 768 Conduit Road 1 32 Corcoran 8 367 Curtis 10 335 Dennison 12 473 Eaton 8 519 Fillmore 8 294 Force 12 605 Hyde 8 282 Industrial Home 4 81 Jackson 8 329 Reservoir 4 157 Tenley 9 351 2 Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training School Total 5,208 Berret School Building is occupied by the offices of the Dir ctor of Kindergartens, the Director of Drawing, and the Attend- ance Officers; it is 'also occupied by two cooking schools and two manual training schools from other buildings. 2 The Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training School is devoted en- tirely to manual training, sewing and cooking for pupils coming to it from other buildings. Present Accommodations There is not a vacant room in any one of the 17 school buildings in the First Division. There are a few kinder- garten rooms unused only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. 24 Three rooms in the John Eaton School now used for classroom use were not built for such purpose. They are two office rooms which are used for a kindergarten class and one hall room which is used twice a week for sewing classes. In addition there are 7 portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows: 1 at the E. V. Brown School 4 at the John Eaton School 1 at the Force School. 1 at the Tenley School The Manual Training classes from Tenley and Eaton Schools are accommodated in rented quarters in the 2nd Tenley Annex. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the First Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements as follows: 1. Undesirable accommodations in John Eaton School 2 rooms in Tenley School Annex 2 " 2. Portable Schoolhouses 7 3. Rented quarters 1 4. Foundling Hospital (not rented) Total 12 " Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education: 25 Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII o o o o Grade VII 1 2 o 3 Grade VI 2 o o 2 Grade V 2 o 2 Grade IV 2 1 o 3 Grade III A. 3 1 o 4 Grade II 1 3 o 4 Grade I 4 1 o 5 Kindergarten o o 1 Totals 15 8 1 24 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form: Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over ' standard of 40 41 5 5 42 6 12 43 2 6 44 2 8 45 46 47 3 21 48 4 32 49 1 9 50 53 1 13 Totals 24 106 The above table shows that there are 106 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least three additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools, it would probably take more than three additional classes. Hence the estimate of three classes is a minimum. 26 Part-Time Classes In this Division there are 2 classes in Grade VI and 4 classes in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling to which they are entitled will require 3 additional classrooms. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now enrolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here but will be considered else- where : 1. To accommodate classes now in port- ables, rented or other undesirable quarters 12 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 3 3. To eliminate part-time classes 3 " Total 18 REPORT ON THIRD DIVISION Location The Third Division lies in the northwest section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows : On the North By the District boundary. On the East By the Western boundary of the Soldiers' Home Grounds. On the South Approximately by Florida Avenue and T Street. On the West By Rock Creek. 27 Schools Within Third Division Brightwood Georgia Ave. and Peabody Street, N. W. Brightwood Park 9th and Ingraham Streets, N. W. H. D. Cooke 17th Street, bet. Euclid and Fuller Streets, N. W. Hubbard Kenyon Street, bet. llth and 13th Streets, N. W. Johnson Hiatt Place and Lamont Street, N. W. Monroe Columbia Road, bet. Georgia and Sherman Aves., N. W. Morgan California Ave. and Champlain Street, N. W. Park View Warder Street, bet. Newton and Otis Streets, N. W. Petworth Shepherd Street, bet. 8th and Georgia Ave., N. W. Powell Hiatt Place, bet. Irving Street and Park Road, N. W. Ross Harvard Street, bet. llth and 13th Streets, N. W. Takoma Piney Branch Road and Dahlia Street, N. W. West Faragut Street, bet. 13th and 14th Streets, N. W. Woodburn Blair Road and Riggs Road, N. E. 28 Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Brightwood 8 228 Brightwood Park 4 273 H. D. Cooke 16 812 Hubbard . 8 452 Johnson 8 491 Monroe 12 548 Morgan 8 353 Park View 16 1,026 Petworth 8 839 Powell 16 744 Ross 8 299 Takoma 8 607 West 8 597 Woodburn 4 174 Totals. 142 7 443 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory schoolwork. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 5 i o Q Grade VII. 4 8 12 Grade VI 9 2 11 Grade V 3 4 o 7 Grade IV 6 2 o 8 Grade III 5 o o 5 Grade II 2 3 o 5 Grade I 7 5 i 13 Kindergartens .. 3 3 1 7 Totals 44 28 2 74 29 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 8 8 42 9 18 43 9 27 44 10 40 45 8 40 46 9 54 47 7 49 48 10 80 49 1 9 50 51 1 11 52 1 12 Totals, 73 348 The above table shows that there are 348 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least nine additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than nine additional classes. Hence the estimate of nine classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There is not a vacant room in any one of the 14 school buildings in the Third Division. There are a few kindergarten rooms and a first grade used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full dav. One basement room in the Brightwood Park School now used for a classroom (fourth grade) purpose was not built for such use. In the Park View School, which 30 is being run on a platoon system, two playrooms, library and auditorium are being used for classroom purposes. In addition there are 21 portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows: 2 at the H. D. Cooke School 1 at the Johnson School 1 at the Monroe School 3 at the Park View School 5 at the Petworth School 2 at the Powell School 3 at the Takoma School 4 at the West School There are seven classes accommodated in rented quarters ; two in an undesirable frame house, four in two rented rooms at a nearby church, and one room in a par- ish hall for a kindergarten class from the Takoma School. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Third Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows : 1. Undesirable accommodations In Brightwood Park and Park View Schools 5 rooms 2. Portable schoolhouses 21 3. Rented quarters 7 Total 33 Part-Time Classes In this Division there are eight classes in Grade III and one class in Grade IV on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling to which they are entitled will require seven additional class- rooms. 31 Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here, but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented, or other un- desirable quarters 33 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 9 3. To eliminate part-time classes 7 Total 49 FRANKLIN-THOMSON Franklin 13th and K Streets, N. W. Thomson 12th and L Streets, N. W. The Franklin Building, erected in 1869 as a 16-room schoolhouse, is now used for office purposes, with the exception of four schoolrooms. These are occupied respectively by grades 1, 2, 3 and 4, which serve the pur- poses of the Primary Director as observation schools. These four rooms cannot be vacated until an addition is made to the Thomson School or a new building is erected in the immediate neighborhood. 32 REPORT ON FIFTH DIVISION Location The Fifth Division lies in the northwest and north- east section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows : On the East By the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, leading to Baltimore. On the South By Florida Ave., 1st Street to grounds of Capitol and Smithsonian Institute. On the West By llth Street and the west boundary of the Soldiers' Home. Schools Within Fifth Division Abbot New York Ave. and 6th Street, N. W. Arthur Arthur Place, bet. B and C Streets, N. W. Blake North Capitol Street, bet. K and L Streets, N. W. Brookland 10th Street, bet. Monroe and Lawrence Streets, N. E. Cleveland 8th and T Streets, N. W. Eckington 1st and Quincy Streets, N. E. Emery Lincoln Road and Prospect Street, N. E. Gage 2nd, bet. U and V Streets, N. W. Gales Massachusetts Ave. and G Street, N. W. Henry-Polk : Henry P Street, bet. 6th and 7th Streets, N. W. Polk 7th and P Streets, N. W. Langdon 20th and Franklin Streets, N. E. Portables 18th and Monroe Streets, N. E. Seaton I Street, bet. 2nd and 3d Streets, N. W. Twining 3d Street, bet. N and O Streets, N. W. Webster 10th and H Streets, N. W. 33 Classroom and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Abbot 9 OQfi Arthur g 070 Blake g 9jQ 12 472 Cleveland 12 QQ4 Eckington g 070 Emery. 16 BRfi Gage 14 693 Gales 12 310 Henry-Polk.. . . 20 ftQQ Langdon 10 485 Portables 18th and Monroe Seaton 6 12 226 QQ1 Twining g 348 Webster 12 403 Totals.. 167 6 387 Less.. 6 161 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory schoolwork. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 48 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII o 2 o 2 Grade VII. 4 o o 4 Grade VI 6 3 o 9 Grade V 6 4 10 Grade IV 3 3 6 Grade III 2 o 1 3 Grade II 3 v o v * o v 3 Grade I 4 2 o 6 Kindergartens 3 1 1 5 Totals 31 15 2 48 34 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number cf such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 6 6 42 8 16 43 4 12 44 7 28 45 7 35 46 2 12 47 4 28 48 6 48 49 3 27 50 10 52 2 24 Totals 49 236 The above table shows that there are 236 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least nine additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than nine additional classes. Hence the estimate of nine classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There are two vacant rooms in the schools of the Fifth Division, one in the Cleveland School and one in the Seaton School. There are some kindergarten rooms and first grades used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. One room in the Gage School (second grade) now used for classroom purposes was not built for such use. In addition there are 10 portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows: 35 1 at the Brookland School (for manual train- ing) 3 at the Gage School 6 at 18th and Monroe Streets, N. E. There are no classes accommodated in rented quar- ters. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Fifth Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows : 1. Undesirable accommodations In Gage School 1 room 2. Portable schoolhouses 10 " Total 11 " Part-Time Classes In this Division there is one class in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling, to which they are entitled, will require an additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here, but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented or other un- desirable quarters 11 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 9 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 Total 21 36 REPORT ON SIXTH DIVISION Location The Sixth Division lies in the northeast section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows : On the North By the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the District boundary. On the East By the District boundary. On the South By E Street as far as 1st Street. On the West By 1st Street to Florida Ave., and then by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Schools Within Sixth Division Benning Anacostia Road, bet. Benning and Foote Streets, N. E. Blair I Street, bet. 6th and 7th Streets, N. E. Blow Benning Road and 19th Street, N. E. Hayes 5th and K Streets, N. E. Kenilworth Kenilworth Ave., bet. Orr and Polk Streets, N. E. Ludlow 6th and G Streets, N. E. Madison 10th and G Streets, N. E. Pierce 14th and G Streets, N. E. Taylor 7th and G Streets, N. E. Webb 15th and Rosedale Streets, N. E. Wheatley Montello Ave. and Neal Street, N. E. 37 Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 13W Bennincr g iqn Blair g 351 Blow . . g 240 Hayes g 360 Kenil worth 4 141 Ludlow g 299 Madison g 386 Pierce g 358 Taylor g 354 Webb g . 356 Wheatley g 578 Totals 84 3,623 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory schoolwork. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from, 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 2 2 Grade VII Grade VI o o o Grade V 3 o 3 Grade IV 2 o 2 Grade III o Grade II 1 o 1 Grade I 1 4 Kindergartens 2 2 4 Totals 13 3 16 38 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 4 4 42 5 10 43 1 3 44 45 3 15 46 1 6 47 48 2 16 49 50 Totals 16 54 The above table shows that there are 54 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least two additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than two additional classes. Hence the estimate of two classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There is not a vacant room in any one of the 11 school buildings in the Sixth Division. There are a few kindergarten and first grade rooms used only in the morn- ings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. The boys' playroom in the Webb School is now used for manual training shop purposes. A sixth grade class at the Webb School is obliged to be sent to the Blow School for classroom work. 39 In addition there are seven portable schoolhouses in the Division, as follows: 2 at the Blair School 1 at the Madison School 4 at the Wheatley School There are no classes accommodated in rented quar- ters. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Sixth Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows: 1. Undesirable accommodations In Webb School 2 roonii 2. Portable schoolhouses 7 Total 9 Part-Time Classes In this Division there are two classes in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling, to which they are entitled, will require one additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here, but will be conquered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented or other un- desirable quarters 9 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 2 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 Total 12 40 REPORT ON SEVENTH DIVISION Location The Seventh Division lies partly in the northeast and partly in the southeast. It is bounded in general as follows : On the North By E Street approximately. On the East By the Anacostia River. On the South rBy East Capitol Street to Lincoln Park, thence southerly by way of 12th and G Streets to Garfield Park. On the West By South Capitol Street to the Capitol Grounds and North Capitol Street to E Street approxi- mately. Schools Within Seventh Division Brent 3d and D Streets, S. E. Carbery 5th Street, bet. D and E Streets, N. E. Dent 2nd Street and South Carolina Ave., S. E. Edmonds 9th and D Streets, N. E. French, B. B. 7th and G Streets, S. E. Hilton 6th Street, bet. B and C Streets, N. E. Maury B Street, bet. 121/2 and 13th Streets, N. E. Peabody 5th and C Streets, N. E. Towers 8th and C Streets, S. E. Wallach D Street, bet. 7th and 8th Streets, S. E. 41 Classrooms and Enrollment School .No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Brent 8 329 Carbery 8 350 Dent 8 321 Edmonds 8 389 * French, B B Hilton 8 379 Maury 8 502 Peabody 12 529 Towers 436 Wallach 22 567 Totals 82 3,802 *The B. B. French School has 5 rooms and is used for Manual Training classes only. Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 3 2 o 5 Grade VII 2 4 6 Grade VI 3 1 o 4 Grade V 4 3 7 Grade IV 2 o o 2 Grade III 3 o o 3 Grade II 1 2 o 3 Grade I 5 1 6 Kindergartens 4 o o 4 Totals 27 13 o 40 42 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 3 3 42 4 8 43 8 24 44 6 ' 24 45 6 30 46 6 36 47 5 35 48 2 16 49 50 Totals 40 176 The above table shows that there are 176 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least five additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools, it would probably take more than five addi- tional classes. Hence the estimate of five classes is a minimum. Present Accommodation There is not a vacant room in any one of the 9 school buildings in the Seventh Division. There are a few kinder- garten rooms used only in the morning. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. There are no rooms in the Seventh Division now used for classroom purposes which were not built for such use. There are two portable schools (3d grade) in the Divi- sion at the Maury School. 43 There is also 1 kindergarten class accommodated in rented quarters (Shott's Place). By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Seventh Division to take the place of pres- ent undesirable temporary arrangements as follows : 1. Portable Schoolhouses 2 rooms 2. Rented quarters 1 room Total 3 rooms Part-Time Classes In this Division there is 1 class in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling to which they are entitled will require an additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now enrolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here, but will be considered else- where : 1. To accommodate classes now in port- tables, rented or other undesirable quarters 3 classrooms 2. To deduce oversize classes 5 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 Total... .9 44 REPORT OF EIGHTH DIVISION Location The Eighth Division lies in the southwest, southeast and northwest sections of the District. It is bounded in general as follows: On the North By the Mall. On the East By the U. S. Navy Yard. On the South By the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. On the West By Rock Creek. Schools Within Eighth Division Bradley Linworth Place, S. W. (13i/ 2 Street, bet. C and D Streets). Fairbrother 10th and E Streets, S. W. Grant G Street, bet. 21st and 22nd Streets, N. W. Greenleaf 4% Street, bet. N and M Streets, S. W. Jefferson 6th and D Streets, S. W. Amidon 6th and F Streets, S. W. Small wood ^1 Street, bet. 3d and 4% Streets, S. W. Bowen 3d and K Streets, S. E. Toner 24th and F Streets, N. W. Van Ness 4th and M Streets, S. E. Weightman 23d and M 1 Streets, N. W. 45 Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Bradley 8 308 Fairbrother 8 282 Grant 12 377 Greenleaf 8 385 Jefferson-Amidon 28 929 Smallwood-Bowen 16 482 Toner 8 301 Van Ness 8 282 8 346 Totals 104 3,692 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 1 1 Grade VII ...!... 1 2 3 Grade VI 4 4 Grade V o 1 ' 1 Grade IV 4 1 5 Grade III 4 4 Grade II 2 2 Grade I 4 6 10 Kindergartens 2 1 3 Totals 22 11 33 46 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 7 1 42 4 8 43 6 18 44 2 8 46 3 15 46 3 18 47 2 14 48 1 8 49 3 27 50 2 20 Totals, 33 143 The above table shows that there are 143 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least four additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than four additional classes. Hence the estimate of four classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There is one vacant room in one of the 11 school buildings in the Eighth Division. There are a few kinder- garten rooms used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. The girls' playroom in the Smallwood-Bowen School is used for part work in printing. In addition there is one portable schoolhouse in the Division at the Smallwood School. 47 There are no classes accommodated in rented quar- ters. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Eighth Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements as follows: 1. Undesirable accommodations in Smallwood-Bowen School 1 room 2. Portable Schoolhouse 1 Total 2 " Part-Time Classes In this Division there is one class in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling to which they are entitled will require an additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now enrolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented or other un- desirable quarters 2 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 4 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 Total . . 7 41 REPORT ON NINTH DIVISION Location The Ninth Division includes the southern portion of the District of Columbia south of the Anacostia River and that territory south of East Capitol Street and west as far as Lincoln Park and Garfield Park. Schools Within Ninth Division Bryan 13th and B Streets, S. W. Buchanan E Street, bet. 13th and 14th Streets, S. E. Congress Heights Nichols and Alabama Aves., S. E. Cranch 12th and G Streets, S. E. Ketcham 15th Street and Good Hope Road, S. E. Lenox 5th Street, bet. G and I Streets, S. E. Randle Highlands Pennsylvania Ave. and Q Street, S. E. Stanton Alabama Ave. and Bowen Road, S. E. Tyler llth Street, bet. G and I Streets, S. E. Van Buren W Street, bet. 13th and 14th Streets, S. E. 49 Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Bryan 12 712 Buchanan 8 540 Congress Heights Cranch 14 8 486 446 Ketcham 8 316 Lenox 8 334 .Handle Highlands *Stanton 8 6 220 64 Tyler . -. .. 8 412 Van Buren 14 320 Totals 94 3,850 * Includes two rooms in old Good Hope School. Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 .pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 3 2 5 Grade VII 2 5 7 Grade VI 1 1 2 Grade V 3 4 7 Grade IV 2 3 5 Grade III 1 5 6 Grade II 3 2 o 5 Grade I 2 5 1 8 Kindergartens 3 o 3 Totals 20 26 2 48 50 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such \ Excess of pupils over classes standard of 40 41 3 3 42 6 12 43 1 3 44 3 12 45 7 35 46 5 30 47 4 28 48 8 64 49 6 54 50 3 15 i Totals, 46 256 The above table shows that there are 256 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least seven additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than seven additional classes. Hence the estimate of seven classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There are 12 vacant rooms in the schools of this Division; two in the annex at Congress Heights, four at Randall Highlands, three in the Stanton School and three in the Van Buren School. There are a few kindergarten rooms, a first and a second grade room used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. There are no rooms now used for classroom purposes which were not built for such use. 51 There are five portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows: 1 at the Bryan School. 3 at the Buchanan School 1 at the Lenox School There are no classes accommodated in rented quar- ters. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Ninth Division, to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows : 1. Undesirable accommodations in schools of this Division rooms 2. Portable schoolhouses 5 " 3. Rented quarters " Total Part-Time Classes In this Division there are no classes above the 2nd grade on part time. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now is portables, rented, or other un- desirable quarters 5 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 8 3. To eliminate part-time classes . Total 13 52 REPORT ON TENTH DIVISION Location* The Tenth Division lies in the northwest section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows: On the North By the District boundary. On the East By the westerly boundary of Soldiers' Home. On the South By the Potomac River and B Street. On the West By the Potomac River and the District boundary. Schools Within Tenth Division Briggs E Street, bet. 22nd Street and Virginia Ave., N. W. Bruce Kenyon Street, bet. Georgia and Sherman Aves., N. W. Chain Bridge Chain Bridge Road, bet. 49th and Garfield Streets, N. W. Fort Slocum Blair Road and North Dakota Ave., N. W. Garrison 12th Street, bet. R and S Streets, N. W. Magruder M Street, bet. 16th and 17th Streets, N. W. Military Road Military Road, bet. 13th and 14th Streets, N. W. Montgomery 27th Street, bet. I and K Streets, N. W. Phillips N Street, bet. -27th and 28th Streets, N. W. Reno Howard Street and Fessenden Place, N. W. Stevens 21st Street, bet. K and L Streets, N. W. Summer 17th and M Streets, N. W. Wilson 17th Street, bet. Euclid Street and Kalorama Road, N. W. Wormley Prospect Ave., bet. 33d and 34th Streets, N. W. 53 Classrooms and Enrollment School \o. of regular olassrooms Enrollment Xorember 1, 1920 Briggs 8 426 Bruce 8 420 Chain Bridge Fort Slocum 1 1 23 26 Garrison 8 486 Magruder , 8 345 Military Road 4 152 Montgomery 8 346 Phillips 8. 338 Reno 4 171 Stevens 20 838 Suniner 10 415 Wilson 8 423 Wormlev 8 340 Totals 104 4,749 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Total* Grade VIII 1 I Grade VII 1 1 Grade VI 5 1 6 Grade V 4 1 5 Grade IV 4 2 1 7 Grade III 4 4 Grade II . 5 3 1 9 Grade I 5 1 7 13 Kindergartens 2 2 Totals 28 10 10 48 54 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over Standard of 40 41 5 5 42 7 14 43 9 27 44 6 24 45 1- - 5 46 6 36 47 2 14 48 2 16 49 50 Totals, 1 10 39 151 The above table shows that there are 151 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least four additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than four additional classes. Hence the estimate of four classes is a minimum. . Part-Time Classes In this Division there are two classes in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling, to which they are entitled, will require one additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now enrolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase 55 in enrollment is not included here but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented, or other un- desirable quarters 5 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 4 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 " Total 10 Present Accommodations There are two vacant rooms in the 14 school build- ings of the Tenth Division. There are a few kinder- gartens and a first grade room used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. There are no rooms now used within the buildings not built for classroom purposes. There are three portable schoolhouses in the Tenth Division as follows: 2 at the Bruce School 1 at the Garrison School There is one class in Domestic Science and one class in Domestic Art accommodated in rented quarters (X)dd Fellows' Hall). By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Tenth Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows : 1. Undesirable accommodations In Tenth Division rooms 2. Portable schoolhouses 3 3. Rented quarters 2 Total 5 56 REPORT ON ELEVENTH DIVISION Location The Eleventh Division covers a portion of the north- east and northwest section of the District. It is bounded in general as follows: On the North By the District boundary. On the East By the District boundary. On the South By Benning Road. On the West By the western boundary of the Soldiers' Home and a line extending southward approxi- mately to Iowa Circle. Schools Within Eleventh Division Bunker Hill Bunker Hill Road, bet. 14th and 16th Streets, N. E. Burrville Division Ave., bet. Corcoran and Dean Streets, N. E. Cook, John F. O Street, bet. 4th and 5th Streets, N. W. Crummell Gallaudet Ave. and 14th Street, N. E. Beanwood Whittingham and Lane Places, N. E. Garnet-Patterson-Phelps Group : Garnet 10th Street, bet. U and V Streets, N. W. Patterson Vermont Ave., bet. U and V Streets, N. W. Phelps Vermont Ave., bet. T and U Streets, N. W. Langston-Slater Group : Langston P Street, bet. North Capitol and 1st Streets, N. W. Slater P Street, bet. North Capitol and 1st Streets, N. W. Mott 4th Street, bet. Bryant and W Streets, N. W. Smothers and Annex Benning Road and 42nd Street, N. E. 57 Classrooms and Enrollment School \o. of regular classrooms Enrollment Xorcnthcr ], IV'o Bunker Hill... 9 AQ Burrville 4 4d O OQ Cook, J. F Q ooy Crummell 1 510 9nn Deanwood.. '. A zuu Garnet 12 oiM Patterson 8 Phelps e 1C Q1 Langston..... 8 ,OZ1 Slater c no A Mott 16 I o4 101 n Smothers and Annex.. Totals 4 QQ ,U1U 124 4Q9/i ,y^4 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory school work. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard' of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 2 2 Grade VII 4 2 o 6 Grade VI . 6 2 8 Grade V 4 7 11 Grade IV 3 3 o 6 Grade III 5 2 7 Grade II 10 2 o 12 Grade I 4 8 o 12 Kindergartens 1 o 1 Totals.... 39 26 65 58 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of clasp Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 12 12 42 4 6 43 9 27 44 7 32 45 7 ,35 46 4 24 47 9 63 48 6 46 49 3 27 50 Totals, 4 40 65 312 The above table shows that there are 312 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least eight additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than eight additional classes. Hence the estimate of eight classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There is one vacant room in the Bunker Hill School of this Division. There are a few kindergarten classes, a first grade and an atypical class where the rooms are used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. One room in the John F. Cook School, now used for a classroom, is unfit for use. The Supply Room in the Mott School is used for coaching classes, and the Assembly Hall and the Boys' Playroom in the same school are each used for a fifth grade class. 59 In addition there are 13 portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows : 4 at the Burrville School 1 at the John F. Cook School 5 at the Deanwood School 1 at the Garnet-Patterson-Phelps Group 2 at the Mott School There are two kindergartens and a 3B class accom- modated in the Sunday-school room of a church rented for the purpose. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Eleventh Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows: 1. Undesirable accommodations in the J. F. Cook and Mott Schools 4 rooms 2. Portable schoolhouses 13 " 3. Rented quarters 1 " Total 18 Part-Time Classes In this Division there are three classes in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling, to which they are entitled, will require two additional classrooms. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary of the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented, or other un- desirable quarters 18 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 8 3. To eliminate part-time classes 2 Total 28 60 REPORT ON TWELFTH DIVISION Location The Twelfth Division lies in the northeast and north- west sections of the District. It is bounded in general as follows : On the North By N Street. On the East By the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. On the South By Louisiana Ave. On the West By 10th Street. i Schools Within Twelfth Division Banneker 3d Street, bet. K and L Streets, N. E. Douglass^ 1st and Pierce Streets, N. W. Simmons Pierce Street, bet. New Jersey Ave. and 1st Street, N. W. Jones 1st and L Streets, N. W. Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Banneker .... 8 382 Douglass- Simmons 8 8 472 Jones 8 382 Totals 32 1,236 61 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory schoolwork. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from, 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII o o o o Grade VII 1 1 o 2 Grade VI o o o o Grade V o 1 o 1 Grade IV o o o o Grade III o o o o Grade II 1 o 1 Grade I 3 1 1 o 4 Kindergartens . o o o o Totals 5 3 o 8 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form: Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 1 I 42 1 2 43 1 3 44 1 4 45 1 5 46 2 12 47 1 7 48 49 50 Totals, 8 34 The above table shows that there are 34 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least one additional class to accommodate these 62 pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than one additional class. Hence the estimate of one class is a minimum. Present Accommodations There is not a vacant room in any one of the four buildings in the Twelfth Division. There are a few kin- dergarten rooms and two first grades used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. There are no rooms in this Division now used for classrooms which were not built for such purpose. There are no portable schoolhouses in this Division. There are no classrooms in rented quarters in this Division. By way of summary, it is not necessary to provide any additional classrooms in the Twelfth Division to re- lieve any undesirable accommodations, portable school- houses, or rented quarters. Part-Time Classes There are no classes in the Twelfth Division above the second grade on part time. Summary of Immediate Needs There is only need for an additional classroom in this Division to reduce oversize classes. 63 REPORT ON THIRTEENTH DIVISION Location The Thirteenth Division lies in the southeast and southwest section of the District. It is bounded in gen- eral as follows: On the North By Florida Ave. On the East By the District boundary. On the South By the District boundary. On the West By the Potomac River, Louisiana Ave. and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Schools Within Thirteenth Division Ambush L Street, bet. 6th and 7th Streets, S. W. Bell 1st Street, bet. B and C Streets, S. W. Birney Nichols Ave. and Howard Street, S. E. Bowen, Anthony 9th and E Streets, S. E. Cardozo I Street, bet. One-Half and 1st Streets, N. W. Garfield Alabama Ave. and 25th Street, S. E. Giddings 3d and G Streets, S. E. Lincoln 2nd and G Streets, S. E. Logan 3d and G Streets, N. E. Lovejoy 12th and D Streets, N. E. Payne 15th and C Streets, S. E. Randall-Cardozo 1st arid I Streets,, S. W. Syphax One-Half Street, bet. N and O Streets, S. W. 64 Classrooms and Enrollment School No. of regular classrooms Enrollment November 1, 1920 Ambush 8 297 Bell 8 441 Birney 14 598 Bowen, Anthony. 8 292 Garfield 12 242 Giddings 8 422 Lincoln 12 350 Logan 8 387 Loveiov 12 695 Payne 8 335 Randall-Cardoza 20 706 Syphax 8 472 Totals 126 5,237 Oversize Classes Overcrowding has resulted in classes altogether too large for satisfactory schoolwork. The following table shows classes that are in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class established by the Board of Education. Classes from 41 to 45 pupils Classes from 46 to 50 pupils Classes over 50 pupils Totals Grade VIII 2 o o 2 Grade VII 3 o o 3 Grade VI o Grade V 3 3 Grade IV 3 1 4 Grade III 2 2 1 5 Grade II 7 1 1 9 Grade I 4 9 13 Kindergartens 1 1 Totals 25 13 2 40 65 The following table shows the same information in more detailed form : Size of class Number of such classes Excess of pupils over standard of 40 41 8 8 42 4 8 43 5 15 44 4 16 45 3 15 46 3 18 47 48 3 24 49 2 18 50 5 50 55 1 15 58 1 18 Totals, 39 205 The above table shows that there are 205 pupils in excess of the standard of 40 pupils per class. It would take at least six additional classes to accommodate these pupils if they were all in one school. Scattered, as they are, in several schools it would probably take more than six additional classes. Hence the estimate of six classes is a minimum. Present Accommodations There are five vacant rooms in the 13 school build- ings in the Thirteenth Division. There are a few kinder- garten classes and a first-grade class used only in the mornings. There are no rooms which are not used a full day. One basement room in the Lovejoy School and three basement rooms in the Randall-Cardozo Schools are now used for classroom purposes. 66 In addition there are three portable schoolhouses in the Division as follows: 1 at the Lovejoy School 2 at the Syphax School There are three classes accommodated in rented quarters at the Lovejoy School. By way of summary, additional classrooms should be provided in the Thirteenth Division to take the place of present undesirable temporary arrangements, as follows : 1. Undesirable accommodations In Lovejoy School and Randall- Carclozo School 4 rooms 2. Portable schoolhouses 3 " 3. Rented quarters 3 " Total 10 Part-Time Classes In this Division there are two classes in Grade III on part time. To give these pupils a full day of schooling, to which they are entitled, will require an additional classroom. Summary of Immediate Needs The following is a summary or the immediate class- room needs to provide adequately for pupils now en- rolled. The need of additional classrooms for probable increase in enrollment is not included here but will be considered elsewhere. 1. To accommodate classes now in portables, rented, or other un- desirable quarters 10 classrooms 2. To reduce oversize classes 6 3. To eliminate part-time classes 1 " Total 17 PART II HIGH SCHOOLS STATEMENT OF CONGESTED CONDITIONS No building program for the high schools is presented at this time. The proposed establishment of two Junior High Schools and the opening of a new Eastern High School will provide some relief to the present high schools. As a matter of record, however, a brief statement is incorporated here covering the congested conditions in the high and junior high schools. BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL This school was erected in 1905 and has a normal capacity of 900. The October enrollment was 1,208 pupils, about 300 in excess of those for whom provision was made. This excess is taken care of by an afternoon session and by the unusual use of laboratories and typewriting rooms as section rooms and class rooms. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL The capacity of the school is theoretically 2,500 and is comfortably filled with 2,300 pupils. The whole enrollment in October was 2,837. Unsuitable rooms in the building are used for both section and recitation rooms. The pres- ent enrollment is overtaxing the facilities. EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL This building was constructed to meet the school needs of East Washington twenty-nine years ago. This present building has only 10 regular classrooms which will accom- modate 350 pupils. The October enrollment of this school was 661. The school has been organized on a two-shift basis with over two-thirds of the pupils reporting from 8:15 A. M. to 12:30 o'clock P. M., and one-third from 12:45 to 5:00 P. M. As in other high schools, the physics and chemical laboratories and drawing rooms are used as recitation rooms. 69 McKINLEY MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL The normal capacity of this building is about 1,100. The October enrollment was 1,298. Of this number, 140 have been provided for in recitation rooms at the Old Cen- tral High School on Street, between 6th and 7th Sts., N.-W. The approximate enrollment for the second semes- ter beginning February 2nd will be at least 1,350, this forc- ing the school to adopt a two-shift plan of instruction. WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL This school at present is not compelled to use any rooms unsuited to classroom work*. The capacity is 650 and the October enrollment was 760 pupils. The excess is taken care of by providing instruction for a group of about 150 pupils from 1:00 o'clock to 4:15 o'clock P. M., and an- other group of 50 pupils from 10 o'clock A. M. to 2:30 o'clock P. M. ARMSTRONG MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL This school was erected in 1902 to accommodate 300 pupils. In addition to the main building, five portable buildings are being used to help take care of its October enrollment of 638 pupils. DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL This building was erected in October 1916 and was erected that year for the accommodation of 1,200 pupils. The enrollment in October was 1,402. In order to provide for the pupils sub-basement rooms and science lecture rooms are used as classrooms. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (White) This school is housed in the Old Central High School building on Street, between 6th and 7th Sts., N. W., which was erected in 1883. This building also houses a part of 70 the pupils from the McKinley Manual Training School. Many improvements are needed to refit it for satisfactory school use. The October enrollment of this school was 447, of which 137 were high school pupils. This school thus re- lieves the high schools of caring for 137 pupils more than they are now caring for. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Colored) The old M Street High School building erected in 1890 houses the enrollment of 291 pupils of this school. Many improvements are needed to put this building in modern condition. 71 Gaylord Bros. Makers Syracuse, N. Y PAT. JAN. 21. 1908 459677 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY