13 20 1089 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/b81b3f18c4f17928d6c4c6598621535b.pdf cf4579a2ff1c30811ab8d6b3a5bf338b PDF Text Text Official Assails Plan For Arlington School By Susanna McBee Staff R eporter Arlington School Board a separate school should be ul. 'member James G. Stockard b i t He favors the Douglas ie . said yesterday the Board’ ac Park s t bounded by S Wal s r rv, t ceptance o a proposal for an te Reed d i e Pollard s. and f rv. addition t the Negro Drew- Four Mile Run d i e o K e m p e r School would be Enrollment a Drew and i s t t “most unfortunate.” companion Kemper building The problem o providing a 2035 Lincoln s. i now 9 7 f t t s 2, more classrooms for a l a t making i the larg s Arling t es t et 400 Negro students i the ton elementary s h o . I s s col t County’ most pressing school enrollment i expected t s s o need and w l be considered reach 1 4 . il 10 by the School Board a is Stockard, i a statement i t t n s meeting Thursday n g t ih. sued yesterday, s id building a Other Board members have an addition t the school o indicated they w l vote f r would “ignore the educational il o the addition which would g ive advantages of a smaller the present 15-room Drew s h o . A,little c col hild would School a S 25th and Lincoln l s h s i e t t i a school t . oe i dniy n s s 37 rooms. t. of 1100 t 1 0 , he added. o 20” But Stockard contends t at Most county elementary h schools have enrollments be low 500 and only a few have between 500 and 700 stu e t . dns A new school on the Doug-1j l s Park s t would be closer 1 a ie t some 400 o Drew-Kemper 1 o f 1 students who are now being| s taught i the Dolly Madisonp n Building on Shirley hwy. near < Glebe r . he p i . d, ad Stockard a s said the c s ) lo ot j a separate school would be! of I about the same as the e t si mated $ 5 7 0,000 fo the Drew; r adto. diin The Central Arlington Civic I Association and the Arlington Council on Human Relations have supported the separate s h o . The Nauck Citizens col iAssociation endorsed the . Drew addition previously but I a t month voted for a s p ls ea !a s h o . r te c o l �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Official Assails Plan for Arlington School, December 13, 1960. Description An account of the resource Arlington County School Board member James Stockard against Drew expansion. 2 pages, verso is back of newspaper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Susanna McBee, reporter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_41 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/05761e91d3bfdac1f7fb61a9fa715cf2.pdf c70265418884196e6d4d36b60d7079db PDF Text Text G 3 o P p September 21, 1961 Y To the Member® of the Board of Educations All over America, educators are working to eliminate large elementary schools .in auburban areas. They contend that small elementary schools provide the best learning atmosphere for children of the elementary level. This fact lead® as to feel that there is no justifiable reason why the largest ele­ mentary school in the county should be ©rected in the Eauck Community. fo build a 37 rocea Elementary School building is to act contrary t© what is the satiating policy of Arlington County. There is not another elementary s chool that i3 as large as Brew School would b© with the twenty-two room .Edition. Why would we raise money to build in ©n® place what we &r® trying ! o eliminate in all other places? . The plan, to build on the present Drew site is bad planning because the pre­ sent Drew School does not meet state requirements. The Nauck Area is a congested area. The proposed sit® has only eight to nine acres. There should bo fourteen to measure up to the minimum state requirements for an elementary school of this else in any given area. A school serving a ccEEBunity of row houses and duplex houses should have more play space to ecispsnsate for the individual lack of play space which the cccanunity provides. The plan to build 22 clean roraaa to the present 15 at Drew Elementary School J s unsound because it perpetuates segregation. We all agree with the St^prsme . Court that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Segrega­ tion does not provide th® best possible education, nor does it provide for sound education for children growing up in our World today. Tie are vary much concerned about tha matter in question. We feel strongly that there should ba provided for the children of the Nauck Community a sound education. This ia the real issue. Judge John M. Wisdaa, a United State Circuit Judge of Louisiana, said recently, “This is not the moment in history for the state to experiment with ignorance." We feel that the best is not offered for the children of the Nauck Community. if the Board of Education cannot reconsider its position and give an assurance that it will not place a 22 room addition to what is already an inadequate site, the members of our organisations cannot support this issue in the Bond Referendum. Signed: Arthur W. Walls, Special Committee ©f Nauck Citizens' Association Ann Walker, President, Jennie Dean Club Prances Ulman, President, Community Council for Social Progress John B. Johnson, M.D., President, Central Arlington Civic Association � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, to the Members of the Board of Education from: Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association, September 21, 1961. Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_40 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/d03e9fca091184007d130d1569cd6dbd.pdf 6e190ea63e107ace2340954005fc99b8 PDF Text Text IF Y O U ' R E IN F A V O R O F S O U N D S C H O O L S IF Y O U ' R E IN F A V O R O F M O R E FOR Y O U R TAX M O N E Y . . . V O T E N O . . . O N THE S C H O O L B O N D I S S U E O N N O V E M B E R 7. Is that a vote against our good Arlington school system? NO. It’ a vote against converting a small school...the Drew Elementary School... s into an outsized patch-quilt monstrosity which will he with us for years. It's a vote against building on a cramped site in a congested area where youngsters are now deprived of badly needed playspace. That's what the school bond issue is about...it involves nothing more than an addition to a single school...the Drew Elementary School. How much tax money will be saved...by a NO vote? About $9^0,000, almost a million dollars, which can be voted next year, perhaps, to build a more-for-the-money school for this community and in keeping with current trends toward FEWER students per school. What about the Drew youngsters? Won't they miss out on something, if they don't get the addition via the bond issue? Answer: The present facilities plus the Drew annex are okay for a while...preferable to building a king-sized memorial to segregation. No, the bond issue simply locks these youngsters into a sub-standard and segregated facility...and throws away the key. Is a NO vote a vote against waste and inefficiency? Yes. The school bond money would tack 22 classrooms onto the existing 15. It would house 1,100 youngsters...more than three times the average for Arlington elementary schools. It would dilute the teacher strength. But worse, the bond issue would imprison over two-thirds of Negro pupils of elementary age in a single facility, through 6th grade. On graduation, they would be thrown into junior high, with an extreme handicap.. . putting a dent in the WHOLE school set-up. Inefficient. Wasteful. Unfair. Vote NO on the school bond issue...last item on the ballot. Signed: Arthur W. Walls, Minister Lomax A.M.E. Zion Church, President Drew P.T.A., Chairman Special Committee Nauck Citizens Association Ana Walker, President, Jennie Dean Club Frances Ulman, President, Community Council for Social Progress John B. Johnson, M.D., President, Central Arlington Civic Association � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Political Flyer, If You're in Favor of Sound Schoolsote No on the School Bond Issue on November 7, n.d. Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew school expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Walls Minister Lomax AME Church Drew PTA and Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_39 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/f8100bdf7f4839cacde421fa1a644429.pdf 262167a2c643a1704621b617a1e84763 PDF Text Text DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACILITY NEEDS Illustrated Architectural Plan Presented to School Board by Central Arlington Civic Association The Elementary school facility deficiency of the Drew-Kemper area is now a critical educational challenge. The existing 15 room Drew School is already operating 18 additional classrooms in temporary quarters outside the current school grounds. The proposed 22-room addition to the Drew School building would be filled to capacity in 1961 with the rescue of the 18 temporary classrooms and the estimated extra increase in school enrollment. This proposed solution will again be Inadequate in 1962 in addi tion and of more Importance. Educationally the proposal is not in keeping with the high educational standards of Arlington County Public School System. This Civic Association, convinced of the need for an imaginative solution for a serious educational problem, employed the services of a distinguished architect to assist in developing a constructive proposal. The new proposal was to be developed on the baslB that it would be superior in: choice of site; quality of educational and architectural planning; value for county dollars spent; and in potential contribution to cultural and edu cational life of the community itself. The School Board held a special meeting on September 26, at which time Mr. Hllyard Robinson, Architect-Consultant, on behalf of the Civic Association, presented a remarkable lantern-slide illustrated study and proposal of elementary school facilities in compliance with the needs and objectives as stated. The undeveloped Douglas Park area located in the community was the land site chosen. It has major assets of an existing adjacent recreational or play ground area and a rugged natural wooded topography which, imagina tively conceived, yields numerous community values. Diagrammatic studies were presented by the Architect which yield land accommodations for the mandatory 22 classrooms— kinder garten as well as for additional classrooms when needed and as funds become available. Classroom planning is in "Cluster Units" with efficient flexible "indoor-outdoor" classrooms with equipped individual recreational areas controllable by each teacher. �- 2 - These studies also provided protection against noise and other distractions and a choice of "Group use Facilities" including: "school-community", library, auditorium-gym, and lunch-multipurpose room. The "Campus-Cluster" type elementary school planning to which the Douglas land tract is well adapted, is not new. If one needs precedent for its educational, architectural and economical soundness one might review published data on existing elementary school projects of this type in Middletown and Watertown, Connecticut; Brentwood, Missouri; Weston, Massachusetts; Westerly, Rhode Island; and Bellevue, Washington. Team Action-Community, School Board, Architect, Citizens— could promptly bring to this progressive lii|t^community a sound and prideful solution to a pressing educational need at a modest expenditure within the $13 to $14 per square foot cost of elemen tary school construction established by Arlington County. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report, Drew Elementary School Facility Needs, Illustrated Architectural Plans Presented to the School Board by Arlington Central Civic Association, n.d. Description An account of the resource Drew School expansion study, Douglas tract. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arlington Central Civic Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_37 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/2a3f9172ebecb9910af95e6d1693d3e3.pdf 5a551c16207ec8801d5dda00bc9a6f2e PDF Text Text r.r.s. r c A no. i School Division (City or County): — ----------------------------------------------------C O M M O N W E A L T H O F VIRGINIA Pu p il Pl a c e m e n t Bo a r d A P P L IC A T IO N F O R P L A C E M E N T O F PU P IL (Note: A birth certificate or photostatic copy thereof shall be attached to the application of each pupil who has moved to Virginia from another state for whom application is made for enrollment in Virginia schools for the first time.). I, the undersigned parent/or legal guardian, or other person having custody of the child named below, request that this child be placed in the Public School System in the County/or City o f _ --- ---- — ----------------------- — ------------and in support thereof, submit the following information: ( p r in t OR TYPE) FULL NAME OF CHILD:ADDRESS: _______________ POST O F F IC E :___________ ■t 2- SCH OOL YEAR FOR W HICH ENROLLMENT IS REQUESTED: WHEN: NAME OF SilH O O L LAST ATTENDED: _________________________ ADDRESS -OF SCHOOL: _____________ ___________ ____C S ^ N T Y / O R CITY: ---------- YEARS IN SCHOOL: ________________GRADE______ SEN- BIRTH DATE: -CON D ITION OF HEALTH: STATE O R COUNTRY OF BIRTH: ________________ PHYSICAL O R MENTAL HANDICAPS O R D ISA BILITI PARTICULAR APTITUDES: __________ C NAME AND LOCATION OF SCHOOL O R S' l t e Q ^ IN VIRGINIA IN W HICH ANY OTHER CHILDREN OF YOURS ARE ENROLLED: ___________ The foregoing is certified on oath or affirmation to be true and complete. ^ D a te:_________________________ AND ---------------- Address: _______________ _ <FOR IN F O R M A T IO N Signed: USE R E CO M M E N D A T IO N S OF BOARDS FROM ONLY) LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD If child is entering for the first time is date of child’ birth on application same as on birth certificate?.. s Comments concerning pupil: --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommendation as to school to which pupil should be assigned: Principal or Head T each er:----- LOCAL SCH O OL BOARD �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sample form, Commonwealth of Virginia Application for Placement of Pupil, n.d. Description An account of the resource Pupil Placement application form. 2 pages, second page contains handwritten notes of meeting minutes from an unknown organization in June. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Commonwealth of Virginia Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_36 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/52038d4d0c9d5dcdcb6bacac64261cd5.pdf d3a4371d383e2fd6baf9fbd9c8aa4826 PDF Text Text DO YOU W A N T YOUR CHILD TO GO TO SCHOOL NEARER HOME? APPLY BEFORE APRIL 4 This i the "acceptable" year. I your children have had a long bus ride rather than going s f t the school nearest your home, t i year you can do something about I . You can apply for o hs t your children to transfer to the nearest school. You can help make l f easier for your children ie in this way. School transfers no longer have t be sent t Richmond. Our Board of Supervisors and o o School Board are preparing for local pupil placement. Applications will s i l need to be sub­ tl mitted by April 4 however. , THE NEAREST SCHOOL WILL BE A FRIENDLY SCHOOL You can join the group which have been opening up opportunities, and who have been welcomed by their white neighbors while doing so. The 27 Negro children enrolled t s year in previously hi white schools report they have been made welcome. They have made many friends and have had greater educational opportunities. Their parents have been welcomed at P-TA. Things have gone well. The fine example of these children has reflected credit on the schools from which they transferred. The fine s f of teachers i our Negro schools helped prepare the children. ta f n Fairfax County i proud of i s progress in race relations. The Federation of Citizen's s t Associations and the P-TA Federation are inter-racial. The P-TA Council recently voted overwhelmingly for more progress on school desegregation. Last summer, owners of chain store lunch counters and many restaurants put up the "welcome" sign for you and your children. This winter, nearly 2 000 high school students in Fairfax County signed a petition favoring in­ , clusion of Negro students in interscholastic sports. These facts indicate the white people in Fairfax County are ready t accept people without prejudice. You — as a Negro parent — must o act i there i to be more rapid progress in school desegregation. f s SCHOOL DESEGREGATION WILL HELP REDUCE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION As more Negro parents have their children enter previously white schools, more and more children will make friends with those of different races. Prejudice will be reduced. As time goes on, desegregating the school system will help Negroes get better jobs, better housing, and a better l f . ie TO TRANSFER YOUR CHILDREN: APPLY BEFORE APRIL 4 Go to the principal of the elementary, intermediate or high school nearest your home. Introduce yourself. Tell him (or her) where you l v , and ask for transfer forms. Take your ie child's birth certificate with you. Fill out the forms and turn them in t the office of the new school ( he one you want your o t children to enter next f l ) This must be done before Tuesday, April 4 — just after Easter. al. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED ANY HELP I you have questions or need help or advice, call or see any one of these: f Mrs. E. B. Henderson, 307 W. Fairfax St., Falls Church, Va. JE 2-6030 Mrs. Edith Hussey, 3 Shenandoah Rd., Alexandria, Va. SO 5-6150 Mr. Carl E. Auvil, 1113 Nicholson Rd., Falls Church, Va. JE 4-4085 FOR A FRIENDLY SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD NEAREST HOME: APPLY BEFORE APRIL 4 (Published by the Fairfax County Council on Human Relations) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Political Flyer, Fairfax County Council on Human relations, Do you want your child to go to School Nearer home? Apply by April 4, n.d. Description An account of the resource Pro Desegregation, Instructions on how to fill out transfer requests, Fairfax County desegregation experiences Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fairfax County Council on Human Relations, Mrs. E.B. Henderson, Mrs. Edith Hussey, Mr. Carl Auvil Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_35 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/41a39e404d0c656fe6213c730bffa204.pdf 9e683f667b2b25f442ec3104d510b6f2 PDF Text Text IF Y O U ' R E IN F A V O R O F S O U N D S C H O O L S IF Y O U ' R E IN F A V O R O F M O R E FOR Y OU R TAX M O N E Y . . . V O T E N O . . . O N THE S C H O O L B O N D I S S U E O N N O V E M B E R 7. IS THAT A VOTE AGAINST OUR G O O D ARLINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM? NO. It's a vote against converting a small school . . . the Drew Elementary school . . . into an outsized patch-quilt monstrosity which will be with us for years. It's a vote against building on a cramped site in a congested area where youngsters are now deprived of badly needed playspace. That's what the school bond issue is about . . . it involves nothing more than an addition to a single school . . . the Drew Elementary school. H O W MUCH TAX MONEY WILL BE SAVED . . . BY A NO VOTE? About $950,000, almost a million dollars, which can be voted next year, perhaps, to build a more-for-the-money school for this community and in keeping with current trends toward FEWER students per school. WHAT ABOUT THE DREW YOUNGSTERS? WON'T THEY MISS OUT ON SOMETHING, IF THEY DON'T GET THE ADDITION VIA THE BOND ISSUE? Answer: The present facilities plus the Drew annex are okay for a while . . . preferable to building a king-sized memorial to segregation. No, the bond issue simply locks these youngsters into a sub-standard and segregated facility . . . and throws away the key. IS A N O VOTE AGAINST WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY? YES. The school bond money would tack 22 classrooms onto the existing 15. It would house 1,100 youngsters . . . more than three times the average for Arlington elementary schools. It would dilute the teacher strength. But worse, the bond issue would imprison over two-thirds of Negro pupils of elementary a ge in a single facility, through 6th grade. On graduation, they would be thrown into junior high, with an extreme handicap . . . putting a dent in the WHOLE school set-up. Inefficient, Wasteful, Unfair. VOTE NO ON THE SCHOOL BOND ISSUE lttm nteao a ieo hbl. s lt . Signed: MnseLmxAME Zo Cuc,rsdnDe P., iitr oa ...in hrhPeiet rw .A T. Cara Seil omte NukCtznAscain himn pcaCmite ac iiessoito. Ann Walker, P s e ,e i Da C b rin Jn e en l ed t n u Frances Ulman, P s e , omnt C n loS i P g s rin Cmuiy o c fro a r r s ed t u i cl oe John B. Johnson, M.D., P s e ,e r A i t CiA o a o rin Cn a r n o ics c t n ed t t l l g n v s i i Arthur W. Walls, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Political Flyer, If You're in Favor of Sound Schoolsote No on the School Bond Issue on November 7, n.d. Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew school expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Walls Minister Lomax AME Church Drew PTA and Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_34 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/6620c4f16ef1812af65acf9bbfbafbab.pdf e5b7d636ce7a1325c00235f9f4975588 PDF Text Text September 21, 1961 V - the Members of the Board of Education: I I aver £ s k 1 c 6 ( aducators are working to eliminate large elementary schools . in suburban areas. They contend that small elementary schools provide the best learning atmosphere for children of the elementary level. This fact leads tm to feel that there is no justifiable reason why the largest ele­ mentary school in the county should be erected in the Nauck Community. In build a 37 resaa Elementary School building is to act contrary t© what is the existing policy of Arlington County. There is not another elementary rchool that is as large as Brew School would be with the twenty-two room ;edition. Why would we reds® money to build in one place what we are trying ■o eliminate in all ether: places? The plan to build on the present Brew site is bad planning because the pre­ sent Brew School does not meet state requirements. The Nauck Area is a cr.gssted area. The proposed site has only eight to nine acres. There should be fourteen t© measure up to tha minimum state requirements for an elementary school of this site in any given area. A school serving a ecsmunity of row houses and duplex houses should have more play apace to compensate for the individual lack of play space which the eesaaunity provides. The plan to build 22 class rooms to the present 15 at Brew Elementary School in unsound because it perpetuates segregation. We all agree with the Sisprsnss Court that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Segrega­ tion dose not provide the best possible education, nor does it provide for sound education for children growing up in our World today. Ce are vary much concerned about the matter in question. We feel strongly that there should fee provided for the children of the Nauck Community a sound education. This is the real issue. Judge John M. Wisdom, a United State Circuit Judge of Louisiana, said recently, "This is not the moment in history for the state to eaperimenfc with ignorance." We faal that tha heist io not offered for the children of the Nauck Community. If the Board of Education cannot reconsider its position and give an assurance that it will not place a 22 room addition to what is already an inadequate site, the members of our organizations cannot support this issue in the Bond Referendum. Signed: Arthur W. Walls, Special Committee of Nauck Citizens' Association Ann Walker, President, Jennie Bean Club France* Ulman, President, Community Council for Social Progress John B. Johnson, M.B., President, Central Arlington Civic Association � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, County Board OK's Bond Issue Vote for $6.5 Million, September 25, 1961 Description An account of the resource Bond includes funds for Drew building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_33 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/0492f332763f5b6f657a87ad63981415.pdf 9d688c80eff170d26f5ab94a93285c66 PDF Text Text A-2 Northern Virgin'..- Monday, Soph 25, 1961 County Board OK’ s Bond Issue Vote For $6.5 Million ARLINGTON' — The CountyBoard on S t r a of­ a u d y fi ca l a o t d a.eiso r s l t o sr q e t n t eC r i l y d p e sr e f e o u i n e u s i g h i ­ c i C u t t o d r an e e t o N 7 o t e p o o e ut o r o r e l c i n ov. n h r p s d $. m l i n bond i se. 65 i l o s us Each r s l t o , r i,c n e t by County Board e o u i n ead n o t x Chairman Leo Urbanske J . and a p r p roved i d v d a l , nii u l y d a tw t o e o t e p o o e i e s i t e b nd r f r e l i h n f h r p s d t m n h o ee­ endum. Items in the bond issue and amounts of each are: STORM SEWERS — Construc­ tion covering die installation of n Apart-V 21 separate projects at the top of, m rec-V die priority list of needed drain< ihe public hearing lie ' age improvements, $ 0 ,0 0 90 0. .jj postponed for two weeks in ordHIGHWAYS. — Improvements including 17 thoroughfare and i ;tier to provide ,enough time for 1'citizens to . receive a complete 18 neighborhood ami collector breakdown of die proposed streets projects, $2.5 million. projects.. . . SIDEWALKS — Conslrution pro­ gram includes 14 locaUons proaches to schools, one church It said it was ■ iiiequllnbie” .• approach and 11 in other heavily lhaf Ihe bulk of people who now traveled areas, $ 7 ,0 0 45 0. 1 live in neighborhoods already ) PARK AND RECREATION j provided .with improvements FACILITIES — The amount pro­ I should lie burdened. vides for the construction of Ihe I,"fn- ihe 'association's view." Walter Reed Center and improve­ Asaid-JExecutive- Director Col. E. ments to 21 existing playgrounds, I, Ross Diggs, "Ihe county is ask­ $ 2 ,0 0 25 0. ing Hiesc same people to stand LIBRARIES — Proposed hi Ihe cost of improvements to prop­ erties, rcmoic from where they the construction aro three ■ , and for which they derive jlive branch libraries, at Shirling[but'.nebulous benefit." . ton, Westovcr niul Glen Carlyn, j Projects proposed for the bond $ 9 ,0 0 15 0. Ihe proposals FIRE • FIGHTING FACILI­ {referendum imJude recommenda;of ihe ' county manager ConunismnuwiM 0ln-the'Planning and his TIES—the project: includes p n n . i , f ‘ station in Clar- l l on and Ille School Booartl. stvuction of a endon to hous 2 y " h eitS artcre i pany, headquarters S r n t T S ' 'io^ o rid ^ ^ d u re a y uhat p S S ! Also provided for .= the purchase p leres(C(} t0 at(end ,„c meeting. AtesarsuWM of land at die Halls Hill Station, which' will be opened to the pub$ 7 ,0 0 45 0. LAND — Funds required itiale a program of land acquisi­ tion for various purposes, $ 0 ,50 00 0. SCHOOLS — For construction of additional classrooms and land required for school puiposcs, $ 5 ,0 0 90 0. The school item in life bond referendum, which * has been 1 specifically deslgimled for elimination of overcrowded ditions in the Drcw-Kcmper area, was challenged again Salurday by Arlington attorney James M. Alexander. Alexander,.an official; for the local chapter of the National As­ sociation for the Advancement of Colored <People, pleaded with the County Board to leave ’ the controversial school item off U ballot so as to "insure, passa; of the oilier items.” He said there is an undesirable feeling that the colored people have the balance of power in the: •county, and if th s- school item _ u is included in the referendum, they may not support the other pro­ posals.” "Are you trying to Intimidate this board? "Urbanske asked. "Bolli the PTA for the DrcwKcmper schoIls and the Nauck Citizens Association have gone on record ns favoring this item." "No, I'm not," Alexander an­ swered, "but I do know who Hie voters are — and they're not1 represented b y . ihe PTA andNCA." i HEAN SAID negotiations are in progress for purchase of four properties near, the site. • -Wall's -statement -received/ the unqualified support 'of School Board Member James'G.'Slockard; who said he was in "com­ plete agreement that the. present site, is educationally unsound for enlargement. Stockard was the only dissenting member, when the board voted on the site. County Hoard .Member .Her­ bert Brown said It was not in the Jurisdiction of the' County Board/to determine bow and where the proposed $7 0 0 al5 ,00 lolcd . tor : r Drew-Kcmpcr should bo spenl, but only wheth­ er the money should be Includ­ ed in the bond Issue. “ Ultimately, I'm afraid Die children will be Hie losers in this argument," Brown said. "We’ re • the point where we eitliat build this addition now or never.” BOARD MEMBER Ralph Haul asked Bean if it was possible to include the amount on the bond issue without specifying the site. Bean said-it was. 'Tm afraid tliat if there is this division in 'the community there (Continued on I’ A ngc -3) will be. o addition at all," Haul said. The addition was supported by Edward . Strother, longtime balder for improved Negro schools and n member of the -N 'aiicfc Citizens Association. He said the NCA had gone on rec'ord at earlier school board meetings ns. bebig In favor of the present site, but had re­ scinded Its approval at a recent meeting. Also speaking against tite addi­ tion at the proposed sile was Frances Almond, president of the Community Council for Social Progress, and Mrs. Grace Drew, secretary of die Central Arling­ ton - Civic Association. The .7 million-dollar request Is 5 pan of a total of $1.5 million ' the school board is asking on (lie proposed bond issue. A $1.7 mil­ lion request on the bond referen­ dum last year was turned down by Arlington voters. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, to the Members of the Board of Education from: Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association, September 21, 1961. Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_32 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/460ffbac23c7911c4f0a3b684cc00d4b.pdf 834d6c54a9e31a3c37844c9a442153e5 PDF Text Text 0 leptember 21, 1961 P P Y ■f© the Members of the Board of Education: 'll over America, educators ar© working to eliminate large elementary schools in suburban areas. They contend that small elementary schools provide the best learning atmosphere for children of the elementary level. This fact leads us to feel that there is no justifiable reason why the largest ele­ mentary school in tire county should be Greeted in the Nauck Community. To build a 37 roes Bl®zaentary School building is to act contrary to what is tfe® aviating policy of Arlington County. There is not another elementary school that is as large as Brew School would be with the twenty-two roon addition. Why would we raise money to build in one place what we are trying to eliminate in all other places? She plan to build on the present Brew site is bad planning because the pre­ sent Brew School does not meet state requirements. The Nauck Area is a congested area. The proposed site has only eight to nine acres. There should be fourteen to measure up to the minimum stats requirements for an ®Xcsnsntary school of this size in any given area. A school serving a eossaunity of row houses arid duplex houses should have more play apace to cesapansate for the individual lack of play apace which the community provides. Th® plan to build 22 class rooms to the present 15 at Drew Elementary School is unsound because it perpetuate* segregation. We all agree with the Supreme Court that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Segrega­ tion does not provide the best possible education, nor does it provide for sound education for children growing up in our World today. We are vary much concerned about the matter in question. We feel strongly that there should be provided for the children of the Nauck Community a sound education. This is the real issue. Judge John M. Wit*does, a United State Circuit Judge of Louisiana, said recently, “This is not the moment in history for the state to experiment with ignorance." We feel that the best is not offered for the children of the Nauck Community. Xf the Board of Education cannot reconsider its position and give an assurance that it will not. place a 22 room addition to what is already an inadequate site, the members of our organizations cannot support this issue in the Bond Referendum. Signed: Arthur W. Walls, Special Committee of Nauck Citizens' Association Ann Walker, President. Jennie Dean Club Prances Ulman, President, Community Council for Social Progress John B. Johnson, M.D., President, Central Arlington Civic Association � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, to the Members of the Board of Education from: Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association, September 21, 1961. Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Walls Nauck Citizens Association, Ann Walker Jennie Dean Club, Frances Ulman Community Council for Social Progress, John Johnson Central Arlington Civic Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_31 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/7d71ff28498bc81191839eab232036fa.pdf d40157269b95e290ed6ee3a98d3c9fdc PDF Text Text DBSf SoSSiTABJ SCHOOL Arlington, Virginia Seeeaber 1 ? 3 1958 Answers to questions x-equrasied by Mrs. Luigi Petrullo vS the Human Besciireee Committee of the League of Kesea Veters of Arlington, Virginia: Number enrolled in Hoadsfcarfc - Summer 1958 (Brea end Langston) Brew (Hegro) . . » 39 Langston (Negro) ...< 6 (White) . . „ 8 {White) .... 3.8 W" t r Ta . tsl ...71 Summer School Brea i'nrol3.iiieat ......300 (Negro)..............15^ Brew Regular School KjiFol3.menfcTnT.Too. 880 (White) Kgt. ..... 3 7 Staff Negro .......o.o.a. White .............. U Total.. W :& Teacher Aidas Negro ............ 9 White ............ 2 Total.. 11 ^ ( IU j O " ) A fj Free Luneh ~ Total pupils . ...ol77 (2.136) BBSSSRSflATIOM Drew P.T.Ao advisory Committee - Hay 1968 discuaaod the natter t>£ 3,ooteiag into possibilities of desegregating the school � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drew Elementary School, December 17, 1968 about enrollment statistics for Drew and Langston schools Description An account of the resource Answers to questions from Mrs. Luigi Petrullo of Human Resources Committee, League of Women Voters, Arlington, Enrollment statistics for Drew and Langston including head start, summer school regular school, free lunch, race of students, staff, teacher aides Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Drew Elementary School Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_30 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/f66af36c3a96cb1600d9ad31a2e6fe5b.pdf a9afbe01c88b69aafb8b23543be71aed PDF Text Text Statement of Central Arlington Civic Association to the Arlington County School Board January 19, 1961 The Central Arlington Civic Association, which was organized in the latter part of 1959> first became interested in the problem of over crowding at the Drew-Kemper School early in i960, when the County Board presented a series of bond issues, including one for an addition to the Drew-Kemper School. We knew that the school was crowded and that the situation required prompt action, but we wondered whether an addition to the present school was the best - or the only - solution. We studied all the material we could obtain about the school and the School Board's proposals and we explored a number of possible alternatives, such as transfer of some students and re-dividing school districts. We came to the conclusion that the most desirable solution would be to build a new school at a different location. Our objective was two-fold: first, to persuade the School Board and the members of the entire community that an addition to the Drew School was undesirable and second, to present a concrete proposal for solving the problem, by recommending a more desirable site and showing that this site could be used to build a school which would be a credit to the community. Then began the job of finding a suitable site for a new school. Some of our members made a tour of the entire Drew School district; they found only two sites in the area which would not require the removal of existing homes: a site east of Glebe Road, on South 18th Street (includ ing a portion of the Army-Navy Country Club property) and one known as Douglas Park, surrounded by South Walter Reed Drive, South Four-Mile Run Drive and South Pollard Street. Members of our organization made an intensive examination of these two sites, visiting them, taking pictures, studying the physical aspects of the land and the location of the students affected. We concluded that the site on South 18th Street was unsatisfactory for several reasons, but primarily because the school population in the area was largely concentra ted west of Glebe Road. We were aware that the uneven topography of the Douglas Park site might cause some objections to its use for a school. Before recommending this site, we asked several architects to look at the site and give us their reactions, which were favorable. During this period, our members made frequent trips to the Court House and the School Administration building to purchase maps, and get reports and other materials providing information about the school dis tricts, enrollment, expenditures, standards and so forth. We also sought and obtained from other sources information about elementary schools - op timum size, construction plans and standards and similar material. �At the meeting of the School Board on April 21, I960, we submitted a statement and a detailed memorandum setting forth our reasons for oppos ing further expansion at the Drew School site. We pointed out that the Drew School was already the largest elementary school in Arlington, far above the average in the County and elsewhere; that the Drew site was al ready inadequate and that new rooms here would mean removal of badly needed homes and recreation space. We urged the Board not to put addi tional rooms at the Drew site, and suggested instead the construction of a new school on the Douglas Park site. This report was followed by a let ter to the School Board on May 7, indicating that a certified architect had confirmed the possibilities of building a school on the Douglas Park site. We repeated our belief that two schools with about 600 pupils each would be superior to one with 1200 pupils. On May 16, the Association's Executive Committee issued a statement to the membership, urging support of the school bond issue. At the June meeting of the Association, the members approved expenditure of a modest sum of money to help pay the cost of having an architect prepare sketches of a school for the Douglas Park site. We were fortunate to have the vol untary services of Byrd and Bryant Associates and a distinguished archi tect, Mr. Hilyard Robinson, as a consultant. In July, the Association was informed by Superintendent Reid that the School Board's architects felt that a school should not be built at the proposed site for two reasons: (l) the cost of grading required to construct a building and play field would be more than at the Drew site, and (2) the property itself would probably cost $50,000 more than the ne cessary property at the Drew School site. Our members then went to work to gather the material necessary for the architects to make their sketches - maps, topographical surveys, prop erty lines, acreage and location of utilities in the Douglas Park area. In August, we requested permission to present the sketches to the School Board. Permission was granted, and the sketches were presented at a spe cial meeting of the School Board on September 26, i960, at the Drew-Kemper School. Using color slides, Mr. Hilyard Robinson showed a series of de tailed sketches, studies and plans specifically adapted to the Douglas Park site. The proposal was for a m o d e m , campus-cluster type school which would take full advantage of the natural beauty of the land and the exist ing play field in the area, at a cost within the Arlington County standard of $13 to $14 per square foot for elementary school construction. The plans are imaginative and attractive and include not only class rooms, but also a library and other community facilities now lacking in the area. One of the outstanding advantages of the proposed school was that if the project had been acted upon favorably and promptly, parts of �the school could have been ready for occupancy in September, 1961, and the entire project by February, 1962. In the meantime, we had arranged for two members of the School Board to visit the Douglas Park site and make their own estimate of the possibilities of the site for a new school. After the architect's presentation, the Central Arlington Civic Association offered to show the slides to any interested groups or organizations and to answer their questions about the proposal. This entire project has required a substantial outlay of time, energy and money by the Central Arlington Civic Association and its members, and by the architects who contributed so generously of their skill and time. Our motives throughout have been to accomplish two things: to find the best solution for the overcrowding at the DrewKemper School, and to inform members of the entire community of the facts, so that they could have a voice in the decision involving the expenditure of more than million of their tax money. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statement of the Central Arlington Civic Association to the Arlington County School Board, January 19, 1961. Description An account of the resource Central Arlington Civic Association activities in opposing Drew Building expansion, studying Douglas Park Site, supporting bond. 3 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Central Arlington Civic Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_27 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/78b11a1922dd0d9e56ca8529f64440b1.pdf a8898580912bad08cd12fe9901bf6257 PDF Text Text July 10,1061 Dear i ise Shagaloffi I am writing as you suggested in our conversation yes­ terday to request help in preventing an addition of 21 roo a to a Rogre element ary school in the cantor of Arlington's largest Kegro settlement. toy the A taring is to be helpf/a* x County hoard of Supervisors on Sept. 5th. on proposed school and county bond issue*. If thex-a is popular support for these projects they will be put on t o ballot in November. One project is $ 750,000, fox* t s addition to Drew School. . Beonuoexadding these 21 rooms will guarantee segregated education for 650 children for the next 50 years, and because so large an elementary ec col is educationally unsound and out of lino with Arlington policy several civic groups have urged the school board to eenel&ar another site. Shis site on the fringe of the Begro settlement was rejected lost January (see enclosed clipping), the Hegro conrrur.lty has bean split on the question of the Crew addition, educational work is badly noodod to get the parents to realise what a grant mistake it would be to odd 21 rooms to Drew and to organise them to oppose this project at tie hearing, A former white junior high school wan used during 1B60 to 1961 to house ti e Draw over-flow. Use of this building would be con­ tinued. until sons more satisfactory plan is agreed upon. Because many of the parents do not understand the objections to the Drew addition end because some parsons wise have been righting it now feel the struggle is hopeless, we badly need outside assistance. If tie national office could send you to help us we might be able to revent thL this proposed edition. Sincerely years. 6897 ?<rs. Barbara a. harx-Vlee-President R. 'faahirprton fllvd. .Arlington, Va. PS,-Please return enolesed olipp ngeinee it is mjr o ly copy � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, Barbara Marx to Miss Shagaloff about opposing addition to rooms to Drew School Description An account of the resource Opposition to Drew building expansion because of potential segregation Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barbara Marx Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_25 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/f84db59634e18a6c497582a488bcd584.pdf c12f9a6a4144a40f9117c26e3d5b778f PDF Text Text c\\D.O-\ By School Board Bonds fo r Brew Addition Asked ARLINGTON — The County] Although t e board’ m j h s a ority Sc o l Board moved one s e s r n l defended t e Drew ho tp togy h c o e t a 3 - l s r o , 1 1 4 S h o a d t o — which would lsr o 7 c a s o m ,7- c o l d i i n s u e t c p c t Drew Sc o l l s make i t e county’ l r e t ee tdn-aaiy h o at t h s a g s lcol h n g t by formally r q e t n bond mentary s h o — ‘t e door was ih eusig lf open f r a b t e s l t o , i et o e t r ouin f f n n i g f r t e poet i a c n o h rjc. id t The a t o was taken over t e anyone can f n i. cin h ged b t e o j c i n o board mem­ The board majority a r e , itr b e t o s f o t ln s ber James G. Stockard and some however, t announce isp a s a ia e l e o e h lc Negro r s d n s o t e Green Val­ f n l w l b f r t e bond e e ­ eiet f h l y community which t e s h o to. e h c o l in n h t would s r e Opponents want £ CHILDREN i t e area now a ­ ev. t n t r e s h o s — Drew; Kem­ ed he col new s h o . col per Elementary, which i perch­ s I a d s u s o marked by n icsin t il o t u s s from t e f o r and ed a op a knob hl; and Drew' ubrt h lo tdns charges o "impugned m t v s ” Annex, where s u e t must con­ f oie, hr b t Stockard and two r s d n s t n w th t a f cn i e from S i ­ oh e i e t e d i r fi o s s e o t e a f c e area promised l y Highway. f h fetd niain t f g t t e $.000 bond i s e The board heard i d c t o s o i h h 9),0 su htte n h i t e November e e t o which t a - h Negro community i t e n h lcin s pi h t e s h o board asked t e s h o area i s lt on t e ques­ h col h col to. in County Board t r q e t o eus. The board r c i e a l t e eevd etr from t e Drew-Kemper P r n h aet Teacher - s o i t o backing t e Ascain h p o o a f r d e a d t o t Drew rpsl o i diin o S h o and bearing t e names o col h f P e i e t Arthur W. Walls and rsdn Sec e a y Iona B F r . rtr . od But Walls de i d s e n t e ne eig h l t e and s r n l a t c e t e etr togy t a k d h Drew p o o a , a t o g be rpsl l h u h admitted t a t e PTA had v t ht h o­ ed f r i. o t W alls i t r pr s n e a l t u u n e e t d e­ t r o o j c i n si n d by o ­ e f beto g e f f c a so t e Nauck C t z n A iil f h iies s scao, te C n r l A l n t n oitn h e t a r i g o C v c A s c a i n t e Jennie ii soito, h Dean Community Club and t e h Community C u c l f r S c a o n i o oil Pro r s . ges However, Edwin D. S r t e , tohr p e i e t o t e Nauck C t z n rsdn f h iies A s c a o s i he didn’ t i k s o i t n ad t hn h s group’ v t was r p e e t ­ i s oe ersna t v . He s i t e Drew p an] ie ad h l would be much b t e than no ac­ etr to. in | Stockard and Walls s i t e ad h Drew s t w l n t m i e i l o eet- s a e tl :standards f r ground s a e o pc. •Stockard asked t e b a d i v i , h o r , n an t r s i d is s t c o c and ap­ o e c n t ie h i e p i t a c t z n ’a v on i i e s d isory c u c l oni' f r t e problem saying t e com­ o h h munity i d v d d and t e s u e i s iie h tdns now can a t n s h o s w t o t ted col ihu double s s i n . esos Robert A lexander, a r s d n , eiet t l t e b a d " do n t s e any od h o r : I o e C r s i n s i a p t e n de i n hitaim n atr sg­ ed t p r e u t Jim Crowism.” o eptae II s i a 37-room elementary -e a d s h o i “e u a i n l y un­ col s dctoal so n . ud” BOARD MEMBER L Lee Bean . o j c e t what he c l e “s g betd o a l d e, r g t o a astigmatism” by t e eainl h plan’ o p n n s "I r g e sn s poet. e r t i.c r l t a any member o t e e e y ht f h .p b i . . . would q e t o t e uli usin h motives o th board h r . he f e ee” ss i . ad ‘ Bean s i t e board considered' ad h ii s g e a i n b t mgmvay u ergto, u n i e h a i g p a t , weather os, e t n lns c n i i n , s a f and whether t e o d t o s tf h s h o sh u d be l c t d on a col ol oae "goat hl, r f r i g t an a t r il” e e r n o le­ n t st, Douglas Park, on a a e ie ko. nb "I’ d s p o n e t a t i i m i a p i t d h t hs s t r i g on a q e t o which was unn usin et r l ain t t e itnin o n i e y le o h netos f t e board,” he s i o segrega­ h ad f to. in Bean’ remarks came f l o - , s olw i g a c a h between Stockard n ls and Board Chairman E i a e h , lzbt Campbell, who i d c t d s e niae h t o g t Stockard impugned mo­ huh t v s o o h r board members, ie f t e a charge he d n e . Mrs.'Camp­ eid b l a s warned a d el l o u ience members a t r two s o t came fe hus from t e back o t e room dur­ h f h igdbt. n eae Barnard Joy, t e board mem­ h b r who t o i s e most f e u n ­ e o k su rqet l w t e plan’ o p n n s r y ith h s p o e t , ead a statement prepared by h m e f isl, Bean and Mrs. Campbell. I si p t a d reliminary p a s had, ln been approved by t e s a e De­ h tt partment o E u a i n f dcto. "The approved p a s p o i e ln rvd fr sfiin s p r t o o pi o ufcet e a a i n f r­ mary and upper elementary grades t peimil a t o s h o o w-col t p o o e a i n T is i n t y e f prto. h s o .new t A l n t n Almost 1 4 0 o rigo. ,0 .p p l i grades one t n n now uis n o ie ia t n t e connected b i d n s o ted h ulig f t e Patr c Henry Elementary h ik . S h o and J f e s n Ju i r High col efro no ... i t e c t z n o t e commun­ f h iies f h iy have o h r a t r a i e t s g t t e lentvs o u.g s , each one w l be c r f l y et il aeul evaluated i terms o how w l n f el i would“serve t e e u a i n l t h dctoa needs o t e community's c i ­ f h hl de. rn k ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Bonds for Drew Addition Asked, September 22, 1961 Description An account of the resource Bond for Drew School building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_24 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/c2ccedc674ab41a3a7c168ef843f5758.pdf 4ad84c1be613634d0e276ae092b40560 PDF Text Text •rr-r ■ ‘ -i jV ; - New Site r For School Is S ou gh t' ARLINGTON — By a two v t oe margin — 1 - 6 — t e Nauck C t 81 h i­ i e s A s c a i n ls n g t r a ­ z n s o i t o at i h e f firmed iso p s t o t t e e l r t poiin o h nag ment o t e Drew-Kemper E c f h l•mentary S h o . col • The 34-member group a p i t pon­ ed a committee t seek a new o st; f r a badly-needed Negro ie o s h o t a l v a e overcrowding c o l o leit a Drew-Kemper, a Negro S h o . t col The a t o appeared a .ecin ls , p r t o move t f n a s t eain o id ie i b t f c i n o t e community o h atos f h I c u d rlyb h n . o l al e i d J Planning Commission member jL t e l F. Parker s i t url a d oday I h t u l s an answer i f u d ta n e s s on lo n t e proposed $ 3 , 0 i em so, h 9000 t . n t e November bond r f r n i h eee­ dum d e n t have ' Chinaman’ os' “a s , [> ■ ■■ - r.f r.n ^in ./ ” ____________________ ie oi I l g t o voet opsto n i h ' f i l n p o i i n The s t was temporarily fr ” otn te t t e Drew-Kemper enlargement g t e when 'h County Highway o h eue o ls h t e county board v t d t e h a - . Department r f s d t c o e t e [ h oe'h er t et fiil a d . m l i n f g r s e i i a l f r a s r e . Highway o f c a s s i S il o iue pcfcly o a d tet Negro elementary s h o , b t d d Poll r S r e mu9t remain open col u i ie n t s e i y where or how i was ;as a f r throughway. o pcf t |obe s e t t pn. , Further complicating p a s fr l n o, : THE BRUNT o t e o p s t o t e s t was a Highway Depart­ f h p o i i n h ie ht v ,o t e a d t o comes from a f c . ment announcement t a an o er­ t h diin ax rive t o which c l s t e 22-room i- 1pass e tending Walter Reed D in al h n c e s a Drew-Kemper a "dan- ,over Four Mile Run Drive was rae t eing p a n d lne. gerous and e u a i n l y unsound |b dctoal .move.” Parker s i the group i t n s ad ned u h ; The f o t r n i g a t r a e s t i t sound o t t e Highway Depart­ r n - u n n l e n t ie o ment f r 'h p s i i i y o a o te o s b l t f | t p e e t appears t be a s r t h . a rsn o tec n t rgnl •f l n a j c n t Walter Reed > change i is o i i a program. p. a d d a e t o te rhtc o D rive between S P l a d S r e [ I w l a s ask ‘h a c i e t f r . o l r t e t t il l o k tches a concurrence w t n ih hnd Four Mile Run D i e Other \ new s e rv. t e Highway Department’ p a s h s ln. suggested areas i c u e l nd near ; nld a t e Army-Navy Country Club [ h lentv, G l C u s , and a s c i n a of ore e t o long • ANOTHER a t r a i e Parker : o ul ml S L n o n S r e between 1 t s i would be t b i d a s a l . ic l tet 9h a d s h o on t e Walter • col h Reed s t ie and 22nd S r e s tet. and add a small number o rooms : f Park r a member o t e t r e t Drew-Kemper. e, f h he- o man committee a long w th Rev. i Sp u erintendent o S h o s Ray f col ■Arthur W l s p s o o Lomax al, atr f ad h A M. E. Z Church, and com- :Reid s i t e Walter Reed Drive . ion s ttly f hrce munity l a e Edward S r t e , ’l edr t o h r and i 'oal out o c a a t r f s i t e Nauck C t z n A s - jw a s h o b i d n because o ad h i i e s o ith c o l u l i g is t p g a h . The l t oorpy and has a c a i n w l c n e w th a c i e t ito il o f r i rhtcs ifrne n lvto f over new p a s f r th Walter d f e e c i e e a i n o more ln o e t an 1 0 f e from one end t t e h 0 et o h Reed Drive st. ie o h r he’s i . te, ad A campus-typo s h o was col He added, t a t e s h o b h t h c o l oard o i i a l planned f r t e l n , !la n t met s n e t e Drew-Kem­ rgnly o h ad is o ic h Parkers ' a d b t t e d s g per c n r si , u h e i n o t oversy a o e and t e e rs, hr was based on t e assumption j might le a new a t t d i l g t h i l i u e n ih t a S P l a d S r e would bo o evidence r c n l p e e t d ht . o l r tet f eely rsne. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Battle Continues on Drew-Kemper, September12, 1961 Description An account of the resource Bond for Drew School building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_23 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/9c0419f9a0e187eb0778e0622d15bc8e.pdf e95160b746f49d6a2f64abe2fd69d3fc PDF Text Text I H \ \o\ SECTION B Sunday, September 10,1961 t o n E g Bl B o n 1ST' d S e t 5 Million By H elen Dewar ' S ta ff R eporter Arlington voters w l be asked t i November t ap­ il hs o prove bond i ue tot i $6.5 million for school con­ ss s al ng struction and other County improvements. “ . T h e County B oard y esterday’ s e t th e bond figu re after trim­ m in g about $500,000 from the' S c h o o l B oa rd ’ p roposal and a s similcg;; amount from the Plan­ n in g C om m ission ’ recom m en­ s dation'for land acquisition. All--the approved p rojects w ere contained in a $7.5 m il­ lio n issu e r e je c te d b y Arlingt ton voters in May, 1960. T he B oard approved the con ­ troversial p ro p o sa l fo r 22 new cla ssroom s in th e N egro area now. serv ed b y Prew-K em per School, but sp lit ov er w hetherthe S ch o ol B oard should at­ tem p t to fin d a new site; f o r . the project.; F ear A d d ed O pposition S everal B oard m embers, in­ clu d in g Chairman L eo Urbanske, exp ressed fear that m ou n tin g op p osition in the N egro - com m unity to the S c h o o l B oa rd ’ current plan to s add the ro om s on to Drew, al­ rea dy the la rgest elem entary s ch o o l in Arlington, m ight en­ d a n g er th e sch oo l bond issue. U rbanske su gg ested that the S c h o o l B oard delay a decision on th e D rew addition until January. A t least on e and p os­ sib ly tw o new B oard m em ­ b e rs w ill b e appointed by the C o u n ty B oard in Decem ber. S c h o o l B o a r d Chairman E lizab eth C am p b ell said she and h er collea g u es attem pted ’ g o o d faith”to find another in su itable site, but none was av a ila b le f o r the $750,000 originally allotted for the 'Drew project. Urbansice sug-gested^the’ entire $950,000 alio-; e a t e l f o r sch ools m igh t be. u sed to p u rch a se a site and. bh ild a n ew school.. [ ____ _____ ___ jSfa County B oard m em ber H er­ b ert , L. Brown ob jected that there was “ o solid 'alterna­ n tive”to the-Drew site. 'Kenneth Ludwig, Republi­ can candidate fo r the County Board, drew ia sharply-worded reto rt from Brown a f t e r urging a cut in the bond issue and accusing the Board o f having an “ antagonistic atti­ tude toward business.”! “ Apparently y o u have 'launched y o u r campaign,’ Brown snapped. “ s y o u r It’ p rivilege if you want to run on a moth-eaten and discred­ ited point o f view. Four o f your p redecessors had their brains beaten put on this issue.” Board Drafts Proposal Bond issue item s approved fo r inclusion on the Nov. 7 ballot include: $2,531,000 for streets and highways, $950,000 for sch ools (Drew area class­ room s and land asquisition), $900,000 for storm sewers, $500,000 for county land" acquision, $497,000 fo r libraries, $475,000 fo r fire-fighting facil­ ities, 5475,000 fo r sidewalks, $228,000 for park and recrea­ tion facilities. The Board also decided to draft a proposal to the Gen­ eral Assem bly to permit.state officials to serve in Federal posts. . Board m em ber Thomas Rich­ ards labeled as “ sheer stupid­ ity”the law that recently pre­ vented State Senator Charles R. Fenwick o f Arlington from serving on the Metropolitan Area Transportation Author­ ity, a Federal body. “ This is the latest o f many instances that this archaic law has denied Virginia the service o f com petent and able m enf* he said. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Arlington Bond issue is set at $6.5 Million, September 1, 1961 Description An account of the resource Drew-Kemper expansion, other bond issues Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Dewar, reporter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_22 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/ffb71b3e979059346a11e83d59c64687.pdf c56782aa87e0be497cc3f107aa089289 PDF Text Text Arlington To Enlarge Negro School By Carole Bowie S ta ff R eporter | After lengthy and b t e de itr b t , the Arlington School ae Board voted 4 t 1 yesterday o t resolve the County’ most o s pressing educational problem j by enlarging Drew-Kemper | Elementary School on i s pres t ent s t . ie The Board’ action culmi s nates a year-long controversy | over the proposed location f r o ' 1 classrooms needed t re 2 o l e e overcrowding a the a l 1 iv t lNegro s h o . col Opponents of the Board’ s plan have charged t hat the add t o , which would i iin n crease the school’ cap c t ! s aiy ;from 600 t 1200 s u e t , o tdns; I would create an unwieldy and i "educationally unsound unit.” I They proposed that t e h, I i ard build a new elementary fo jcro’ s f o TAW'^separate s t i j ie n the Douglass Park a e . ra I *^T3t d -Clwi^man Barnard | jjoy yesterday rejected the| < (proposal because the suggest ed s t , a h l y 8 9 a r t a t ie i l . - c e rc, i “unsuitable” for school s bui d n . lig | Drew-Kemper. with an e ni (rollment o 9 7 students, i! f 2. s Arlington’ largest elementary j s s h o . About 400 of the s u col tI dents are being taught i tem n porary f c l t e . aiiis | The only dissenting vote was c ast by Board Member James Stockard. He charged the Board w ith! “faulty rationale” and s i j ad “while I have never heard a member o our Board advance f t i p i t I would not be a hs on, t a l surprised t learn that the l o ( e l heart of the objection t ra o the Douglass Park s t i fed ie s by r c a considerations— not ail education, c s s or s t con ot, ie side a i n . rtos” Stockard suggested that l o cating the new classrooms a t Drew-Kemper, which i i the s n center of the Negro commu n t , rather than on the fringe iy Douglass Park s t , might be ie interpreted as a defense) against i t g a i n nerto. Board members Elizabeth ! Campbell and Lee Bean h otly defended the i t g i y of t e nert h. 'Board. �Sumner, Md., and John P . Bresnahan 2 , o 6213 N. 29th 6 f s. Arlington, rushed t help t, o the policeman. Easterling pulled away one man who f e . He was return ld ing t the fray when another o man heaved a him a jagged’ t chunk of i e that had f l e c aln from beneath a car fender. The i e momentarily stunned; c E asterling, but he and Bresna-j han, a former tackle a Mont t gomery Junior College,! downed a man i e t f e as; dniid Manley Cannon, 2 . 0 Easterling was taken t o Washington Hospital Center where 10 s i c e were taken. ; tths Cannon and Jones were held ! i $1500 bond i Municipal) n n Court on charges of a s u t ' saling a police o f c r and d s r j fie ioderly conduct, pending a hear-m ing Wednesday. — Ws in t n 93 t ( ah go , : 0 o N MOR us n a m e applia FABLE 1 WITH QUALITY 19 5 6 .9 co m p le te with stand only $12 a m onth � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Arlington to Enlarge Negro School, January 29, 1961. Description An account of the resource Arlington County Board Approves Drew-Kemper expansion. 2 pages, verso is other side of newspaper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carole Bowie, reporter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_21 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/fc9c171bc944f0fcfa98455ba406facb.pdf efe808031f7bfa12b07e80de8bfbadd3 PDF Text Text \ o \ 3-0 \ Negro School Plans Stand in Arlington By Jeff O’ Neill Staff Reporter Despite the bitter objections Kemper. Such a school pre­ of one member, the Arlington sumably would have a racially County School Board refused mixed student body under as­ last night to abandon plans to signment policies based on a build a 22-room addition to school’ distance from stu­ s the all-Negro Drew-Kemper dents’ homes. Elementary School. ~ ” Joy argued t h a t Stockard Board member James Stock- had failed to show how the ard told the four members extremely hilly Douglas park opposing him that they were site' could be made suitable “ clinging to a pretty shabby for a school at reasonable cost. Action to r e a f f i r m the position.”He said location of s additional classrooms in the Board’ earlier stand on the center of a Negro community school was moved by Robert A. Peck, who said failure to is designed to preserve segre­ decide the issue would jeop­ gation. ardize a 6.5 m i 11i o n-dollar Stockard charged that three bond issue, for which $750,000 of the Board members 'were is sought for Drew-Kemper, being “ like sheep with a because voters would reject a led ring in your nose” a fourth, “ in a poke.”by pig whom he later identified as The controversy over the Barnard Joy. badly needed facilities has di­ Joy had disputed Stockard’ vided the Negro community as s arguments in favor of a new well, with some residents will­ school on a Douglas Park site, ing to accept the addition as on the fringe of the Negro better than nothing and others community served by Drew- threatening, to oppose the bond issue if a separate site is not selected. • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping, Negro School Plans stand in Arlington, October 20, 1961 Description An account of the resource Bond for Drew School building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jeff O'Neil, reporter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_20 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/7b3a02113fbf681ef5d6bd371ca6f092.pdf b4fe3af6471af510cd689ab941425842 PDF Text Text Letters to the E d i t o r J oy E x p la in s B oa rd ’ D r e w V o te s D ear Sir: In view o f TOie Sun’ editorial s osk in s that the Arlington School Eoard state its reasons for whatev er decision is m ade concerning the construction of extra classroom s for the Drew - Kem per school area, I will attempt to explain the action o f the Board majority last Saturday in voting to add the needed 21 extra classroom s at the site o f the present Drew school, rather than at a separate site a t D ouglas Park, as : advocated by many. a rc: (1) It a t Drew i s v ery clo se to th e cen ter o f the a re a it serves: (2) b y closing 21 Street - tli It can be shut o il from a ll tra ffic noise and hazards; and (3) land sufficient to provide 3 addition al acre s o f level ground for physical education h as o r ca n b e obtainod by the purch ase o f ,vacant land and not m o r e than s ix low-cost dw ellings. TH E PRIN CIPAL (disadvantage wlll be an enrollm ent e stim ated to reach a peal; in 19S3 o f 1-ctween 1,020 an d ’ .ICO. ’ is d,s.h advantage w ill b e largely, overTUE SCHOOL BOARD h a d com b y .three possible alternatives: Build in g einto separatin g the one build­ ___ the tw o sect: a school on the D ouglas Park Jefferson sch ool in Arsite: continue use o f the existing _______ _s now separated. T h e Dally Madison building now be- H enry - J efferson building h a s an ..n° ton ing used a s a Drew Annex: or enrollm ent of 613 elem en tary a n d add classroom s at the present 781 ju n io r high pupils — a tota l site. o f 1323. Fo r adm in istration it i s planCrt^n*Valiev^*the c o r aom inistration u i s piiuiDolly Madison s ch ool is ju st out­ side the extrem e oast corner. ..__ - , Thus both these sites a re p oorly com p ose d o f kindergar. located fo r the children who . •S r a c e s l, - a n d 3; an d a n Plans for : S .’ SS' ‘ Sftii.SS g r a d e s 4, 5 o ffice s w ill b e b etw een th e l c la s s ro o m areas. L unch e s w i l l b e Um-, close r lo W aller R eed drive Oran D olly M adlsoo Ls l o Shirley'.1 “ highway. W alter R eed drive, a l­ ready a • a jo r thoroughfare, is m to be dev eloped into a 4-lane d i­ vided highw ay — leav in g le ss than one a c re o f level land for physical education and p lay sp a ce at the school. A p rop osa l w as m ade to clo se P ollard S treet to provide m ore usa ble land at D ouglas Park. P ollard Street, it has been learned, cann ot b e clos­ ed becau se it is an essential a c ­ c e s s road to the h om es south of D ouglas Park. B E SID E S T H E a b ov e d isadvan ­ tages. the stee p con tou rs o f the D ouglas P ark s ite w ould m a k e ; it v ery expen sive to build an elem entary s ch o o l th ere co m p a r­ a b le to oth ers in Arlington. So far a s the D olly M adison building is concerned, it should not b e used fo r children a t D rew becau se it is im p ro perly - lo cated , in relation t o t h e pupils an d b e ­ ca u s e of its prg»mity.J.o_Shirl£y v Hg ' t . ihwy r ' I n v otin g to add the e x tra d a ss- Irooms a t the p resen t D r ew site, the S ch ool B o ard took in to a c ­ count both a d v a n tages an d d isa d ­ vantages. Th e m ost im p ortant a d v a n ta ge s |In yirliTL!*toiv separated, with c a d i s e ctio n usin s *t-s ow n m ultip u rp o se room , T H E SMALL O L fU O C t : physleal e d u ca tion a r e a u se d by the p rese n t s ch o o l c a n b e a s s ig n e d to the p rim u ry s e c t io n a n d the m u ch la r g e r a r e a o f la n d to bo a cq u ired north o f the s c h o o l ca n b e a s s ig n e d to tl» in te rm ed ia te e section. T h e re w ill b o a s s ista n t p rin cip a ls fo r e a c h se ction . D rcw K em p e r a lr e a d y h a s t w o a sslst.-'it p rincip als, s o th is w ill a d d n o u -dillcn-il expen se, M y co n clu sio n is that w h ile enro llm c n ts in e x c e s s o f 600 m a y h a v e d isa d v a n ta ge s, th es e d isad v a n ta g e s ca n b e o v e r c o m e b y p r o p e r a rr a n g em e n t o f fa c ilit ie s . in th e bu ildin g, o u t d o o r p h y s ic a l e d u ca tion a r e a s and r e s p o n s ib le itie s o f m e m b e r s o f th e n d m in istra tiv e staff. I a m fu rth er s a t isf ie d th at the b u d d in g pla ns, s it e p la n s, an d i- —— an education , f o r c h ild r e n w h o ' attend, w h ich w ill b e c o m p a r a b le ■»■ »£ >» education a c tlv iu c a — - G? I BA RNA RD JOY ' C h a irm a n A rlin gto n C o u n ty • S ch ool B o a rd "S i ’ <£>/ I For Drew School S ch o ol B o a rd fo r I A R L IN G T O N — N e a r l y 51 niil- sought by (lio n h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d b y th e c o n s t r u c t io n , a n d 5200,000 f o r l a n d s ‘C o u n ty B o a r d to r e l i e v e s c h o o l a c q u is i t i o n . B u t u n d e r U r b a n s k c ’ / ( Io v e r c r o w d in g in t h e D r e w - K e m p - p r o p o s a l t h e s u m i s l u m p e d t o ­ le r a r e a — but th e c o n t r o v e r s y g e t h e r a n d m a y b e s p e n t h o w y ' (ab ou t h o w Ih e m o n e y i s t o b< e v e r t h e b o a r d d e s ir e s . I s p e n t h a s n o t b e e n s p ik e d . a c t io n w a s t a k e n a s a r e ­ The . County' Hoard Saftirday s u l t o f h e a t e d c o n t r o v e r s y a s a r e ­ proved $ 5 ,0 0 for Ihe proj9 0 0 p r o p o s e d 22- r o o m a d d i t i o n t on a motion b.v Hoard Chnlr-t o D r e w - K c m p e r . A n u m ber of in Leo tlrbanskc Jr. - but N e g r o l e a d e r s h a v e a p p e a r e d -be­ •board did not specify how f o r e t h e b o a r d a n d s a i d t h a t s u c h the money, will l» spent if ap­ e a d d it i o n w o u l d b e f i n a n c i a l l y proved by voters In tlio N i u n r e a s o n a b le and e d u c a t io n a lly v ember bond referendum. u n sou n d. Two id e a s , v o cife r o u s ly p roThe idclition would provide c l a i m e d ' ' b y t h e ir b a c k e r s , h a v e the area with a 37-room school , b e e n h e a r d o n H ie m a t t e r . O n e i s .1 1 th at t h e m o n e y - s h o u ld b e u s e d and facilities for 1 7 .slndcn(.s. Cititons in the area are jro.neri a d d it io n to D r e w - K c m p e r , ully split over flio project. a N e g r o s c h o o l. T h e o t h e r i s th at ih e m o n e y s h o u ld be u se d to S o m e w a n t th e a d d it io n con ­ b u ild a c o m p l e t e l y n e w s c h o o l . . s t r u c t e d . s i n c e t h e y f e e l t h e r e i s o th e r s u it a b le s it e a n d a d d i­ T h e m o n e y , U r b a n s k c s a id , is are d e s p e r a te ly l o b e u s e d n s th e S c h o o l B o a r d t io n a l f a c i l i t i e s i s fit. It w ill n o t b e s p e c i f i e d n e e d e d t o r e l i e v e c r o w d e d c o n d i th e r e f e r e n d u m w h e t h e r t h e P r c se n tly .. c h i l d r e n in t h e a r e a L m o n e y w ill g o t o w a r d a n a d d it i o n -c s e n t t o t h r e e d i f f e r e n t e l e ­ th e D r c w - K e m p c r s i t e o r a m e n t a r y s c h o o ls . S om e le n d e r s w s c h o o l l o c a l .-d e l s e w h e r e . O K T H E T O T A L 5730.000 w a s h a v e s a i d t h e y w o u l d r a t h e r l e a v e th e s itu a t io n a s it I s th a n e n l a r g e D rcw - K em p cr. ) C? I Bond for School there is a rea son a b le d ou b t that su ch a la r g e s c h o o l cou ld b e d e­ sign ed w ith d ecen tra lization o f a d ­ ministration. c la s s r o o m fa c ilitie s 1 and p la y s p a c e s t o o v e r c o m e pro-' fcssion a l objection . “ h a t anyone in ten d s to m o v e T m o r e slow ly, t o p la n carefu lly , to attend to con tinuing r e s e a r c h ely doubtful,” “ the School Board should isI f ex tr emrow th in th e e le h ee nsaid. If " any g m ta r y announce, a s it d oc s s e e m likely sch ool p opulation is p r o je c t e d in to do in the few d a y s rem aining Uie ex istin g d istric t in -th e n ext until Nov. 7, that it w ould be few years, the is su e ou g h t t o b e willing to d efer its plans fo r sev e­ b efore u s in the lo c a tin g a n d c o n ­ ral months o f review and re-ap­ stru ctin g o f tw o w h o lly n e w e l e ­ praisal, I w ould not stand against m en ta ry s c h o o ls l o r th e d is tric t it. now s e r v e d b y D rew -K em p e r a n d ARLINGTON' County h as m ad e Drew-Annex. . im pressive and outstanding g ain s Mr. R e d m a n c o m m e n d e d th e in the field of educational stand­ plan o f a rch itect llU ly a rd R o b ­ ards generally. Yet, m uch a s I inson fo r th e D o u g la s D ark site., would w ish to lavish p ra ise on all an d s a id the stcci»cst p a r t w a s who have ach ieved s o much, I not in clu d ed in t!*e ph ut a n d m ust sa y if this expansion o f D rew the c a m p u s p la n t o r the area, School is allow ed to happen, s e e m e d in tere stin g an d fe a s ib le . will b e a m onum ent o f failu re." H e s a i d o th e r p o s s ib ilit ie s a r e Mr. R edm an s a id h e fa vored present, c itin g a s c h o o l d e s ig n fo r M o n tg o m e r y C ou n ty that en vis-, all other ite m s on th e b ond issue, ion s a 3 s to r y s e m i - c ir c u l a r de-| declarin g them n ecessary. Mr. R ed m an qu oted a recen t s ig n g iv in g in g r e s s a n d e g r e s s on com m unication from Dr. R ay g ro u n d l e v e l o n tw o o f th e th r ee Kehnc of the B ureau of S ch ool floors. H e a ls o p oin ted ou t th a t the S erv ices of the U niversity ot M ichigan, w hich con du cts sch o ol T w in B r a n d i S c h o o l in M o n t g o m ­ su rv ey s a s on e of Its fu nction s: e r y C ou n ty w ith 38 c l a s s r o o m s Dr. K ehoe w rote that th e sta n ­ an d 1300 p u p ils h a s h a d d is c i p li ­ d ard a cc e p te d b y th e m a jo r ity n a ry a n d a d m in is tr a t iv e p r o b le m s that h a v e d ra w n th e a tte n tio n o f o f sch ool plan ning person n el the n e w sp a p e r s. the cou nty is fiv e a a re s as -MR. R E D M A N r e m a r k e d That b a se s ite p lus on e a c r e fo r e a c h e v e n w ith m o r e a n d m o r e in t e ­ 100 pupils. T h e U n iversity g r a t e d e x p e r i e n c e s f o r th e c h il­ M ich igan bureau r e c o m m e n d s dren. o f A rlin gton , t h e r e w o u ld 20-room s c h o o l co n sistin g o f two still b e r e q u ir e d a d e q u a te s c h o o l s k indergarten r o o m s a n d 18 c l a s s ­ a n d p la y c e n t e r s in -the N e g r o room s to s e r v e g r a d e s through C o m m u n it y a n d n e a r it s p c r im e tthe sixth. T h is w ould a llo w 120 k indergarten pupils, w ith tw o s e s ­ ’ w e a r c t o s e r v e t h e s e c h il ­ If sion s d a ily in e a c h room , a n d 540 d re n w ell,” h e s a id , w e m u s t ta k e p u p ils in ih e o th er 18 room s, m a k ­ a c c o u n t o f th e ir n e e d a n d o u r in g a m a x im u m o f 6G0 pupils. r e s p o n s ib ility t o p r o v i d e t h e m o s t M R. REDMAN* s a id th a t w hile f a v o r a b le e n v ir o n m e n t w h ic h c a n tie p ro p on en ts o f the Drew -Kem - p o s s i b l y b e d e v is e d . ” A R L IN G T O N — ’ n d e r n o c ir ­ U c u m s t a n c e s slio u ld w e s u p p o r t th e g r a n d io s e a d d itio n o f s o m a n y a s 22 c l a s s r o o m s t o D r e w E l e ­ m e n ta ry S ch o o l.” s a i d th e R ev . E d w a r d H. R ed m a n , p r e a c h in g y e s t e r d a y a t th e U n ita ria n C h u rc h o f A rlington. H e sa id : 11 I $950,000 A p p r o v e d Cleric Opposes fcon- o , SCH O O L S U IT . It A V K E 1 I1 s a id th at a r g u m e n t s c a llin g th e D r ew - K cm p er e n la r g e m e n t edu­ c a t i o n a l l y u n s o u n d a r e '• u n r e a s o n ­ a b le a n d b a s e d on u n s u lfic io n t g r o u n d s.” T h e a r g u m e n t is b a s e d o n a 1 0 - y ea r - old - N a t io n a l E d u c a ­ tio n A s s o c ia t io n r e p o r t s a y i n g t h a t a n y e le m e n t a r y sch ool of over 600 p u p i l s i s t o o l a r g e f o r t h e w e ll b e i n g o f t h e in d iv id u a l s t u ­ den t. * —— v , “ u t a n y b o d y w h o t h in k s t h a t B I • e le m e n ta r y e d u c a tio n has not / m a d e t r e m e n d o u s a d v a n c e s i n U»e / p a s t 10 y e a r s h a s f a i l e d t o i n f o r m I h im s e lf. U n d e r m o d e r n c o n d i t i o n s I s c h o o l o f o v e r 600 i s n o t o n l y \ e d u c a tio n a lly s o u n d b u t a l s o c a s - J ily m a n a g e d . ” R e id s a id . — tions. Tho Elemcntnry^fSL ^>ol Principals D epartm ent o u tlie | National Education A sso c ia ­ tion declared in 1954: J. “ « We b eliev e the in terests o f children are b est serv ed w h en the m axim um cla ss size is 25 pu pils and the s iz e o f the sch oo l is 500 pupils.” Behind this reso lu tio n is a feeling, shared by parents, that an elem entary s c h o o l sh o u ld be “ se to the hom e.” It clo shou ld be a p la ce to w a lk to and a p la ce w h ere n o t on ly teacher but p rin cip a l k n ow s each ch ild b y name. In th e h a p p ie s t s it u a t io n p r in c ip a l m ig h t s t o p ^ a c h ild in t h e h a l l a n d a s k , " J o h n n v , ca n y o u r e c it e th a t p o e m y o u le a r n e d la st w e e k ? ” o r “ o w H is y o u r l i t t l e b r o t h e r ? I h e a r h e h as c h ic k e n p ox .” R eason fo r B ig n e ss B ig c itie s b u ild o v e r s iz e e le m e n ta r y s c h o o ls b eca u se th e y h a v e to. s a y s J a m e s R u s| s e l l, h e a d o f t h e E d u c a t i o n a l .* ' P o l ic ie s P o licie P n m m k ^in n . “ Y o u V C o m m is s i o n “on ju s t c o u l d n ’ p e p p e r e n o u g h t s c h o o l s in a n i n n e r c i t y t o s t ic k to t h e r u le . ” B u t in o u t l y i n g c o m m u n i t i e s , even prosperou s on es, ta x ­ p a y e r s s e e a s a v i n g in b u i l d i n g a d d it i o n s t o s c h o o l s ra th er th a n e r e c t i n g n e w o n e s , R u s ­ s e l l sa id . T h e fa c t th a t a d d it io n s c a n be b u ilt fa ster th a n new s c h o o l s b e c o m e s im p o r ta n t w h e n p u p i ls a r e o n s h i f t s b e ­ c a u s e o f a la c k o f sp a c e . In a d eq u a te p la n n in g a ls o can prod u ce a m a m m o th s c h o o l. W h e n s u b d i v i s i o n s b i t th e W h e a to n - R o c k v illc a rea, th e S c h o o l B o a r d c o u l d f in d � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 3 News clippings, Joy Explains Board's Drew Vote, January 31, 1961; $950,000 Approved for Drew School, October 11, 1961, Cleric Opposes bond for school, October 31, 1961. Description An account of the resource Bond for Drew School building expansion, Bernard Joy, Rev. Edward Redman Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_2_1_14_19 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/624162daacd7b47c06e38c1fba01abb8.pdf 392ddef88e24644d778a0aa7d64c33e3 PDF Text Text For Drew Addition School Item in Bond Election To Drew, , Is Voted « ARLINGTON The School Board — or four-fifths of It, any­ way — hopes It lias fin a lly endled'.the controversy over whether the Drew School area should have a new school or an a tion. And members hope ending the controversy w ill insure passage o l a $ 3 ,0 0 school bond issue' 90 0 Nov. 7 . The Board last night voted. 1 1 for the addition. Board member James G.’Stockard voted against the motion by Robert A. Peck - and seconded by Bernard Joy. . STOCKARD MADE a determin­ ed effort to prove the board-re­ jected Douglas Park .site.would provide better space and fa c ili­ ties for the overcrowded Negro elementary school children in that Because Arlington County voters will vote,on a, $6.5 million bond issue' on Nov. 7 with , minimum of $750,000 going to the proposed Drew-Kemper enlarge­ ment, the School Board felt it should pinpoint how the school improvement. money would be used. • • An additional $2 00 in 'the. 0,0 school Bond issue would go for needed land acquisition f o r County Board member Ernest D. Wilt, one of about 20 citizens who attended the meeting, had organized a group of business men, political figures and com­ munity leaders to support the bond Issue. In May 1 6 , voters 90 turned down a $7.5 million bond issue. IX TAKING a stand against enlarging .the present Drew-Kemper site, Stockard was holding fast to his previous position that the construction of the pro­ posed 1,100-pupil Negro elemen­ tary school — nearly twice Hie size of other County elementary schools — was "discriminatory.” " I think the community is split right down the middle on this plan,” Stockard stated labeling tiie Board's position as "shabby"' and saying the same Board mem­ bers were being ."'ied like sheep, (Continued on'Page A -3) c Citizens’ Group Supports Addition c*«- p/ov , ARLINGTON — Backing for tion, said it was the only prac­ position to school bonds is a form the $ 5 ,0 0 school item in the' tical one90 0 of defection from the school im ­ $6.5 m illio n bond Issue up before provement movement. IN A STATEMENT today, ■Arlington voters next Tuesday "T iie School situation In the came from another itourcb today. Grove said "the executive com­ Drew area is deplorable. A bond Ernest W. Grove, chairman of mittee of CCSI feds the liberal issue to correct It was defeated the Citizens Committee for School opponents of tiie Drew addition, a year and a half ago. A second Improvement, said the organiza­ though well-meaning, arc serious­ defeat next Tuesday is unthink­ tion’s executive committee had ly misguided, and that their op­ able. voted unanimously for the bond 'People who oppose the bonds J issue, which would be used p ri­ in the interest of desegregation • m arily to build a 22-room addi­ are expressing th e ir idealism at } tion to Drew School — a proposal die practical expense of other which had attracted considerable people's children." opposition. GROVE SAID the' 230-members of the CCSI had not voted on the bond endorsement, given at an executive committee meeting Oct. 5 and announced today. T The addition has been attack­ ed ns a means of perpetuating segregation at the school, which only Negroes attend. Opponents have sought an entirely new school but the School Board decided none of tho sites avail­ able was suitable for a school. One board member, James Stockard, has been unvaryingly opposed to tiie addition. The oth­ ers, admitting that perhaps the addition was not an ideal solu­ (pci <2-"5 This is the design for the circular-shaped school planned by M ontgomery County. 3-Story Circular School Planned In Crowded Montgomery Section With' ranoh-style ramblers cry County fire marshals. Stu­ as the conventional 8-acre rambling all ov.er the avail­ dents on the first floor have site because of tile compact able meal estate, nearby Mont­ ready egress in case o f emer­ design o f the building. It can gomery, County has, -had to gency; students on the second house 510 pupils. The School Board has di­ come up, with a novel solution floor have two back exits at of where to put an elementary ground .level b e c a u s e the rected, however, -that studies building is on a slope, and be launched to see-about buy­ school. The Board o f Education has students on the top floor have ing an adjoining 1.8-acre par­ cel, although the price could told the, architectural firm of but one flight of stairs to de­ be a b o u t $20,000 an acre— ; Deigert and Yerkes and Asso­ scend to get to the second twice as much as Montgomery ciates to go ahead with plans floor exits. In addition, the building will County ever paid for school for a 3-story, $539,000 circular, be more fire resistant than land. shaped ■ school. Third, Yerkes 'said, circular The preliminary approval the ordinary sprawling 1-story schools have been built in came despite.the objections of school. Consideration is being given to automatic fire, doors Kansas, Arizona, California, some citizens who thought: Connecticut and France. He S u c h a building would t o . p r e v e n t the spread of pose a fire hazard, especially smoke, which firemen have said they are- hardly a found can fill corridors quick- elty; they save so much space for pupils on the third floor. that the per-pupil cost is esti­ •The s i t e —6.1 a c r e s at mated to be no higher than Viers Mill rd. and Bushey dr. Adequate Play Area that of -a I-story school and —is -two acres smaller than Second, Yerkes said, the 6 - they ought to be considered .1 the usual eight acres. acre .site will have virtually wherever suburbs find them­ •It lo ok s 'odd, the same amount of play area selves hard pressed for space. 'Fire D anger N egligib le T h e o b je c tio n s cam e . at a pu blic hearing M onday night, and ed u cato rs an sw ered them yesterday point by point, i- First-, noted arch itect D avid Yerkes, th e fire hazard prob1e m h a s b e e n th orou gh ly stu died and the prelim inary ; plans..approved by M ontgom- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RG 18: Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 3 News clippings, Addition to Drew Voted, 10/20/1961, Citizen's Group Supports School Item in Bond Election, November 21, 1961, 3 Story circular school planned in crowded Montgomery section, October 23, 1961. Description An account of the resource Bond for Drew School building expansion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. 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