Whittier Education Campus
| J.G. Whittier Education Campus | |
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| Address | |
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6201 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20011 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°57.9005′N 77°1.1912′W / 38.9650083°N 77.0198533°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Opened | 1926 |
| School district | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Nicole Clifton |
| Faculty | 39 FTE |
| Grades | pre-school to eighth |
| Enrollment | 429 (as of the 2009-2010 school year) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Feeder schools | Coolidge Senior High School |
| Website | School Website |
J.G. Whittier Education Campus is a public school located in the Northwest quadrant of the District of Columbia.
Prior to the building of Whittier Elementary School, children who lived in Manor Park attended Brightwood Elementary School. In 1923, the Manor Park Citizens Association passed a resolution requesting the building of a new school in the neighborhood, calling Brightwood Elementary School disgraceful and unsanitary. The association suggested the new school be built at Third and Rittenhouse Streets so the neighborhood's schoolchildren would not need to walk far to attend school. Senator Isaac Roop of Nevada submitted a bill to appropriate $150,000 for the construction of the new school in 1924.
After a five-year-old child from Manor Park was struck by a car while walking home from Brightwood Elementary School in 1924, the Manor Park Citizens Association threatened to withdraw their children from school unless a new school was built in the neighborhood. The association noted that crossing two different street car tracks and walking along streets without sidewalks was not safe for children going to school. The superintendent, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supported the idea, and the school board voted in favor of building the school.
Following a Congressional appropriation to build a school, the assistant superintendent visited several potential sites. A plan was developed to build an eight-room school at Fifth and Sheridan Streets, but the neighborhood association wanted a portable school opened until the permanent school was scheduled to be opened in 1926. The association also advocated for a sixteen-room school instead. The supervising principal of the area opposed the idea of a temporary portable school, saying that would result in 83 children from grades one through eight being taught in just one room. The association then refocused their efforts, requesting the renting of an eight-room building to be used as a temporary school. With support from the Takoma Park Citizen's Association, a temporary portable school was approved. After the school board removed funding to construct a permanent school from its budget, the Manor Park Citizens Association petitioned Congress to provide for a school with room for expansion.
A portable school opened on December 15, 1924. Approximately thirty students in kindergarten, first, and second grades enrolled in the first year, taught by Miss R.F. Cogovan. In the second year, the teacher was Miss A.E. Rogers.
In January 1925, the District's Congressional appropriation included $140,000 of funding to build a permanent school.
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