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Frederick Douglass Move: A Smooth Adjustment

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19871105
Author:Leonard Hall

As the summer drew to a close and preparations were being made for the new school year, students at Frederick Douglass High School knew this year would be different, but they had no idea how much.

Several months earlier, they had learned that the Upper Marlboro school building would finally be renovated. But the news of the $9.3 million face lift carried a mixed blessing: To facilitate the renovation, the building would have to be vacated for 18 to 24 months, and the school would have to temporarily relocate into a vacant junior high school in Bowie, roughly 18 miles away. Understandably, ...

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