Edwin Washington Project

Title

EWP 2-5-B Yr FY 1930 1931 Cool Spring Wants a Teacher to stay open full time

Description

In this letter, the white community members and patrons of the Cool Spring School in Loudoun County are petitioning the Division Superintendent of Schools and the County School Board to reconsider a decision to reduce their school to a half-day basis. They argue that the pupils of their school deserve the same educational opportunities and advantages as other schools in the county. They also express concern that reducing the school's hours would hinder community social events that the resident teacher usually organizes. The patrons highlight the challenges of impassable roads and expensive transportation, arguing that maintaining a full-time teacher is necessary for the children's education and community's involvement with the school. The list of signatories at the end of the letter demonstrates widespread community support for this request.

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community, petitioning, education, opportunities, advantages, social events, impassable roads, transportation, teacher, involvementSee all items with this value

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Place

Virginia

Identifier

1041162

Format

PDF Document

Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWS Special Projects/Lost_Letters Project/Ed Washington Folder/2.5B White Petitions/2.5.B Cool Spring/2.5.B Yr FY 1930 1931 Cool Spring Wants a Teacher to stay open full time.pdf