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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) 1938 - Mount Pleasant - request reopening of Mt. Pleasant or transport to another school
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Description
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In this petition, the community of Mount Pleasant in Lucketts requests that their school be reopened or that transportation be provided to another school so that the children are able to have "at least a public education." They send Robert Ambers as representative and list thirteen children and their parents. Two pages follow containing a table that lists the number of students enrolled, average attendance, term, and number of teachers for the Mt. Pleasant school every year from the 1917-1918 academic year until the school's closure in 1937.
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Tag
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petition, parents, students, school, Loudoun County, education, transportation, Mount Pleasant, Lucketts, Virginia
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Date
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1938-06-06
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Identifier
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1014902
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Is Version Of
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1014902_EWP_2-5A_Yr_1938_Mt_Pleasant_Wants_School_reopened..pdf
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Is Part Of
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Petitions
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Source
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Petition labeled "2.5.A Petitions W Mount Pleasant at Lucketts - 6/6/1938 Req reopening of Mt. Pleasant or transport to good school" and may be in either the 2.5.A Colored Petitions box or the 2.5.A White Petitions box due to being initially labeled as a white petition. These boxes are in the Loudoun County Public Schools Record Office.
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/2 Petitions Plans School Board and Districts/2-5A_Colored_Petitions/2-5A_MtPleasant/EWP_2-5A_Yr_1938_Mt_Pleasant_Wants_School_reopened..pdf
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Transcription
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[page 1]
file petitions
Lucketts, Va.
June 6, 1938
To the Loudoun County Board of Education.
Leesburg, Va.
We the people of Mt. Pleasant and Lucketts, Va send as a representative for us Robert Ambers, to ask re-opening of our school here at Mount Pleasant Lucketts, Va., or for transportation for our children to some other school, Which ever would be best suited for you.
Most of our children are very young and we would like for them to have at least a public school education.
We will greatly appreciate what ever you can do in our behalf.
The Parents and childrens names are as follows;
Mrs Gertie Sims – Cora Ellen & Louise Sims / James Sims
[page 2]
Mrs Mary Moten – James Moten / Robert Moten
Mrs Martha Pollard – Ray Pollard / Margaret Pollard
Mrs Ada James – Randolph Lane
Mrs John Phillips – Mazie Phillips
Mrs Gertrude Williams – Theodore Williams / Martha Williams / Elizabeth Williams / Mary Frances WIlliams
Respectfully Yours
The Parents of Mt. Pleasant.
[page 3]
SCHOOL Mt. Pleasant GRADES 1-7 RACE C
Session / No. Teachers / Enrollment / Av. Att. / Term
1917-18 / 1 / 33 / 20 / 120
1918-19 / 1 / 43 / 15 / 100
1919-20 / 1 / 55 / 28 / 120
1920-21 / 1 / 44 / 27 / 80
1921-22 / 1 / 43 / 17 / 140
1922-23 / 1 / 7 / 6 / 40
1923-24 / 1 / 24 / 15 / 60
1924-25 / 1 / 20 / 13 / 140
1925-26 / 1 / 22 / 13 / 140
1926-27 / 1 / 23 / 12 / 140
1927-28 / 1 / 25 / 14 / 140
1928-29 / 1 / 27 / 16 / 160
1929-30 / 1 / 25 / 16 / 160
[page 4]
SCHOOL Mt. Pleasant GRADES 1-7 RACE C
Session / No. Teachers / Enrollment / Av. Att. / Term
1930-31 / 1 / 22 / 15 / 160
1931-32 / 1 / 26 / 19 / 161
1932-33 / 1 / 19 / 14 / 150
1933-34 / 1 / 23 / 17 / 160
1934-35 / 1 / 22 / 15 / 160
1935-36 / 1 / 21 / 15 / 160
1936-37 / 1 / 17 / 8 / 160
1937-38 closed
