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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) 1934 - Bluemont - was closed due to pupil count, patrons wanted teacher and pupils transported to Rock Hill]
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Description
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Patrons write to the Virginia Board of Education about the closing of the school for colored children in Bluemont, a rural community in Loudoun County, Virginia. They request their children and their children's teacher be transported to Rock Hill Colored since Bluemont Colored had been closed due to low enrollment. The petitioners emphasize that their request is reasonable, possibly because transportation was commonly provided when white schools were consolidated. The record is in the possession of Loudoun County, not the Virginia Board of Education, indicating that the state may have forwarded the letter back to local officials.
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Date
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1934-10-03
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Identifier
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1015275
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Is Version Of
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1015275_EWP_Petition_Bluemont1934001.pdf
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Is Part Of
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Black Petitions
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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/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/Petition_Blumont_1934/EWP_Petition_Bluemont1934001.pdf
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Transcription
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Bluemont, Va
Oct 3, 1934
To the Board of Education
Dear Sirs:
On account of the enrollment of the Colored School at Bluemont being too small for a legal school, our school has been closed.
In view of this condition, we, the patrons, are asking the Loudoun County Board of Education to give us transportation, for seven pupils, to Rock Hill School with the teacher; as she passes through Bluemont going from Purcellville to Rock Hill School.
We the undersigned persons believe that this request is reasonable.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry Beatty
Mrs M F Forester.
C Thomspon
Clarence Filch
M
C.H. Osburn
Otto Kelly
F.M. Kequick
Earl C Iden
Raymond Jacob
J.W. Pierson