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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) Loudoun County Citizens request high school not be next to Union Cemetery]
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Description
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Petitioners object to the proposed purchase of land adjacent to the colored high school in Leesburg, Virginia, which borders the Union Cemetery and U.S. Route 15. They express concern that the location is unsuitable for future expansion of facilities for Black students, as only a few children attending the school live north of Market Street. The petition argues that the land would be better reserved for the cemetery’s expansion and that a school site should instead be located closer to the main Black residential community.
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Tag
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Leesburg, Colored High School, School Site Location, Union Cemetery, Community Opposition
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Identifier
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1015092
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Is Version Of
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1015092_EWP_LoudounCntyTrnyCenter.pdf
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Is Part Of
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Black Petitions
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Source
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This petition is labeled "2.5.A Loudoun County Citizens - Unk Req New H.S. Douglas not be next to Union Cemetery" in the 2.5.A Colored Petitions box in the Loudoun County Public School 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/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/PetitionLoudounTrngCenter_U/EWP_LoudounCntyTrnyCenter.pdf
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Transcription
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File petitions
TO O. L. EMERICK, SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD:
Whereas, we the undersigned petitioners, are informed that the School Board of Loudoun County, Virginia, is endeavoring to purchase a tract or parcel of land adjacent to the colored high school property in the north section of the town of Leesburg and also adjacent to the Union Cemetery of Leesburg and U. S. Route No. 15; and
Whereas, it is apparent that the said cemetery will soon need the land the said school board is endeavoring to purchase for the purpose of affording additional space for burying ground; and
Whereas, only a few colored children who attend the said high school live north of Market Street; and
Whereas, if the said land should be purchased by the said school board, we do not believe that the same would be suitable for the future news of a school for the colored children of Leesburg and the surrounding community because of the location and immediate surroundings as well as the fact that it is remote form the place where the majority of the colored children live;
Now, therefore, we the undersigned petitioners, request the School BOard of Loudoun County, Virginia, not to purchase the land adjacent to the colored high school in Leesburg because it is obvious that to do so would be particularly detrimental to the Union Cemetery of Leesburg and would not fill the future needs for additional facilities to educate the colored youth of the community and also because the location of the said school is not desirable for the colored children who attend it.
We are in favor of doing all that can be done within reason for the colored children of the community, but we think this can be done best by selecting the most desirable location for a permanent investment and that this should be as close as possible to the most thickly populated colored section of the community.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Clara W. Sumpsell
Rev C.W. Caulkins
Mrs Chas. W. Caulkins
Mrs. Sarah Chichester Cage.
C.D. Coaksey
George Bolen
Elizabeth C Bolen
L.P. Ellis
Jessie B. Ellis
George Lockyer
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Ms. George E. Ward
Mr. George E. Ward
Mrs India Titus
Mrs. William Titus
Mr William Titus
Rev. John S. Igaz
Charles T. Tittmann
[illegible possibly Jacob Williams]
Mrs W.C. Whitmore
L.H. Atwell
Mrs Nina [illegible] Burn
J.W. Perry
A C Cooper
Mrs. A. C. Cooper
Mary J Conrad
A P Conrad
Stanley T. Gaines
Mrs. Stanley Gaines
Mrs W. Carlos Lewis
WC Lewis
Maria W. Harrison
Rebecca G. Harrison
Mrs John Mason
O.L. Fox
Henrietta B. Plaster
[illegible initial] Plaster
Jaime A. Whipple