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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) - Conklin - requests Leroy Allen be returned as bus driver]
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Description
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This undated handwritten petition, signed by multiple patrons, requests that Leroy Allen continue serving as the bus driver for Conklin School. The petition emphasizes Mr. Allen’s reputation for being responsible and reliable in transporting students to and from school. The document reflects community support for the retention of a trusted school transportation provider. It is believed to have been written around 1954.
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Tag
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Conklin School; Loudoun County Public Schools; School Transportation; Community Petition; Bus Driver Retention.
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Identifier
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1015333
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Is Version Of
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1015333_EWP_Petition_ConklinBusDriver.pdf
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Is Part Of
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Black Petitions
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Source
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Petition labeled "2.5.A Petition C Conklin - 1954 Request Leroy Allen be returned as bus driver" in the 2.5.A Colored Petition Box 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/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/Petition_Conklin_1935_to_1952/Conklin_Bus_Driver/EWP_Petition_ConklinBusDriver.pdf
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Transcription
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File petitions
To whom it may concern-
We would like very much to have our former bus driver back on the next school term, in the person of Leroy Allen. We always feel that our children were safe an in good Hands.
1. Mr. & Mrs. Carl Thomas.
2. Mr & Mrs Henry Newman
3. Mr & Mrs William Taylor
4. R[illegible] Ann Allen
5. Mr & Mrs Earl. W. Bailey
6. Mr & Mrs Charles Wilson
7. Mr & Mrs. Welford Newman.
8. Elizabeth Lucas.
9. Mrs Lewetta Layne
10. Miss Nellie Allen
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12. Clinton H Jackson
12 Clinton H Jackson
Clifton H Gaskins
Clarence Harris
Viola Puller
Fred Harris
Mr & Mrs Andrew G Jackson