Edwin Washington Project

Items

• EWP GibonsLotforDouglass
• [Petitions (Colored schools) 1922 - Brownsville - competing petitions over the location of the Brownsville school in the Hamilton Odd Fellows Hall
  In this petition, Brownsville families sign one of two pages: those in support of having school continue in Brownsville and those who want school moved to the Odd-Fellows Hall in Hamilton. Eight families representing seventeen pupils support continuing school in Brownsville. Sixteen adults representing thirty-one pupils prefer the Odd-Fellows Hall in Hamilton.
• EWP Conklin Petition 1941
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 LTM News Reports on Lincoln Purcellville Dispute
• EWP HowardsvilleTransport
• EWP Petition Carver001
• EWP PetittionLeesburg1930
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 Mt Gilead Receipts and Expenses
• EWP Petition Middleburg U
• EWP Hughesville1927001
• EWP Petition March3rd001Salary
• EWP Petition 1926 Salaries
• EWP Petition Leesburg U 2
• EWP Petition Conklin 1941 001
• EWP 2-6 Yr 1954 Budget Comparison 1954 56 vs 52 54 for Schools
• EWP Petition Leesburg 1932 June 001
• EWP Douglas 1951
• EWP Loudoun Cnty Trny Center
• EWP Group Petition For increased Salary
• EWP 2-5A Yr 1956 Jan Willisville Out of Coal
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1909 May 19 Survey of Lincoln
• EWP Brownsville 1922
• EWP GroupPetition For increased Salary
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 Statement Supporting Purcellville
• EWP 2.5A Yr. 1934 October 16 - Paeonian Springs Colored school
  This petition dated October 16, 1934, addressed to the Loudoun County School Board from the Black citizens of Paeonian Springs, Virginia, highlights the urgent need for a school for their children. The undersigned parents express concern over the lack of transportation and distance to the nearest school in Waterford for the 24 Black children in need of a closer school. They suggest using an existing building in the community for school purposes. The letter, signed by various parents emphasizes the desire for their children to have access to education and seek assistance from the county in solving the issue.
• EWP Hughesville Deed 1882
• EWP Conklin Petition 1941
• EWP Brownsville
• EWP Nokes May 1933
• EWP Petition Leesburg 1932
• [Petitions (Colored schools) 1934 - Bluemont - was closed due to pupil count, patrons wanted teacher and pupils transported to Rock Hill]
  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.
• EWP Purcellville1930
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 May 1 Exchange Wilbur Hall and Attorney General
• EWP Petition ConklinBusDriver
• EWP GibonsLotforDouglass
• EWP GrantSchool1946001
• EWP Petition Douglass1951001
• EWP BullRun U Year
• EWP Petition BullRun001
• EWP Petition Bluemont1934001
• EWP 2-5B Yr 2019 Draft Study of Lincoln Purcellville Dispute
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 June 18 Description of Lincoln Graded
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 May 29 Harris Hart to Emerick
• EWP Grant School 1946
• EWP Petition High School
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 ND Proceedings of the Meeting of the School Board
• EWP HowardsvilleTransport
• EWP Grant School 1945
• EWP Grant 15 Jan 1945
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 June 9 Raymond Long to Emerick
• EWP Sanitation
• EWP Sterling White School Study
• EWP 1924 Conklin
• EWP Volume 4 Cardinal Ridge 1
• EWP Vol 6 McGraws Ridge
• EWP Biography on William H
• EWP New Volume 4
• EWP Volume 2 Documents Use This
• EWP New Volume Eight
• EWP New Volume 5 old 4
• EWP Volume 1 revised
• EWP Volume 1 Not use Basic
• IMAG0029
• EWP Volume 3 Armstrong
• EWP Edith Harris
• EWP NewVolume1
• EWP Students RoundHillColored1898
• EWP 2.5B Yr 17 March 1930 Paxson patron willing to have kids half day at Yellow School House
  This petition, dated March 17th, 1930, is letter written by Mr. and Ms. Landon Wynkoop stated it was not feasible for them to attend a school board meeting on March 18, 1930 in Leesburg. They urge the continuation of at least half a day of schooling at the Yellow School House in Paxson. They emphasized the valuable education provided to children there and highlight the detrimental effects of closing the school and the significance of maintaining a space for children to learn and grow.
• Woodland Year Unknown Keep School Open
  Petition to the Loudoun County School Board of Loudoun County, Virginia by citizens and taxpayers express their opposition to the closure of Woodland School.
• EWP Russell Gregg Photographs (002)
• EWP Library Stats
• EWP New Volume 3
• EWP NewV olume 2 Old 5
• Petition (White) Waterford High School 13 March 1930 Protest closing of school
  Petition of School patrons, citizens and taxpayers of Waterford, VA protesting the closing the Waterford High School in 1938. Detailed list of reasons why the school should not be closed. 70 signers.
• EWP Library Spreadsheet
• Petition (White schools) Waterford High Year 1924 Request Denied to Fire Miss Baber
  In 1924, the County School Board of Loudoun County received a petition requesting the removal of Mrs. Baber as a teacher at Waterford School. After investigating and speaking with petitioners, the board found that the reasons given for the removal were not substantial or serious enough to warrant such action. As a result, the board recommended at their upcoming meeting on December 9th that the request for Miss Baber's removal be denied.
• Petition (white schools) 1931 Location Unknown Petition at School Board meeting for an unknown topic
  This is a list of names associated with an unknown petition and a school board meeting on February 10, 1931.
• Petitions (white schools) 1921 Sunny Ridge wants to stay open and promises to send children
  Parents of
• Petition (white schools) 1931 Request to reappoint Catherine Miller to Tankersfield
  In this petition, 100 percent of the patrons of Tankerfield, a school for white children in Loudoun County, Va, request that Miss Catherine Miller be reappointed as teacher for the 1931-32 academic year.
• Petition (White schools) Unknown school and year Request to hire Miss Willie Smith
  Community members signed this petition to recommend Miss Willie Smith for a teaching position. They do not seem to be requesting for a particular school and the date is not included on the petition document.
• Petitions (white schools)1925 Purcellville graded school teachers request Good Friday off
  This petition dated March 9, 1925, a group of teachers from the Purcellville Graded School in Purcellville, Virginia are petitioning the Superintendent and School Board of Loudoun County for a holiday on Good Friday, April 10th.
• Petitions (white schools) about 1926 Unison-Bloomfield wants to keep Mary Abell
  In this petition, community members connected to the Unison-Bloomfield school for white students express their support for Miss Mary Abell as a primary teacher. It is believed to have been written about 1926.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr May 11 1931 Religious Leaders Complain
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1926 Middleburg White PTA wants Dentist for Children
• Petition (white schools) 1924 Philomont asks for teacher and principal who Emerick notifies
  Nineteen patrons of Philomont School, a school for white students in Loudoun County, request that H. W. Van Sickler be named principal and Martha O Cockerill as primary teacher for the 1924-1925 academic year. Division Superintendent O. L. Emerick writes to VanSickler asking him to apply so that he can be hired and offers to help VanSickler obtain the required qualifications.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1931 Paeonian Springs wants return of Hannah Ellmore
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1950 Mt Gilead District wants a new Bus ROute
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Purcellville Vicinity want HS in Leesburg and Purcellville
• EWP 2-5B Yr Unk Lucketts HS Hir Mr. Gum as Trustee
  The text is a petition submitted by the patrons of Lucketts High School and others from Leesburg School District to support Dyer Gum as the trustee of the Leesburg district.
• EWPEWP 2-5-B Yr UNK Lovettsville wants Souder reappointed
• EWP LeithtonColoredandWhite
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Little River Purpose of Petition Unknown
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Middleburg Graded wants removal of Marianna Rainey
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1926 Edgegrove School Wagon Wants change in Direction
  Request to change direction of Edge Grove School Wagon route from Ebenezer Compher's gate in Hillsboro to Round Hill. See Dirt Don't Burn, page 139 and 122. Petitions written after 1925 using the term wagon may well havemeant motorized school buses.
• EWP Volume5Schools
• EWP Map of Student at Airmont
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1955 Petition 84 Aldie Rehire or Fire Mrs. Knight
• EWP DirtDontBurn
• Petitions (white schools) 1940 Taylorstown request not to close school
• EWP 2-5B Yr 14Jan1930 Emerick School wants to Retain E.D. Turner
  Patrons of Emerick School petitioned the Loudoun County School Board to retain / appoint E.D. Turner as the teacher of Emerick School for the school term of 1930 and 1931. He described by Patrons as "a very efficient teacher" to the school.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1929 Cool SPring wants to be reopened.
• Petitions (white schools) 1945 Petition for school bus route change to Round Hill Elementary from formerly Sunny Ridge Elementary families, both white schools in Loudoun County, Virginia.
  August 11, 1945 request for school bus route change by the White Round Hill Elementary patrons (formerly Sunny Ridge Elementary).
• EWP Survey1940
• EWP St. Louis VA LTM article 25 Sept 1980 (2)
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1928 Ashburn High School wants to keep N.C. Starke
  In this letter, addressed to the County School Board of Loudoun County, Virginia, the undersigned patrons of Ashburn High School express their request for the reappointment of Mr. N.S. Starke as principal of the school.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1931 Brooklyn Wants Removal of Teacher
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Hillsboro School wants Bus Service
• EWP CemeteriesinSouthRiding
• EWP Print1and3and4
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1927 Ashburn Victor Harding wants changes in discipline school hours and transport.
  Victor B. Harding, a patron of Ashburn school petitions Oscar Emmerick regarding publicized changes in school hours so the children and teachers can catch the east and west bound trains at their scheduled times. Also, he disagrees with the discipline handed out by a teacher at Ashburn school.
• Petition (white schools) Purcellville requests two high schools in Leesburg and Purcellville
  In this petition to the Loudoun County Public School Board, 56 white Purcellville area residents request that there be two high schools: one near Purcellville and one near Leesburg. There is no date on the petition.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1927 Aldie Regarding Firing of Principal Tyler
  The text is a letter dated May 22, 1927, writer is requesting a change in the Principal of Aldie School Mr. Tyler. The writer initially expressed doubts about the current Principal, Mr. Zyler, but now believes he has shown improvement and deserves approval. The writer acknowledges that last year they had criticized Mr. Tyler, but now believes he has fulfilled his duties effectively. The writer also mentions the importance of Miss Shoemaker, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Hutchison, emphasizing the value of their character and teaching abilities.
• EWP 2-5-B Mountville Yr 1931 - Protest reduction in teachers' salaries
  The document from the Mountville Community League, dated April 14, 1931, addressed to the Loudoun County School Board in Purcellville, Virginia, reveals the concerns of community members regarding the proposed reduction in teachers' salaries. The League emphasizes the recent improvements in the local school system and the dedication of the current teachers to providing high-quality education to the children. President J.S. Firguson and other prominent members signed the protest, advocating for the maintenance of the current salaries.
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1944 Nov 7th GrantSchool Petition 33
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Petition 66 Protest Closing of Airmont
  Airmont Petition to the school board of Mt. Gilead school district the the undersigned advocates of the Airmont school appealed to the School Board of Mt. Gilead School District.
• EWP 2-5B Yr 1926 May Airmont Wants to stay open
  White Petition from Airmont white school dated May 19, 1926 addressed to William T. Smith, trustee for Mount Gilead School District and the Loudoun County school board opposing the closure of Airmont school. This petition includes the names of petitioning parents and the number of students attending school and their ages and their distances from the school. Mr. R. Faulkner of Philomont, Virginia received a letter of receipt from the District superintendent . The Superintendent thanked Mr. Faulkner for the petition.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1955 Probably April Leesburg District wants Yeager Gum as Trustee
  This document is a letter addressed to the School Trustee Electoral Board of Loudoun County, Virginia - approximately April 1955, recommending the appointment of Mr. Yeager Gum to the School Board of Loudoun County. The letter is signed by numerous residents of the Leesburg Magisterial District, expressing their belief that Mr. Gum, a longtime resident and farmer in the district, is well qualified to replace the resigning Mr. G. Shirley Myers. The 73 signatories supported Mr. Gum's appointment.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1927 Lenah want Mrs. D. Hutchison Returned.
  On April 26, 1927, G.H. Smart wrote a letter to Superintendent O.L. Emerick of Purcellville, VA on behalf of the patrons of Lenah School, requesting that their current teacher be re-elected for the upcoming school year. The letter, signed by all patrons except Mr. H. Byrne, praised the teacher's dedication and interest in the school and students. The patrons expressed their dissatisfaction with Mr. Byrne and urged the School Board to give careful consideration to re-electing their current teacher for the 1927-28 academic year. The letter was signed by several prominent community members including George Powell, Mrs. R.L. Allison, Mrs. James Leel, Mrs. X C. Poland
• EWP PaeonianSprings
• EWP PetitionLeesburg1932June001
• Petitions (white schools) year 1944 Unison-Bloomfield request to rebuild
  Citizens connected to the Unison-Bloomfield community request that their school be rebuilt. They claim that the lack of school in their neighborhood, which is growing, leaves a significant gap in education for them and surrounding communities.
• EWP GrantSchool1946001
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1930s Req for Buses to transport kids to Training Center
• EWP NegroNeeds1945
• EWP 2.5B Yr 1944 Evergreen Mills Road School Bus wants Tire Change
  On January 15, 1944, a petition was signed by majority parents of children who rode the Evergreen Mills Road School Bus in Leesburg, Virginia, voicing concerns about the reckless driving of the current bus operator. The parents expressed worries about the speed of the bus, the driver's lack of caution on turns and stops, and the rough condition of the road causing discomfort and injuries to the children. They requested the School Board to replace the current driver with someone more mature and responsible for the safety of the children.
• [Petition (Colored schools) 1937 - Hughesville - request to retain Miss E Randolph failed because different teacher hired and Randolph didn't apply]
  Parents and Patrons of the Hughesville colored school request that Miss E[sther] Randolph be retained for the coming school year. They appreciate her excellent work and want to complete several projects she started. Loudoun County Public School Superintendent O.L. Emerick responds that Miss Randolph did not apply and so another teacher has been selected.
• EWP PetitionConklin1941001
• EWP 2.5B Yr 1948 Jun Arcola Wants an Auditorium
  The text, dated June 8, 1948, is a petition addressed to the Loudoun County School Board from the patrons of Arcola School in Virginia requesting the addition of an auditorium, which would be used not only for the school but the community as well.
• EWP 2.5B Yr 1923 April 1923 Petition 67 Airmont wants to stay open. Patrons do not want transport to Bluemont. It would be detrimental to health and comfort.
  2.5B Yr. April 3, 1923.  Airmont was under threat of being closed, due to low attendance.  Average attendance was 12, through twice that were enrolled.  The patrons asked the School Board to keep the facility open and not transport the pupils to Bluemont by truck or wagon, feeling that would be detrimental to health and comfort.
• EWP 2.2 Yr 1954 6-14 School Board Agenda and Budget
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1935 Little River Protests Closing
• EWP BullRunUnkYear
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1924 May 5 Hamilton Petition 201. PTA wants Female Teacher and new school
• EWP DirtDontBurnCatalog
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1926 Carter want reappointment of Mary Hemsley
  Petition written to the School Board and Superintendent of Schools, members of the Carter's School community expressed their strong support for the reappointment of Mrs. Mary E. Hemsley as the teacher for the upcoming school term. They emphasized the challenging conditions of the rural area, with bad roads and long distances for children to travel to school and praised Mrs. Hemsley for her exceptional work in leading the students to academic success despite these obstacles. The community's active involvement in school activities and their commitment to education were attributed to Mrs. Hemsley's leadership.
• EWP 3.1 Yr 1948 1951 Accreditation of High Schools
• EWP Petition Leesburg June 1935
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1934 Bluemont Pet No 3. Needs transport to Rock Hill
• EWP Brownsville1922
• [Petitions (Colored schools) 1956 - Ashburn coal - down to 3 week supply]
  This is a memo from the Loudoun County School Board clerk to Mr Jake White in Lincoln notifying him that there is only three weeks of coal left in the Ashburn colored school. The original petition is lost.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1930s Leesburg Graded wants Urcell Bradfield
• EWP AwardConklin
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Jan 29 1928 Ashburn Wants removal of NC Stark
• EWP PetitionMiddleburgUNK001
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1938 June 6 Petition 39 Mount Pleasant Colored wants to stay open
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1945 Jan 16 Petition 35 Grant
• EWP PeititionBullRun
• Petitions (white schools) Year 1937 March 9 Waterford protests closing of high school
  On March 1, 1937, community members connected to Waterford High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, signed a petition objecting to the Virginia Department of Education's decision to close Waterford High School. The letter is addressed to the Loudoun County School Board and uses militant language to encourage the Board to fight the Department's decision on behalf of children who may not get a high school education due to the burden of transport.
• EWP 02-5 B Yr 1948 Request School Buses for Aldie Children on Route 632
  May 8, 1948 and May 22, 1948 correction petition from Susan M. Cromer to Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Petition request school bus transportation for Aldie children living on route 632. Petition contains parents names and ages of children to be transported.
• EWP 2.5.A Yr UNK Keep Rosalie McWashington
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1950 Middleburg PTA and Lions Club was Central High School
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Map of Lenah Perhaps 1926
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 193738 Luckets HS wants to stay open
• Petitions (white schools) Year Unknown Waterford Protest Sending kids to Lovettsville
  This letter, addressed to the School Board of Loudoun County in Leesburg, Virginia, reveals the sentiments of a group of white parents regarding the education of their high school-aged children in the early 20th century. The signatories express their strong objection to a proposed change that would see their children sent to Lovettsville instead of Leesburg for schooling. They make it clear that they believe Leesburg is better equipped and more suitable for their children from all perspectives.
• EWP 2.5.A Yr 1882 Hughesville Colored Deed
• EWP 2-5-A Yr 1928 Hughesville Petition 20
• EWP 2.5.A Petitions (C) Bluemont (1)
• EWP Petition Willisville 1930
• [Petition (Colored schools) - Purcellville - demands full time teacher and wants to keep McWashington]
  Purcellville Colored School patrons demand a full time teacher. They feel a great injustice has been done putting their children all together and then reassigning their teacher Mrs. Rosalie McWashington, who they would like to have back.
• EWP ConklinPetition1941
• EWP PetitionBluemont1934001
• EWP 02-5B Yr Unk Petition for school bus route change to Oak Hill and Lucketts Elementary
  Yr Unk, Petition by the patrons of Oak Hill and Lucketts Elementary for school bus route change.
• EWP 02-5B Yr 1930 Petition to keep Paxson school open
  March 17, 1930 petition from the mother of a child attending the Paxson school to keep the school open (if only for half a day) vs. bussing children to another school.
• EWP NokesPetition1945
• EWP 2.5-B Yr Unk Aldie School Wants Alice Hutchison Back
  This text is a formal letter addressed to Mr. Oscar Emerick, the Superintendent of the Loudoun County Public schools, from the patrons of Aldie white school requesting the reappointment of Alice Hutchison at Aldie School. The petitioners include Annie G. Turner, B. G. Gm Peasual, and Mrs. L H Pearson.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr FY 1930 1931 Cool Spring Wants a Teacher to stay open full time
  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.
• EWP IMAG0032
• EWP PetitionLeesburg1932
• [Petitions (Colored schools) 1945 - Middleburg Grant - patrons thank school board for agreement to alleviate crowded conditions]
  Letter signed 15 Jan 1945 by community members (including John Wanzer) to school baord that acknowledges and accepts the school board's plan to alleviate overcrowding at Grant and build a new school in Middleburg.
• EWP Colored School A
• EWP 2.5A Yr Unk Petition 207 Lovettsville Colored List of Students
• RCH 2.5.A Yr Unk Conklin Wants to Replace Teacher
• Petitions (white schools) 1947 Unknown School wants Mrs. Tucker removed
  This is a list of names who protested against Mrs Tucker from an unknown school on 11 Aug 1947.
• EWP PetitionMiddleburgUNK
• Petition (white schools) Pleasant Valley requests additional teacher
  Pleasant Valley patrons request a second teacher on behalf of their teacher Mrs Lowry and thirty nine pupils.
• EWP Volume4CardinalRidge
• EWP PetitionConklinBusDriver
• Petitions (white petitions 1924 Round Hill High School wants Purcell appointed principal
  In this petition, which is marked "denied," patrons of the Round Hill High School, a Loudoun County school for white children, community members request that Mr Albert Purcell be appointed principal for 1924-25.
• EWP IMAG0030
• Petitions (white schools) Year 1917 Unison Bloomfield Petition to keep H.H. Otley
  Community members of the Unison-Bloomfield high school for white students requested that H.H. Otley be retained as the 6th and 7th grade teacher for the 1917-1918 academic year.
• EWP NewVolume3Old6
• EWP MiddleBurgRaby1945
• EWP 2-5-B Yr Unk Petition to Close Mountain Gap White School and transport students to Leesburg by school bus
  Petition for closure of Mountain Gap School and transport students to Leesburg by a school bus over Rt. 651 from Vesey Farm to Mount Gilead
• EWP 2.2.B Yr 1930 Apr Clark's Gap wants to stay open
• EWP NewVolume2May2016
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1932 Hillsboro School does not like Transport Plan
• EWP 2-5-B Yr April 1923 Colemans Wants to Stay Open
• Petitions (white schools) Year 1929 or 1930 Unison Bloomfield patrons request hire of Mary Wharton
  In this petition, O. L. Beavers expresses support for the appointment of Miss Mary Wharton as a teacher at Unison-Bloomfield school for white students due to fill the position, open for 10 days, caused by Miss Phoeby Garrett's resignation. Beavers considers it an emergency that they are only just finding out about the vacancy. Mary Wharton appears to come from the community as they have known her since she was a small girl. A list of supportive patrons follows.
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1927 Aldie School Decision to Fire WH Tyler
• Petition (white schools) 1939 Pleasant Valley requests bus so that children won't have to walk and stand in snow
  This letter, dated September 9, 1939, from residents of Sterling, Virginia addressed to the Superintendent of Schools in Loudoun County, O. L. Emerick, highlights the concerns of parents regarding the safety and accessibility of the "Blue spring road" recently graveled that children have to walk on to reach school. With nearly twenty children within a two-mile radius having to walk to the school bus stop in adverse weather conditions, the parents request the school bus route be extended to accommodate these students.
• Petition (white schools) Philomont wants to keep second teacher
  Nineteen parents request that Philomont remain a two teacher school. The parents list their combined twenty nine children as a reason for the second teacher. Petition is believed to have been written around 1929.
• EWP 02-5B Yr Unk Petition for a school bus to Lucketts school
  Yr Unk, petition for a school bus for children attending Lucketts school
• EWP 2-5-B Yr 1928 Lenah Protests Closing
  The resolution passed by the Lenah Community League on February 20th, 1928, regarding the closure of Lenah School by the School Board reflects the community's strong opposition to this decision. The resolution, supported by numerous taxpayers and patrons of the school, not only criticized the Board's action as detrimental to the community and the students, but also urged the Board to reconsider its decision. The involvement of the Arcola Community League in potentially concurring with this resolution indicates a broader community effort to challenge the closure of Lenah School. The list of signatories, including prominent local individuals, highlights the widespread opposition to the School Board's decision and the united front put forth by the community in advocating for the school's preservation.
• EWP Volume 2 Documents
• EWP Petition Conklin 1952 Teacher
• Petitions (white schools) Year 1949 Waterford Elementary Wants Additional Teacher
  In this petition, ninety-six community members at the Waterford Citizens Association meeting held Jan 25, 1949, request an additional teacher. They cite the work they have done to improve the school since the high school was closed, increasing attendance from 92 pupils to a predicted 108 in the coming year, and lack of appropriated funds for the entire Jefferson District in the 1949-50 and 1950-51 Loudoun County School Board Budgets.
• EWP Petition1926Salaries
• Petition (white schools) 1922 Silcott Springs supplies list of students they want to send to school
  In this petition, families list their students to prove they have "quite a number" to send to a school for white children in Silcott Springs.
• EWP 03 Yr 1953 Emerick requests bus load study (Bluemont to Round Hill)
  May 22, 1953, letter from Superintendent OL Emerick to Mr. F. Luke VanSickler of Purcellville. Moving Bluemont's 7th grade to Round Hill elementary in 1954 because number of Bluemont teachers will drop from 3 to 2. Emerick request Mr. VanSickler do a study of school bus #25 to help determine which students attending Round Hill ride pass Bluemont.
• EWP 02-5B Yr 1930 Petition to keep Paxson school open and not have young students ride on the bus with Round Hill High School students
  March 17, 1930 letter from Mrs. Walter Parks to Superintendent OL Emerick joining in on the petition to keep Paxson school open instead of closing it and having elementary school students ride on the bus with Round Hill High School students.