COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
MRS. HELEN H. MARSH, OF LOUDOUN COUNTY |
PURCELLVILLE
MISS FREIDA G. JOHNSON,
E. FERN MARSHALL, ALDIE LEESBURG’ VlRGlNlA LOVETTSVIL
ILLE
ROBERT P. JAMES, PURCELLVILLE
YEAGER F. GUM, LEESBURG
O. L. EMERICK, DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT JAMES W. ASHTON, MIDDLEBURG
MISS RUTH M. EMERICK, CLERK CHAIRMAN
Statement on Integration - Teachers , September 1956
The Virginia Constitution authorizes and requires the General Assembly
of Virginia to provide an efficient system of public free schoolse
The Virginia Constitution, until recently, prohibited mixed schoolse
The Supreme Court decisions of 1954 and 1955 have nullified thisg provisione
The courts do not administer the schoolse The school system of Loudoun
County is still subject to the direction of the Ueneral Agsembly and of
the State Board of “ducation.
We have no authdrity in Loudoun County to operate mixed schools unless
directed to do so by the State Authorities or specifically by a court decreee
“e have no Such directives -
Consequently, if any piipils of the opposite face seek admittance to your
school, you should refuse such admittanceg merely stating that you have no
instructions, hence no authority to admit theme
Do not suggest to them what to do nor whom to contacte