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LOUDOUN'S SCHOOLS
By O. L.
At the request of the Times-
Mirror, Division Superintendent
+O. L. Emerick has agreed to pre-
pare a series of articles on mat-
ters of interest as pertain the
public schools of Loudoun. The
first in the group follows:
This article seeks to give re-
quested information relative to
our plans for the Leesburg school
next year.
On November 9, 1937 the Coun-
ty School Board after due notice,
ordered the high school depart-
ments at Lucketts and Waterford
closed after this session and the
pupils conveyed to Leesburg. This
action was taken because these
schools are no longer recognized
by the State Board of Education
as high schools and because the
enlarged and enriched curriculum
at Leesburg will offer better ad-
vantages to the pupils.
The board_and.I have in mind
closing the Cool Spring and
| Mountain Gap schools and bring-
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ing these grade children to Lees-
burg. This step will bring two
distinct advantages to each
school community.
First, it is well known that one
teacher in a scven-grade school
cannot do as good work as a
teacher having charge of a single
grade as at Leesburg.
Second, the high school pupils
at Mountain Gap and Cool Spring
can use the bus to get to school.
These measures, then, are pro-
gressive steps, for the improve-
ment of our schools.
On February 16, 1938 bids are
to be opened at the school board
office for the construction of a
four-room addition at Leeshurg.
The building will be erected if
the financial plans therefor are
approved by the Boa:d of Super-
visors on February 28 and if the
cost does not exceed $20,000.
The plans for this addition
were prepared in the office of the