T0 0, L. E¥ERICK, SUPERINTENDENT, A"D THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL
BOAED:
Whereas, we the undersigned petitloners, 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 iprthe norfh sgcticn of the town of Leesburg and
also adjacent to the Union Cemetery of Leesburg and U. S. Eoute
No. 153 and
Whereas, it is apparent that the said cemetery willl soon
need the land the said school board is endeavoring to purchase for
the purpose of affording additional space for burying ground; and
Whereas, oni& a few colored children who &ttefid 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 thet the same would be suitable for
the future needa of a nchsol for the colored children er £ccahngg
and the surrounding cOmmunity because of the location and immediate
surroundings as well as the fact that it is remote from the place
where the majority of the colored children live:
Now, therefore, we the undersigned petitioners, request the
Sehool Board of Loudoun County, Virginia, not to purchase the land
adjacent to the colored high school in Leesburg because it 1a ob-
vious that tcbdo 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 sald school is not desirable for the