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Title
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EWPGrantSchool1946001
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Place
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Virginia
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Identifier
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1014418
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Is Version Of
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1014418_EWP_GrantSchool1946001.jpg
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Is Part Of
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Petitions
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Date Created
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1/7/24
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Format
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Jpeg Image
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Number
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a3af7c4a465b76e6225d23fa3972b9bfc0f9417094de33667a4b9aa99ff72e16
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Source
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1014418_EWP_GrantSchool1946001.jpg
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Publisher
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Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
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Rights
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Loudoun County Public Schools
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Language
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English
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extracted text
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A
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
: AND :
COMMUNITY LEAGUE
Grent School
Middleburg, Virginie -
Februsry 6, 1946
¥r, 0. L, Emeriek,
Distriet Superintendent of Schools,
Loudoun County,
Leesburg, Virginia.
Dear Mr., FEmerick:
At our regular meeting held on February 4, 1946, your
recent letter written to Dr, Kdmead, chairman of our building site
committe wasiread., Indeed, it made us more informative than we
had been before., Nevertheless, it was rather shoeking to us to
learn of your defihite decision,
We had been impressed with the faet, as ceconveyed by you,
thet our committee would have been informed voluntarily without
heving had to write to you, You, of eourse, evaded this point of
the agreement. - :
In adfition, at our last gethering at the Schocl Board
meeting we had been informed that a plot of lend could have been
obtained definitaly from Mr, William N, Hell at Maxville and that,
were we satisfied with this loocation it would be a foregone
econclusion, We definitely agreed to the proposal. Consequently,
with your contrary decision and aetion we are undoubtedly
disappointed. ~
We Peel certain that you have taken cognizance of the
many disadvahtages of the selection of a site in St, Louis, A%
sny rate, may be have the pleasure and opportunity to point out,
as we see them, some of the many disadvantages of consstructing a
sehool in St. Louis rather than in Middleburg:-
1. St, Louis roads are unsatisfaetory, end during some winter
months they are impassable.
2, The-lend selected is swampy and will require extsnsive drain-
age, In short, all landsin St, Louis present this feature.
3. St. Louis lacks all of the conveniences of stores, theatre,
and denominetional chureches,
4,.5%, Louis lacks Negro leadership and Negro wealth.
5. 8%, Louis will not attraet much patronage in ezse of school
funetions and setivities.
6. In any sehool neighborhood there should be condueive surround-
ings so as to offset the decoy of youngsters., St Louis does
not present this qualification.