Airmont White
Physical and Map Location
Mt. Gilead School District during segregation.
35633 Snickersville Turnpike, Purcellville, VA 20132
Petitions
Airmont White School (potential conversion to a "colored" school)
- 2.5B Yr. 1926 (probable) May. Patrons request that school be kept open.
- 2.5B Yr. September 14, 1931. 2.5B Yr 1931 Oppose Conversion of Airmont to Colored. The school system contemplated allowing Blacks to use the former Airmont white school, which had been closed by the time of the petition. Hearing of this possibility, a farmer from Round Hill, protested. We have no information that the contemplated plans were executed, nor to what extent they were actually debated.
Transportation
- 2.5B. April 2, 1923. Patrons protested based on health and comfort concerns that children might be carried by truck or wagon to Bluemont. Also, do want Airmont closed.
- 2.5B May 1926 Patrons felt that most children were too small to be transported top another school. Protest contains a list of families who attended the school from Silcott Springs, Airmont and Paxson. Map includes locations of nearby schools/communities.
Walking was a common method of school transportation even before the creation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). It’s believed that students who lived within 3 miles of a school could walk from their home to school. The figure at https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31095 shows the location of the school with a circle representing the area from which students could have walked, back and forth from their home to the school. Travel by horse was also used and could have extended the travel distance.
History
- According to a 1923 petition, average attendance was 12 per month from Sept 1922 to March 1923.
- 1926. Oct 4. Officers of local PTA were elected and a box party was held.
- 1926 Nov 16. Patron's Day was celebrated and a play was given.
- 1926 Dec 21 Christmas entertainment.
Instructors
1913: Gordon E. Smith
Later, Ida Bocock, Lucille Phillips were at the Yellow School House in the morning and then at Airmont in the afternoon.
Insurance and Physical Description
- 18 Appendix
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- Arciero
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Digital Archive
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Books and Registers
- Brown Book
- District Accounts 1882-1921
- Red Record Book
- Results of examinations of aplicants to teach 1892
- Superintendents log
- Teacher register Clarks Gap and Round Hill School No. C 1891_92
- Teacher register Round Hill No.9 1895_99
- Teacher register RoundHill School No C 1892_1898
- Teachers register Jefferson District Round hill school No9_1899_1903
- Teachers register Jefferson district Salem school 1903-1906
- Teachers register Round Hill Colored School 1898-99 and 1899-90
- Teachers register Round Hill Graded school 1890-95
- Teachers register Salem and Round Hill Graded Number 9 1895-1899
- EWP 01 Civil Rights
- EWP 02 Petitions Plans School Board and Districts
- EWP 03 Superintendent Files
- EWP 04 Faculty Staff and PTAs
- EWP 05 Curriculum
- EWP 06 Students and Scholarships
- EWP 07 Health: Mental and Physical
- EWP 08 Budget and Administration
- EWP 09 Deeds and Construction
- EWP 10 Libraries
- EWP 11 Insurance
- EWP 12 Transportation
- EWP 13 Statistical Studies
- EWP 14 Town and County Histories
- EWP 15 Clubs, Fairs, Contests, Sports, and Music
- EWP 16 Photos and Videos
- EWP 17 News, Clippings, and Publicity
- EWP 19 Dirt Don't Burn References
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Books and Registers
- EWS
- Preservation Records
- Related Projects
- Related Resources
- Roeder Records
- Topical Research