Waxpool White
Opening and Closing
Under Development.
Physical and Map Location
LCPS records show this school as existing in 1917/18 with the instructor as Susie Bitzer; but it is possible this is an error, with the clerk using the name of the community of Waxpool, rather than the name of the school, which after studying research by Eugene Scheel, we think was actually Mount Hope.
Petitions
Transportation
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/72066 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
See also Waxpool in Loudoun Discovered Vol One (pp 109-112), by Eugene Scheel. Do not confuse this school with the modern Waxpool.
Instructors
- 1917/18: Susie Bitzer.
Insurance and Physical Description