Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-10-23

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mssrn. E9ssws 81 sRe Bsassa-Ep.uss SIRE -
Dnrfma the Samnaer q IT, homrhsm poor, bar
rer xssee 81 land near CIsnpsieo saSd = lSx prset
for Il he inHnree,ent heing that p1ilir scl.nsl
wtls enn renient, Aboat halT = mile diTsant. Bat
10 nay nrsat misfsxsnne, dnring the Fan ofsAnne
eax. tn schoNA Aease burned dowa and ~ ~
rs.nfne1 fzu AuzRsa IAsf. y hrn the Sctooi Beard
dirteted are Distric& Trustees e. scsect ste 70
rahaild. The Trustees without coasaiting the
pMAKons az tins skaooi, oE their interest, settled
apen : ste near The " ioomico River and oat d
flse scheui district OF conrse. II was convenient
Go them. Is two O. them live on she river and the
other On an adjoining iarnn, whilst is was 70 the
detrim<nt q some patrons Who live a. distance
a. - % 4 miles, When heard this, ] COM
plained besgre the School Beard and gos up = pc
tision opp0sinw fks sEie---signed by uaiwhG say
FL. ahe patrons Ia the disrsct-as 20 near al
signed ii. The School Hoard saw the injustice
IN ssiecting shis ste end decided 20 reopen the
matter and meet Ia Chapfico the 304h Of Septem-
fer FOR the purpose a. REJECTING he selected ste
% 10 redistrief. They fouad great opposition %
rodistricting and Feecfed the site selected and as
understood is-seff1ed upon the Old district
iines-and requested the Trustees 10 select site
as eentra1 e possible. Instead 81 doing this,
they selected q site only q few hundrcd yards
from TIE FIRST one, in The pines aud On : sy-Fosd
that not more than half dozen peopie travel q
year aad about ten yards tom the outside line q
fise dissriet-greatly 70 the inconvsnieace 81 a.
least two-thirds Of the pafrons-e0nvnnientt 60
themselves IS 1 said hes6re-shey all three i0in
iaFms and have located Il as neas ceRtral befNeen
them as they could possibly DO 80 10 have Il IN
. rqed. We sethsF patrons have been com
igncrtH and the centre Of the.distriet
has been totally disreeArdsd. must nay i Is
feeling-as Il cmnnot y Tor want ~ Judgment
as the matter Il too plata. viii illustrate.
Would yon take the Atlantic coast "a sbe upper
part Of FioFza As the centre ofthe Uniied Siaiess
Or. nearer home. would you select the shore Of
the Chesapeake Bar, near the mouth o. che Pc
suxent River, az the centre Of ST. Mary scounlyi
and would roo think Il consistent and human
that three men living on the Chesapeake shofes
AZ above required the people Of THIS county there
20 attend daily business. One OF the Trustees
said TO me during my complaints, they intended
20 let ebe school make iis own district whereas
The money appropriated for our use IL takea rom
usl--ahat they intended TO allow the children
from Miss Hodge, district in this sehool--that
would make Il fuIl-whilst Il might break up
her Miss Hodges school, which Is only =
miles distant air line, much shorter.
We people who have been 50 seriously incon-
venienced win be called upon as usual for our
school tar, vet IN locating school in our dis
trict we are not even consulted or allowed any
say whatever. Il this but tyranny One Of
these three Trustees some 20 years ago selected
the old site where burned the centre OF the dis
trict, now selects about y miles by road and
IA mikes airline distant as the centre. This is n
progressive age, but If the centre Of any district
progresses from 70 y miles IN 90 years give
Il up and the School Board shonld not tolerate
such as the house has not been commenced as yet.
am sorry to trouble your columns with sach
matter, but my children are deprived Of school
facilities that have advanced the public good for
the past 90 years.
Very respectfully yours &c,
A. BURRoUGHs, in.