The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-03
LETTER FROM SUPT. WASHINGTON
He Discusses School QUESTION at woodford


Milford, Va , July 30
/ To The Free Lance:
In your Tuesdays paper j. an article
from NOodiOrd. Lest the inaccuracies
therein may be misleading, beg you
70 publish a few facts There are about
thirty small children between the ages Of
seven and thirteen years in neighborhood
of this town Fact: Woodiord school
enrolled session lgO7-OS tiyenty-thr,e
pupils. average daily attendance eleven
Session l9OS-O9 enrolled twenty three,
average daily attendance eleven
We are deprived OF this privilege on
account OF the carelessaess Orindiffers nee
Of County School Board" Fact: On
Saturday, July 3, 1909, the Port Royal
District School Board, WoOdford is in
Port Royal District, met some of the
patrons of the MOOdfOrd school for the
purpose OF cooperating with them in
building a school house near WOOdfOrd
The meeting was at the site selected by
the NOodfOrd people. The District
School Board approved the site and
made the following proposition to the
people, viz: at the present district school
levy OF l ; cents the board will have
about 5000 that can be used in erecting
school houses. Tuere are two points in
where the present school hou,es can not
be used again, therefore we must try TO
provide for both of these places, SO $3.50
viii be given each place il the people will
subscribe the rest necessary 20 build a
schoolhouse, or II the people will get
their supervisors to make the district
school levy 30 cents. the di5trict board
viii build II only requiring the people 10
furnish it The supervisor of Port Royal
District is a resident OF Woo1f ri, hence
of easy access to Kicker"
A few days after the Woodiord meet
ing the supervisors met. when the Super
visor Of WoodiOrd reduced the district
school levy 20 10 cents, this reduction Of
> cents took from the district board
| their $500 building fund; Ice levy gives
only enough for current expenses
Two years ago the clerk OF our rschool
board canvassed this district for raise
in the school levy Fact: Two wears
ago the clerk Of Port Royal School Dis.
trict School Board circulated a paper
petitloning the Supervisor to raise tbs
school levy.
I'VE voted for FOR the raising OF this
levy Fact. There has been no election
in which any one could vote to raise the
Ivy.
And our supervisor raised it" Fact
The supervisor who raised the dist ici
school levy two years ago was deieateC
at primary SO that the present super
visor. for whom | suppose "Kic.er
voted did not raise the school levy. bu
did this year ower il all he could
"Whas became OF this money! Fact
A statement of re eipts and disbui Sc
ments for session l9O7-uS was posted 8,
that Kicker il he had really wanted Z,
know could see what became Of IL 4
like statement will be posted at eud D
present session feel is would b. grosl
injustice 10 several localities in Por
Royal district il | failed to sag what hai
been done in she last two years.
The town Of Port Royal erected @
splendid twO-roOm concrete house at &
cost Of 81 200 Guineas bull splendid
two-room house cost Of 5000 Mice
built q good twO-room house cost OF $500
Wildwood built "a good one-roOm hOus,
cost Of $3.50. So that new buildings
amounting 10 81 $50 have been put uI
ia last two years and the current ex
panses paid when the district schOO
fund OF - cent levy was only $755
per session was At disposal oi the school
board
Now, let us see # Kicker" has any
Just grounds for complaint. Fol
twenty years or more there has been d
public school within ] \ miles Of Wood
ford. Two years ago this school was
moved to Guiness, ~ miles from Wood.
ford. where a good two-rOOm school
house was built and school opened al
WoOdford; so that for twenty years oI
more there has been a public schoO
within ~ miles OF Woodi0rd. and foi
last two years q school at WoOdiord.
The district school board offered e
WoOdford one-hali of all the money tbs
board could spare for building II the die
trict levy remained at - cents, or e
build q school-house at Woodiord II levy
was made 20 cents.
The supervisor of Port Royal district
a resident OF Woodiord. reduced the lew
to 10 cents.
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