The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-02
PETITION BOARD
To INCREASE LEVY
RAISING OF TAX NECESSARY TO
RUN TUCISAHoE SCHOOLS
FULL TERM.
MANY OPPOSE PLAN
PETITIONS Pro AND CON WILL DE
PRESENTED TO BOARD or
SUPERVISORS. TUES
ji.M
"A DAY.
MANY OPPOSE PLk

Petitions for and against an IN
crease of the school levy In fauckRhoe
district, Henrico county, will be pre-
scented to the board OF supervisors at
a. meeting next Tuesday in Henrico
courthouse. A deficit of $4,000 to
run the schools OF this district for the
term Of nine months In now being
faced. and useless the supervisors de-
eide TO increase the school tax or some
of the residents como to the front
with another solution by which the
school board may be helped out of tho
difficulty, II viii mean premature
closure of the three schools located In
the district.
Oscar ~. Nuckols. supervisor of
Tuckahoe, has held several confer
ences recently with Superintendent
Arthur d. Wright and the school
board in regard 10 the deficit. He has
also been in correspondence wit6 the
majority of the citizens living in the
district and has ascertained their
views of the matter.
While Supervisor Nuckois Is nom
comftant 1t Is understood that he will
offer resolution at the meeting Of
the board, recommending an increase
OF the school levy providing the wag
ons, used In transporting children to
their respective schools. and janitors
he abolished, and as few teachers as
possible be retained. This has been
the recommendation Of large num-
Der of the residents and for this rea-
son It ts believed that the resolution
Will be rendered the board
There are three wagons---one from
each school In the district--now I'm use
10 carry the children living long dis
rances to and from the schools. Should
hS- ahal{ahad n+fn long
walks for the children, spring being
near at hand and most OF the resi-
dents will need their team in filling
the soil. However. the children can
stand 1t for the short period left for
them to attend school, and by next
year they Will probably be again put
in use.
Recent meetings held by the school
board the purpose Of which TO ascer-
tain whether or not the people living
in Tuckahoe district desired their
taxes raised in order to keep the
schools In progress the full session.
While some OF the meeting have been
most encouraging to the plan. others
have given II black eye, The first
meeting WIS held at Westham pton.
and a resolution favoring an increase
of the tax levy was unanimously
adopted. One resident OF the conn
~, mailing from another district tried
TO have a voice in the meeting 10
oppose the plan, bur this privilege
was refused him by the citizens re-
siding at or In the vicinity Of West
hampton.
Following this meeting one was
held at Ridge school At this place
the citizens were up in arms against
the Increase and defeated the move
nent by large majority. However,
on reconsidering the matter another
meeting was called n few days after
and a number of those who had np-
posed the plan declared that they
would agree to having their tax
raised.
The meeting held at Short Pump.
school on which large sums have
been expended recently, was the least
encouraging Of the four, Though
there were few favorinE the plan as
ct the first meeting Of the Ridge
citizens the majority put their veto
on the movement.
Superintendent Wright has been
working hard. figuring ont a plan by
which the schools may remain open.
He will he present at the meeting If
tho board Of supervisors Tuesday and
VIII express his views He will sub
NIT copy Of the result OF each meet
ing held 70 discuss the matter and
the vote at each meeting,