Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-01
SCHOOL MEETINGS BRING
GRATIFYING RESULTS
Henrico People Gather for Better
Acquaintance, and Cooperation
Is Secured.
EACH SCHOOL NOW HAS LEAGUE
Domestic Science Course, Well
Equipped Machine Shop and Night
School Established In Fairfield
District.

Fairfield District In Iienrico County
was the scene during the month OF
January OF Il series of most interest
ing and profitable school meetings.
which were brought TO close Friday
night.
These meetings, happily called bet
ter acquaintance meetings" wcr.
planned at the meeting OF the Fairfield
District School Board I'm December and
early in January Il circular letter WAS
sent to the home OF each school child
and as many other friends Of the
schools as could he reached, inviting
and urging their attendance at the
meeting TO be held at their school
Meetings were held Ia turn at Seven
Pines. Highland Springs, Glen Lea,
Montrose, Creighton and Glen Echo,
Owing to the condition of the roads
the meeting scheduled 1T White Oak
had TO be cancelled.
At each of these meetings talks were
made by the several members of the
District School hoard, which is CONS
posed Of Frederic NJ Barbour. chair
man: j. b. Dowden. CLERK. and w l..
Gaines, and by the Superintendent Of
Schools, Arthur ID. Wright. After
talks by this school officials short talks
were made by a number OF the patrons
and then light refreshments were
| served by the women of the school i'm
prONement leagues.
| The object of these meetings was to
| lay before the people of the district
| the condition of schools in the district
| TO discuss the plans of the board for
| the future. and to get from the patrons
such criticisms and suggestions as they
| felt were for the best interests of the
| schools. The results attained were
gratifying TO the school officials, all OF
whom feel that there Is now a decided
Ily better understanding between pa
irons and officials and that in future
there Will be greater cooperation in
/ the promotion of the school interests
Of the district
SUPERINTENDENT WRIGHT
HAS PEtFECT PERCENTA GLE
| If a meeting held at White Oak in
November and which was attended by
| the superintendent and two of the
! trustees is counted in lieu Of the meet
| ing that could not he held in January
| the total attendance at the several
schools would be something over 700
or an average OF over 100 at each
school. superintendent Wright scored
perfect percentage, having attended
all of the meetings, while the trustees
| scored thirty out OF a possible thirty
| five. and would have scored two more
| but for one of the trustees having 10
be elsewhere on school business the
nights of two of the meetings
Each white school in Fairfield Dis
trict now has a prosperous and ener
getic school league or other similar
| organization, and each school is COM
ifortably housed, the latest additions to
| the list Of good school houses being
the remodeled Montrose School. and the
new $4,000 school plant at Highland
! Springs. Before the end of the pres
ent school session il is the hope OF the
board To have all OF the colored schools
properly housed, and when that is ac-
complished Fairfield District will lie
! one Of the best equipped school dis
| tricts in the State.
| Among the more progressive enter
Drises OF the schools Of this district
may be noted domestic science in three
of the larger schools, we'll equipped
machine shop at Highland Springs, a
night school at the same place with al
most 100 pupils. we'll planned and
| equipped business course in the high
school department, and an automobile
truck for the transportation of the pu-
| pills. The district employs thirty-four
white teachers and seven colored and
enrolls 100 white pupils and $50 col
ored, making il the largest district In
/ Henrico County, both az 10 teaching
| force and school enrolment.