Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
FAIRFAX BOARD
!. INSURES BUSES
Personal Liability Risk on
Seven County Vehicles
Is Taken Out.
apeciel Dispatch to The Star.

GhIIaA county SCEl0oh DOaEo yesterday
afternoon voted to take out personal
liability insurance on the seven county
owned school buses, covering $4,000
to any ore person and up to SIS, 00U
in any one accident. These policies
viii be divided equally between the two
companies whose local agents presented
bids, The rates are identical for ali
buses except that or the Annandale
route. which lies In the hiehest-rated
territory Of the county. No property
insurance was taken. The bus routes
operated on contract in privately owned
carriers are not Included in this COW
erage.
The board acceded to the request
proffered by the Fairfax County CoulI-
Gil of Religious Education and agreed
to release fifth and sixth grade pupils
in such schools in the county as may
be designated by the division superin-
tendent to attend the non~denomina-
tional week day school of religion
which the Arlington and Fairfax Couh-
ty councils are planning to institute.
Arlington Also Accepts.
The delegation included Rev. Ralph
wott of Vienna and Oakton, Rev. Alton
B. Altfather of Falls Church, M. e.
Church Of Falls Church and w. K.
Handy, president of the Arlington
County Council of Religious Education,
who stated that the Arlington County
school board also has accepted the
proposition. A letter was read from
4. r. Fenwick of Falls Church, presl-
dent of the Fairfax County Counch.
The work will entail no expense to the
school board, no pupils to be enrolled
except upon written request OF parent
or guardian. The instruction will be
furnished by Miss Isabel Latimer OF
New York, who has conducted SIM
liar school for the past i've years III
Your gstown, Ohio. One hour each
week will be given to the NTH grace
and one hour to the sixth grace III
The board voted TO request the
Circuit Court for permission to sell
the Merrifield School Building and one
quarter acre of lard Neither lot nor
present structure were thought to be
suitable for use when the school pop
ulation of Merrifield has increased SUI
ficiently TO need another building. The
division superintendent was given pei
mission to transfer school furniture
or equipment from this or any other
school building as he deemed for the
best interests of the county, and the
board, acting under authority OF the
resolution it adopted several years agu,
laid claim to possession of all furniture
and equipment therein.
Pupils Transferred.
The board, upon recommendation OF
w. T. Woodson, voted to transport the
children in the three higher grades at
Legato School to Centerville. This viii
take Is of the ~ now enrolled in the
one-room Legato School and will allow
some of the children who have been
unable to enter, q chance to register.
The board granted the request Of the
residents of the Gainesville colored
community for opening OF a school.
The patrons have agreed to furnish
quarters in Rthe church, wood, stoves,
water and lights If the board viii supply
the teacher. The board, in exchange,
required an average monthly attendance
of 40 out of the 20 children enrolled
The board adopted an ordinance in
structing teachers not to receive any
pupils transferring from other schools
In the county during terms, except with
written permission from the division
superintendent. Mr.. WoodSon was in
structed to prepare file Of school reg
ulationS passed by the board and to see
that q copy is given TO each teacher,
with supplementary copies as needed.
The division superintendent was in
structed to have the teachers enforce
the regulation that no selling agents
be allowed to operate In the schools
without his written permission, MEM
beers of the board protesting the in
creasing number Of demands being
made on the school children and their
parents for contributions to selling con-
tests as well as worthwhile charitable
enterprises. Permission was granted
to Mrs. Reba Barrett Smith, general
superintendent of Ivakota School, to
appeal through the schools for con-
tributions to the Thanksgiving celebra-
ton at Ivakota.
To Investigate School.
Trustees Robinson and Murphy we're
requested to investigate conditions at
the Oak Grove Colored School in Darnes-
vile district, where the plant was re-
the building might collapse in hard
storm. A letter from o. T. Shirley
stating that the colored residents had
purchased an acre and q half of land
for a new building was referred to this
committee, who were also instructed to
investigate the number of pupils from
Loudon County attending both this
school and the Floris Agricultural
School. The question Of tuition from
Loudon County residents will be taken
up with the School Board of Loudon
County. The board expressed itself
as III favor Of the erection Of q new
building at Oak Grove as soon as the
budget permits.
Permission was granted County
Agent H. B. Derr to organize All Clubs
for boys in the schools. The board acted
on several requests for transportation
and referred to the division superin-
tendent the decision in individual cases
where pupils living outside the two-mile
limit desire to avail themselves of bus
transportation. The board decided to
pay one-half the cost of piping water
from the roof of the Mclean School to
the new cistern for fire protection, not
to exceed $50. A warrant was ordered
drawn payable to Miller Kielsgard for
children transported by him in his per-
sonal car from Tysons to Vienna In
March, 1928, following the sale Of the
Virginia Transit Co, of which he was
then president
Herbert williams. trustee. from Prov
idence district, president of the School
Trustees Association of Virginia, was
elected TO represent the board at the
annual meeting In Richmond at
Thanksgiving time. All teachers attend
ing the teachers conferences Of the
Virginia Education Association were
given holiday on the Wednesday pre-
ceding Thanksgiving schools to pro-
coed as usual for those teachers who
do not attend the Richmond conference