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to be closed On the other hand. II
appears that Darlington Heights
Prospect. and Green Bay should be
abandoned for c h | purposes
rather promptly Although these
recommendations involve the ad
dition Of one or two classrooms tC
the Farmville and Worsham schoo
centers. they would greatly reduce
the overall cost of education il
Prince Edward county. An ad
ditional classroom or classrooms at
Worsham should be accompanied
by corresponding expansion of the
site. The agriculture building al
this center could be converted into
lunchroom and The cannery into
a playroom.
Negro High School
In discussing the Negro high
school facilities. the report handled
the situation very briefly saying
only. The committee wishes to
commend the Prince Edward
county local school authorities or
the excellent r. r. Motion school
plant The building Is splendldls
planned. adequate in size, and 10
Gated on large site II should be
highly serviceable for many years
TO come
In making recommendation fol
the education Of Negro youths ii
the elementary grades. the report
estimates that the enrolment is ex
pected to level off at approximately
l,425
The report states, by the same
line OF reasoning as indicated II
connection with the reconmen
dations for the elementary school.
for white pupils, the committee
reached the conclusion that two ele
mental-y school centers for Negroe.
should be maintained One shoult
be located in the vicinity Of Wor
sham and the other at Farnville
The school at Farmville would b,
the Mary E Branch building ane
the school at Worsham would have
To be one Of the two new buildings
to be constructed under the recon-
mended program.
The committee recommended tn,
gradual abandonment of the older
two story Mary E. Branch building
and the newer single story building
and site should be substantially en-
larged Meanwhile, the older build
ing should be improved with res
pect TO lighting, painting and site
Build One School
On the Negro elementary schoo
TO be built, the committee says i
recommends the erection Of {
modern elementary school on al
adequate site in the vicinity of Wor
sham. The pupil capacity Of thi,
building should be largely deter
mined by an efficient pupil trans
portation system
The concluding paragraph Of the
report is as follows.
The recommendation contained
in this report are recommendations
ONLY. They reflect the best judg
ment of the committee concerning
the school building needs Of Prince
Edward County. A continuous study
Of school building needs should be
carried on by the local school
authorities, and notifications and
adjustment should be made as
warrented by changing conditions. I
The committee was appointed to
make the survey by Dr.. Davis Y.
Paschall, superintendent of public
instruction, who was requested to
do so by Prince Edward Superin-
tendent T. j. McIlwaine and the
county school board The following
persons composed the committee
DR.. A. M. Jarman professor of edu-
cation, University of Virginia; F.. F.
jenkins, director, division Of re-
search and planning, State Depart
ment Of Education. Roy E. Kyle,
superintendent. Bedford county pub
lie schools; R. L. Lacy. superm-
tendent, Halifax county public
schools. and ALFRED L. Wingo,
supervisor Of research. State De-
partment Of Education, who served
as chairman