. Government and politics in Virginia . ^ntn 1 w^ imwm\. THREE-ROOM GRADED SCHOOL FOR COLORED PUPILS, NOTTOWAY COUNTY a great deal of money for the establishment and support ofschools. In the second place, the children who live in farm-ing communities are often widely scattered. In order forever\- child to have a school in his immediate neighborhoodit would be necessary to provide a very large number of smallschools with poorly paid teachers. In recent years the gov-ernment has discontinued many small schools and establishedin their place a single consoidated school. The governmenthas then pro


. Government and politics in Virginia . ^ntn 1 w^ imwm\. THREE-ROOM GRADED SCHOOL FOR COLORED PUPILS, NOTTOWAY COUNTY a great deal of money for the establishment and support ofschools. In the second place, the children who live in farm-ing communities are often widely scattered. In order forever\- child to have a school in his immediate neighborhoodit would be necessary to provide a very large number of smallschools with poorly paid teachers. In recent years the gov-ernment has discontinued many small schools and establishedin their place a single consoidated school. The governmenthas then provided school wagons for the purpose of carrying THE SCHOOLS OF THE PEOPLE 49 the children to and from their homes. These consolidatedschools are usually far superior to the small schools which theyreplace. Another difficulty which the government has to face in thedevelopment of a system of schools is due to the fact that ourpopulation is divided into two races. There must be separateschools for each race, and the expense of maintaining schoolsis thus g


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