Archive image from page 126 of Dahlgren (1977). Dahlgren dahlgren00mcco Year: 1977 Community Relations 117 Now that caused a fight. The feehng here on the Station was that King George did not have a good school system, and Dahlgren people weren't about to send their children to such a system. Therefore, the Station was arguing for a high school and elementary school to be operated on Station, and the United States Office of Education was saying, 'That's ridiculous,' and the County of King George was sitting back saying nothing. The situation wound up in a compromise with continued operation
Archive image from page 126 of Dahlgren (1977). Dahlgren dahlgren00mcco Year: 1977 Community Relations 117 Now that caused a fight. The feehng here on the Station was that King George did not have a good school system, and Dahlgren people weren't about to send their children to such a system. Therefore, the Station was arguing for a high school and elementary school to be operated on Station, and the United States Office of Education was saying, 'That's ridiculous,' and the County of King George was sitting back saying nothing. The situation wound up in a compromise with continued operation of the elementary school as a federal school and the high school students going to King George with special funding under this bill. That created a problem for awhile, and that is understandable. Our children here on the Station had been led to believe that King George County had a bad school system and that we had a good system on Station. They didn't appreciate having to go out of here. As a result, they went up to King George with the 'chip on the shoulder' attitude that they came from a superior school system. I suppose some of that is still carrying over today, but 1 don't think as significantly as it did then. Time changes things. This was the best break that, I think, ever came about in bringing the two communities together—the consolidation of this school system—and it took the kids to do it. Did you go to the county schools? No, I didn't. When I grew up here on the Station, we had a high school, but it was neither accredited nor certified, and therefore the students were not First Dahlgren school building constructed in 1922.
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