. Government and politics in Virginia . 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
. Government and politics in Virginia . 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 greatly OUTDOOR CANNING DEMONSTRATIONSummer Normal School, Harrisonburg, Virginia In spite of these and other difficulties which the governmentfaces, a great deal has been accomplished in the way of de-veloping the public schools of Virginia. The responsibilityfor supporting the schools rests largely upon the people ofeach community. These people should take interest andpride in the proper development of their schools. The gov-ernment of the state as a whole, however, recognizes that itmust assist in building up the school system. Jt therefore 50 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA appropriates a part of the money that is needed for the maintenance of schools. It is unnecessary at this point to de-scribe how the school system is organized and governed. Itis sufficient to remark that in very many ways the govern-ment attempts to arouse the interest of the people in publiceducation and exerts its constant influence for the improve-ment of school conditions
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