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MAP NO. I — LOCATION OF SCHOOLS 



during the present administration clearly proves that. The condition in 

 itself, however, is undesirable, if for no other reason than that it makes the 

 tenure of office uncertain and hampers the ofi&cials in putting into effect 

 any permanent policy of administration and development, which it 

 obviously requires more than two or four or six years to accomplish. 



There are in all 106 schools in the county, 76 for white pupils and 30 

 for colored. There is one white school for every 101 of the white popu- 

 lation of school age (5 to 20 years) and one colored school for every 103 

 of the colored children. Each election district has from two to nine 

 white schools; twelve of the districts have from one to four colored schools 

 each. (For the exact location of these schools see the map above.) No 

 section of the county is without its white school reasonably accessible, 

 while there is no considerable settlement of negroes without a colored 

 school near. The 76 white schools include 7 high schools and 17 grammar 

 schools. The policy of the present administration has been one of 

 expansion. Twenty-six new school houses have been built within the 



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