The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-03-18
SCHOOL BOaRD MEETS.
OEFICIAL

regular session with the following
members present, viz: G. =. Scot,,
chairman. B. r. Bitch and J. :.
Granthsm.
Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved.
A communication was read from
the chairman and secretary OF "A meet.
ing Of the patrons aud tax payers of
the Fairfield school stating that they
had had a meeting a. instructed 10y
( the county board ant voted not to
unite their territory with R,ddick
and Lowell IN order 10 establish a
union school. Mr.. Thomas, d patron
/ Of the Fairfield school, appeared AMI
protested agaicsJ the board accepting
/ the report OF the chairman and Sec
! Rotary, claiming that The vote at the
meeting vas illegal. After consider
( lug the matter the report vas accept
( Ell, and the secretary instructed, that
/ in advertising the election. on p-ti.
/ ton from Reddick, Fairfield ana
/ Lowell, to cut out all territory belong
I ing TO the Fairfield community.
/ An election was called to be held at
R=ddick on the fifth of April, 1904, for
purpose of creating IA special school
district to include Reddich aud
Lowell.
An election was called to be held at
Anthony on April 9Th, 1904, Tor The
purpose Of creaInga special tax ycnoCl
district Mr.. Huffman, of SPAR, APP
peared and protested against the
board calling the Anthony election 50
a. TO allow il 10 extend "a far north as
the Anthony petition asked Tor, after
considering the matter the election
was called so a. To- Include all territory
asked for IN the petition.
\ petition was before the board
asking that AL election be called to
create a special school district al
Central. A counter petition Was also
before the board, signed by most Of
the citizens who signed the former
petition, asking the board not To call
the election, on motion the election
was declared not called.
A communication addressed TO the !
trustees of Ocala special district, from !
the principal of Howard Academy |
and referred 10y the trustees to the |
county board, that Erie FessIer and |
Columbus Robinson had been ex-
PEELED from school for misconduct. |
The trustees recommended that the /
principal be sustained, which recon- |
mendatiOn was accepted 10y the board |
and the two boys named above de-
clared expelled from any public school |
in the county until re-instated by tie
board of public instruction.
Tie trustees appeared before the
board and asked the board if 1t could |
not make some arrangements To ex-
tend the Howard Academy oue-haif
month longer than has already been
agreed upon. The gOlOred citizens
and patrons Of the school pledging
that if tie board could ste It's way
clear to make such arrangements that
they would turn into the county
school fund 1850 to be used in extend
ing the term making it an 5 months
school On motion the. request was
on the ground that il would
be granting Howard Academy a
longer term than any other school in
the county.
A complaint was before the board,
from the trustees Of the OcaIa
High school, that certain pupils had
been punished by the principal of the.
grammar departure mt unjustly, and
too severely and in the presence Of /
the grades. The complaint was
referred back TO the trustees with The
secretary of the county board, 10 iu-
vestigate the case and make some
to the board. i
A complaint was before the board
from the trustees Of the Weirsdzle
school, against the teacher. The COM
plant was referred TO the superiu-
tendent to inquire into, and report to