The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

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session at their office in the court
house with all members present and
Iacting, as follows:
Isaac Stevens, chairman; B. r
Bitch. ]. S. Grantham and Superin-
tendent ]. H. Brinson, secretary.
The minutes of the last preceding
meeting were read and approved.
Judge w. S. Bullock and Hon. r. L
Anderson appeared before the board
with a request for an appropriation
sufficient to relieve the crowded and
eongested condition of the Ocala high
school. Each of these gentlemen adj
dressed the board The trustees of
the Ocala high school were also pres
| ent to emphasize the request of the
above named gentlemen. specifying
that it was necessary for the partition
in the back part of the hall occupied
as a study room by the high school
department to be removed so as to
make more seating room. 1t was
agreed that the school board would
visit the high school building and in
vestigate the condition at 3 o'clock D.
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Messrs. C. l. Grace, ]. E. Turnip-
seed and B. c. Webb. trustees of the
Kendrick district called to request
| that an assistant teacher be granted
their school since the average for the
first month had exceeded the requir-
ed number to have an assistant ap-
pointed The matter was discussed
and the request granted, and Miss
Jennie Ausley was appointed teacher
and directed to proceed at once to
Kendrick to assume her duties.
Information came to the board
that the number Of pupils at the
Martin school would not be suff-
operating the school and it was
agreed that a number of the desks in
the Martin school house could be
transferred to the Kendrick school
Resignation of Mr.. F. NJ. Townsend
as supervisor Of the Martin school
was received, coupled with a recon-
mendation for the appointment of Mr..
H n. Knoblock as his successor. The
request was granted and Mr.. Kno-
block was accordingly appointed SUI
| pervisor.
Mrs. VIM. Baskin, of Anthony, call
ed to request a permit for her son to
attend school in Ocala, upon the
ground that he had been attending a
graded school in Tampa and the term
of the Ocala school being eight
months in length he would be able to
make his grade in regular order. Re-
quest was granted provided there
should be no objection from the
supervisor of the Anthony school and
Mrs Baskin was directed to COM
municate with him in regard to the
matter.
Mr. n. A. Fort representing the
board of county commissioners, called
to present bills of the newspapers for
publishing the financial statement of
the school funds. Same was declined.
Mr.. E. T. Henderson. supervisor Of
Key Pond school. called to report
condition of new building and the
new pump that had just been put
down. He was accompanied by Mr..
T H Bagnall. the contractor. to
when a warrant was ordered drawn
for SEQ, as per contract.
1t was ordered that Mr.. B. l.. Hick-
man be paid $S.25 for help in putting
down the pump.
s. W. Williams, colored, supervisor
Of the Wetunpka school called to ask
for ore dozen seats for the school.
Action was deferred.
A request came from the Bethle-
hem colored school asking for II
desks to be supplied their school. The
request was granted. The board
agreed to pay for necessary material
and the patrons being required to
supply the labor necessary to make
them.
Geo. Ross. supervisor OF Mt. Royal
colored school called to ask for help
to be granted their teacher. He was
given permission to have a monitor
appointed at a salary Of SO per
month.
| Calvin Mcmahon, supervisor OF
Blaze Pond colored school, called to
report that the assistant teacher was
not in a condition of health to per-
form her duties and probably would
not be for some weeks. Also that
without permission from any authori-
| ties she had supplied her place with
her sister. The secretary was direct
ed TO notify her that if she were not
able to perform her duties it would
be necessary to discontinue her SER
vices and supply her place.
Mr. ]. W. Perkins. supervisor of
the Eaton Creek school. called to ask
that a pump. some blackboard ma
terial and some window lights be sup
piled Request was granted.
| T. ]. Jefferson called and present.
ed a petition asking that a colored
school be granted in a community be-
tween Silver Springs and Oak. Re
quest was granted and T. J. Jefferson
was appointed supervisor.
Messrs. R. r. Carroll representing
the Ocala Star, and F. f. Harris. rep
resenting the OCala Banner, called
and requested an appropriation TO
pay for the publishing of the minutes
of the board of public instruction in
each paper. Action was Temporarily
deferred but was afterwards taken
up and il was agreed that the board
would pay each paper $2.50 per month
for publishing the minutes.
Mr.. H w. Nettles. one of the trus-
tees of the Oak Hill district. called
and asked that six widow panes be
granted his school Request was
granted