The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-21
THE SCHOOL TROUBLE
ON GREENVlLLE LINE


ate Part of Dunklln Township Into
Sullivan School District.
The following two articles appeared
in the Greenville News last week. The
first one appeared Tuesday and the
second one Saturday AS they are of
considerable interest to a number of
people in this county, the Advertiser
reproduces them in full
/ In Tuesdays Issue:
Certain residents of the lower sec
ton of Greenville county, in Column
bia school district. embracing the
lower point of Dunlllin Township to
| be more exact are considerably
wrought up just now because of the
efforts of certain Laurens county par
ties to induce the Greenbille County
Board OF Education to warrant the in
corporation of a strip of Dunklin
Township into Laurens county
school district.
The Board of Trustees of Sullivan
school district, Laurens county. are
desirous of establishing high school
at Princeton. Some five residents of
Columbia school district wish to throw
section of the district into Laurens
district, and thus secure the benefits
of the high school it is proposed to
establish at Princeton. The Sullivan
school district has not quite enough
square mileage to secure the high
school at Princeton, so the trustees of
the Lalrens county district are quite
anxious for the annexation of the strip
of Dunklin Township.
With the end in view of making the
change, the Board of Trustees of Sui
lvan school distrirt, with the consent
of County Superintendent of Educa-
tion James b. Davis, have had a sur
vey of Columbia school district made
The plat of the district shows that it
contains twelve and one-eightn square
miles.
The law requires n school district
to have an area Of at least nine square
miles. Since the area of Columbia
school district is - IS square miles,
the Board OF Trustees of the Laurens
county district wish to annex 3 is
square miles Of the Dunklin Township
district, leaving the required amount
for Columbia district.
The plat made by the surveyor was
placed in the hands OF County Super
ntendent Davis yesterday morning.
On Wednesday the Greenville County
Board of Education will meet in this
city and consider the request of the
Laurens county school officials.
oeVeral residents OF Duhklln town
SNIP patrons OF the schools Ill the
'oIumOla dlStrlct' came TO GreenNl!le
yesterday 10 consult superintendent
Davis in regard to the petition OF the
L'GrehS county school district DILL
cials. Those who came to see Sup
erintendent Davis Yesterday are hit
'erlN opposed TO the annexation OF
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