The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-09
OUR EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
Proceedings of the hoard of Public
Instruction Of Marion County at
It's March Session

The board of public instruction in
and for Marion county met in regular
session at the office of the superin
tendent in the above mentioned place
on the above mentioned date in the
forenoon All members were present
and acting as follows: w. D. earn.
chairman; p. r Bitch and J. S. Gran
than, members. with ]. H. Brinson.
secretary.
Minutes of last meeting We're read
and approved.
Capt. r. W. Henry called a trus
tee of the Oklawaha school and dis
icussed a proposition TO give a strip Of
the school lot of the Oklawaha school
and secure strip on the opposite side
Of the house. No action was taken and
the matter was left open for further
particulars and agreements
Messrs. +. L. Howell. H. L. Griggs
and F. p Cahoon. residents of the
Griner Farm district. called and pre-
sented the following petition:
oak. Marion County, Fla.
ITO the County Superintendent of
Public instruction or the Honorable
School Board: This is to certify that
Mr.. Joe Fore, one of the directors of
the Griner Farm school has without
authority locked the gate and taken
the pump handle off of the pump and
carried il home with him. Now. there
! fore, the undersigned sub school dis
| trict taxpayers Of the Griner Farm
| school district do hereby petition and
| ask that he be instructed to put the
pump handle back on the pump and
| leave same on the pump, and also to
leave school house gate unlocked
Signed H. L. Griggs. Trustee, f. L.
Howell. L. V Helton, Fred w. Weber,
John Seller. w. c. Wills. c. NJ. Luff-
man, c. o. Harrod. F. p. Cahoon, HUI
lum Jones, Arch Culbreth, J. NJ Luff-
man. D. +. Fore. b c. Murphy and c.
| VI. Murphy"
| 1t being known that there were 9TH
er parties to be heard, consideration
was postponed for a little while
! The superintendent reported that in
pursuance of the action OF the board
at the preceding meeting in allowing
the Ocala district to employ an extra
| teacher for the primary department.
Miss Lucille Moore had been secured to
assist for the remainder of the term
! and that she had entered upon the dis
charge of her duties.
1t coming to the knowledge of the
board that there are at times requests
| that children of nonresident parents
be admitted temporarily to the Ocala
| school, it was ordered that in cases of
this kind or of pupils of transient and
nonresident parents being presented
for entrance, that they be charged a
| tuition of 81 per month, payable in ad-
vance, which shall be collected by the
| teacher and turned over to the county
superintendent to be put in the general
school funds.
| Mr.. Walker, one of the trustees of
| the Martel school, called and made the
request that the Martel school be ex-
! tended from district funds for one
/ month, as the original contract was
for the regular county term of six
months only. Upon examination Of the
financial condition of the district it
was found they would be able TO do
this and also to redeem part or all of
the warrant held by Mr.. A. B. Rou.
and the superintendent was instructed
to write Mr.. Rou accordingly.
Mssrs. J. F. Luffman. Joe Fore. H.
L. Griggs, trustees, and f. L. Howell.
F. p Cahoon and Fred Weber, citi-
zens of the Griner Farm district, call
ed with reference to the petition that
had beeen presented previously. Mes
srs. Howell Griggs, Cahoon and Web
ber contended for the granting of the
| petition and Trustees Huffman and
Fore explained the action in removing
the pump handle and contended against
| the granting of the petition. After the
lcontending parties had retired the
board discussed the matter and de-
cided TO refer the matter to the sub
tax school district to settle before the
board by petition of the taxpayers of
the district at the next meeting of the
board. 1t was the sense of the board
that the action of the trustees was in
good faith and within their legal
rights as trustees
Mr.. r. D. Stokes, one of the trustees
of the Pine Level district called and
made request that they be allowed to
Idefray the expenses or part of them of
one or more students at some normal
school during the spring from district
funds. The matter was discussed and
the board upon looking up the law a.
to district funds agreed that they
would not have the legal right to ap-
ply the funds in this direction.
The board then audited and ordered
laccounts paid per financial state
ment file in the office and posted at
the court house and filed with the
lclerk of the circuit court.
Board adjourned for the day
Wednesday. March g.
present and acting.
The superintendent reported the sale
OF a small house that was on the