The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-07
OUR SCHOOL INTERESTS
Official Report Of the Proceedings of
the July Meeting of the Board Of
Public Instruction

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Messrs. G. D, Turner and E. W. W.
Jordan, trustees Of the Pine Level
school, called and discussed district
taxes. They requested the board to
help on the expense of putting down
pump from county funds. 1t was
agreed that the county would pay one
half the cost of putting down the
pump, the expense to the county not
by the district.
Mr.. Atkinson called with reference
to the building Of the new school
house at Turner Farm and presented
bills of lumber and bids for hardware
building. 1t was agreed that the board
county funds to erect the house and
put the we'll in good order. he to have
the help needed from the patrons of
the school in doing the work.
Mr.. J. w. Stevens, supervisor of In
dian Mound school, called and asked to
have salary of teacher increased from
s35 to $40 per month, stating that
there would be an attendance of
twenty-six for the coming term Re-
quest was granted.
More than dozen citizens of the
Fairfield district appeared in the in
terest' Of moving the school from the
present site to a point about one-half
mile west of the town of Fairfield on
the Ocala and Pennington public road
Prof P. w. Green, as spokesman for
the delegation. laid before the board a
petition signed by a large number of
patrons asking for the proposed re-
So n ioI
the petition with plat Of the sur
rounding country showing where the
patrons lived. He reported upon a
meeting Of the patrons that was held
in response to a call and which voted
for the proposed removal by a vote of
IA to 5. They reported that there had
been a committee composed of Prof
Green, Clark Yonge and D. D. Math-
|ews, appointed to take into considera-
ton the merits of available school
sites and the committee had unani-
mously agreed upon the proposed site.
1t was stated that the objections that
had been mentioned to the site select
ed were that it was too wet at times
for school lot and that of the school
were located at the proposed site it
would probably have a tendency to
draw pupils from the Oak Hill school,
the line of the Oak Hill district being
not more than three fourths of a mile
from the proposed school site. These
objections were met and the situation
explained by those present in free
discussion. Hon. NJ l.. Payne addressed
the board upon the situation.
The request for the removal of the
school was followed by a request for
the building of new modern and
tcommodious school house and in sup
| port of this presented a subscription
| list amounting to s303. They further
| wanted a general Strengthening OF the
teaching force of the school, saying
that there would be a largely increas-
| ed attendance if such We're the case. A
pledge of Al pupils was presented with
the names of the patrons and also a
list showing probable attendance of
| Sc. They requested two teachers and
a strong principal.
| Board adjourned for noon.
| Board met as per adjournment with
Messrs. earn and Grantham as MEM
| bers present
The Fairfield delegation appeared
again with Mr.. r. II. Scott. trustee. He
tobjected to the proposed site upon the
Iground that 1t was too low, but was
Iwilling to move to a place that was
the second choice of the committee. He
asked that a committee from the board
be appointed to inspect the location
lsaying that the trustees would show
them the situation fully. The matter
was discussed freely by various parties
and the necessity for prompt action
was urged as they wanted the sch ool
thouse ready for occupancy for the
coming term.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Grantham, sec
onded by Mr.. earn and agreed to it
was ordered that the Fairfield school
site be changed from the present loca-
ton to the one asked for in the petit
tion and indicated on the plat present
ed
The trustees came in and discussed
the selection Of trustees for
the selection Of teachers for the com
ing term.
| The matter Of the erection of a new
school building was taken up and i,
was agreed that the county would give
$500 and the proceeds Of the sale of the
old building and it was suggested sna1
the district appropriate 800 from dis
trict funds and that enough be raised
by private subscription to build a
lhouse costing not less than $1,000.
II was ordered that the secretary
write the mills at Fort Mccoy and Sill
Yer Springs for pri ,es on lumber deliv-
iered at Bay Lake for building the Tur-
ner Farm school house and for the sec
retary to accept the most favorable of
fer He was instructed TO write tn.
supervisor OF the school that the pat
rons OF the school would be expected
to do work on the school house witt
Mr. Atkinson to the value Of Ss5
| Petition for establishment OF negrt
school a Gambler was refused