The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-08
OUR SCHOOL INTERESTS.
OfAeial Report sf the Proceedings OF
the Board Of Public InstruetiOn at
the March Meeting
oca1a. Fla. March 5, 1912.

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members present and acting as FOL
lows: w. D. earn, chairman, B. Il.
Bitch and ]. s. Grantham, members,
retary.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted
Mr.. J. F. Parker, one Of the patrons
of the Homeland school. called and
presented a petition signed by num-
Der OF the residents of the Homeland
community asking that there be an
election called to extend the boundar-
les of the Cotton Plant district to in
clude the territory described. Mr.. c.
r. Veal, one of the trustees of the
Cotton Plant school, was present and
spoke his personal views as to the
situation. It was agreed mutually that
lit would be satisfactory that the Cot
ton Plant district be divided on the
section line dividing sections % and
80, 81 and 80, in 1920. and and in
|16-zo 1t was agreed to abandon the
petition presented and circulate petit
tfon asking for an election to first de-
crease the Cotton Plant district and
then take steps to establish new dis
| trict for Homeland.
Messrs Redding and Lucius, trus-
tees of the Charter Oak school, called
and made request for authority to
change the position Of the Charter Oak
school house by moving 1t around so
that it would not be in the way of the
public road. Permission was granted.
| Mr.. D. A. Walker Of Martel called
and reported that the warrant that he
reported lost at the last meeting had
not been found and asked that dupli-
4 f1I
district. 1t was ordered that If the lost
warrant was not found among the
warrants to be turned in by the treas
turer, that there be a duplicate issued.
The board adjourned for noon.
Afternoon Session
The board met with all present and
Iacting.
/ Capt. H. w Henry, one of the trus-
Itees of the Oklawaha school, called
and reported that owing to the falling
off in attendance they had decided to
ldispense with the service of the assist
ant teacher for the remainder of the
term.
Mrs A. B. Rou called and made re-
Iquest for a payment on the warrants
held by the A. B. Rou estate against
1.-THE Ocala district. She was accom-
lpanied by Mr.. Foster Rou and it was
,arranged to draw a warrant for $400 in
flavor OF the Commercial Bank at pei
icent interest and she surrendered war
irant No. Gil for it for the same
lamount.
Some of the teachers reports were
iaudited for payment and the board
adjourned to meet at night.
Night Session
The board met with all members
lpresent and acting.
Sundry accounts were audited ant
ordered paid.
Remaining teachers reports were
audited and ordered paid.
The matter of the permanent 1oca
} tion OF the Sparr school came up fo1
discussion and it was decided that tn,
. jschool should be located on a lot to b,
purchased from Mr.. Walter Luffman ii
tthe northeast corner Of his tract, fac
ling the Sparr and Lowell hard road
1t was ordered that warrant b.
drawn for $50 in his favor for purchas
lof the lot. 1t was decided to take tn
necessary steps to erect good schoo
iheuse at as early time as practicable
The board then took up the matte
iof calling the elections in the severa
lsub- school disRicts Of the county 70
the election Of trustees and fxing tn
i, Imillage to be assessed for the ensuing
two years. 1t was ordered that sal
. election should be called and duly ad
tvertised to be held on Thursday. Aprl
< H., 1912, and the board agreed to NEE
in special session Tuesday, April Is, 70
b the purpose of canvassing and declar
ling the results OF the elections
cd
morning.
Wednesday Morning Session
. The board met with all member
lpresent and acting.
Messrs. Duval and Gary, trustees G
the Ocala school. called and discusse
Il In general way with the board tn
d proposition OF erecting a school build
ing for Ocala. Definite action wa
d postponed until the next regular meet
ing Of the board.
The superintendent presented an Of
fer from a house to furnish a stock
Icrayons for the schools and the boar
: directed that prices be invited fro
various houses for furnishing a stoc
OF crayons, erasers and blackboar
stating.
The average OF the Kendrick scho
being too low to maintain an assfstar
the latter was ordered suspended
A communication from a house d.
string to furnish money to the scho
board upon warrants was presents
and filed for reference.
request from Mr.. d. NJ Barco tn,
lot at Cotton Plant that he decided
the board for school purposes be dee,
ed back and that an offer be made
sell him the other lot held by ii
board at Cotton Plant at the rate
$40 per acre.
letter from Mr.. B. I. Hull, teach
OF the Eaton Creek school. was Or
sented giving the information that or
ing to measles prevailing in the cor
munity and school. 1t had been four
- necessary to close the school befo
y the term was out.
A letter was presented from Mi
n Nellie Stevens. principal Of the pl
- mary department of the Ocala scho,
reporting the suspension Of two bo
II from the school for two days.
letter was presented from n
Mitchell. supervisor of the Linads
school. stating that DR.. w F. Shelf
was ready to make deed to a school
>, but it would be necessary to expe
81 in making survey In order to 9
description. Survey was ordered MAD
A letter from Mr.. Joseph Nash. pri
lcipal Of the Griner Farm school. I
Iported the average less than that I
and by agreement with the trustees
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