The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-12-10
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla. Dec. ., 1918

The Board OF Public instruction
met in regular session with all pres
ent as follows: W. D. earn, chair
man, B. R. Bitch and ]. S. Gran
than, members, and ]. H. Brinson,
secretary.
Mr. J. L. B. Hudgens. one of the
trustees of the Fellowship school,
called and spoke of the blackboard
and of an idea of making black
boards from veneering. II was
agreed for him to do what he could
in the making of the blackboard and
the matter to be investigated for flu
ture use in the county.
Messrs Brown, Turner and Priest,
trustees of the Anthony school, made
request that the salary Of the prin-
cipal be made SO more per month
from the district funds. This was
agreed to- With them were also
Messrs. Walter Creole and George
Pasteur, and they presented a petit
ton asking the county board to take
such action as necessary looking to-
ward the erection of good, new
school building. The matter was
discussed and the petition was filed
for future reference and action.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Tuesday Afternoon
The matter of a number of the
districts having ordered supplies of
A ]. Nystrom & Co., of Chicago, on
different kind OF terms and of the
action of the board in countermand-
ing these orders at the last session,
were discussed. Attornies' opinions
upon a number Of questions that had
been presented by the secretary for
opinion, were presented and read
carefully and discussed, and it ap-
pearing that the board was within
its authority in limiting the con-
tracing powers of the trustees to
SO at one time, the action of the
board at the last meeting in counter
handing the order YVES confirmed,
and it was it was ordered that the
trustees be notified of the final ac-
ton of the board in the matter and
that they be directed to notify the
goods were refused, and in cases, if
there were any, where the goods had
been moved from the depots, that
J! they be returned to the companies.
with Instructors to either forward
to 4. J. Nystrom & c., al Chicago,
Oh to hold them subj to their or
ders. 1t was aCceed that the board
would not pay for them from either
district or county funds.
Mr.. J. H. Workman called and
made request that he be authorized
TO use a substitute teacher at sun
dry times in the school in cases OF
Illness of the teacher in charge. II
was agreed to allow this with the
understanding that the salary should
be paid from salary Of teacher fol-
whom she was substituting.
Mrs Rex Todd. teacher OF the
fifth grade OF the Ocala school, call
led and discussed with the board the
work of her grade and made request
for an increase of salary or an as
sistant, or in the event of nither be
ing granted, she rendered her resig
nation. to be effective at the end 0
the present month. The matter wa:
discussed by the board and it wa
agreed that an assistant would b,
term.
Tuesday Evening
A communication from the stat
superintendent with reference to tn
observance of Knapp Agriculture
day in the schools was presented am
filed for information.
A petition from the patrons of tn,
Turner Farm school for an increas
in the salary of their teacher, wa
presented and refused.
A letter from the supervisor of tn
Elmwood colored school was present
} ed in which he made statement O
money that his people had raised to
wards putting down a pump an
} made request of the board for help
! 1t was directed that he be writte
making inquiry as to the probabl
icosts
A report was presented of tn
stopping of the wagon that the Cot
ton Plant district was running t
transport the children from Lero
to the Cotton Plant school.
recommendation from Tho -.