The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-21

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adversely to the school board.
A petition from the supervisor Of
The Rocky Sink school asking fOr an
increase IN the salary Of their present
teacher was presented and refused.
office Of the Whitney Brick and
Mfg. Co. Of material furnished the
contractor On the Citra new school
building to the amount of S207 was
presented the board with a request
for protection in settlement with the
contractor.
A communication was presented
from the supervisor of the Fort Ne
Coy coIored school asking that the
school be named in honor of the
teacher Beattyville. The request was
refused as the name was regarded as
being too long and did not indicate
the location of the school.
The trustees OF the Ocala school
filed with the board a list Of teachers
for the white schools of Ocala cor
responding with the list Of last year
with the recommendation OF Miss
Miriam Pasteur in place of Miss
Katheryne Scott, resigned. The two
new teachers allowed were not yet
named.
A request was presented to pay Le-
roy Williams from Homeland district
funds $50 for transporting his and
other children to the school. The ac-
count was refused payment for the
reason that there had been no agree
ment to it and that there were no
funds available with which to pay it.
IL was reported to the board that
upon information that the work was
progressing satisfactorily on the Cit
IA building the secretary and chair
man had accepted an order from the
contractor to pay the Ocala National
Bank $500 for his account.
J. d. Mccall, principal of Howard
Academy, called and with the trus-
tees of the Ocala district recommend
ed list of teachers for appoint
ment.
A request from Howard Academy
for equipment and supplies for man
ual training and domestic science de
partments amounting to $390.50 wa:
presented and the matter was lait
over until the next meeting for &C
ton.
The monthly bilis from count!
funds were audited and ordered paid
The district fund accounts wer'
ordered paid.
!.
Mr.. L. X. Edwards of Irvine GALES
, and proposed that If a first grad
! teacher who could teach music coul,
be secured he would pay the neces
; sary difference between the count,
appropriation and that necessary b
secure the kind-of teacher mentioned
He also requested That it would b
. absolutely necessary to have the cove
!: of the school house repaired an
|; some other repairs done, which wa
agreed to by the board.
Messrs. Rou, Hall and Shockley o
! Lowell called and discussed the mat
; ter of the new building with tn
|: board and the reason for the boar
!: declining to help build the house a
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/: Mr.. d. w. Davis called and explain
; ed that certain policies that he ha
I: issued on Ocala buildings in year
: gone by had been in force but tn
policies not delivered nor the prem
> iums collected. The policies wer
presented with the accounts for tn
premiums and they were ordered pal
4 by the board.
The trustees of the Ocala school
called and recommended the sam
teachers as were employed last yea
and also made request for three add
tional teachers. After considerable
it was agreed by the board to graz
two of the teachers requested ar
leave to the superintendent to inve
tigate and act upon the absolute ne
essity of the third teacher.
The matter of the title to the o
high school property now used f.
dormitory purposes was discusse
q The superintendent was instructed
y take preliminary steps looking to ha
" ing the title vested in the count
Is board of public instruction.
s The Ocala trustees also requests
that one of the rooms in the primal
building be fitted for use this ia
Action postponed.
t. The board adjourned for the day
Wednesday Session
t, The board met with all membe
present and acting.
- Mr.. ID. W. Davis called and di
eussed some old policies that h
been carried for the beard and t
bills for the premiums on same.
= Minutes of regular meeting
. April read and approved
The matter of placing regular
= surance on the new building at Cit
. was taken up and it was agreed