The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-18
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, May 8, 1917.

Ocala, Fla, May 3, 1917.
The board of public instruction in
and for Marion county met in regular
session on the above date at their Of
fee with all members present and
acting as follows: G. S. Scott, A. j.
Stephens and c. R. Veal, members,
and Superintendent J. H. Brinson, Sec
rotary.
Minutes of the session held on
April 3rd and 4th were read and
adopted as read.
Messrs. Wilmington and Smith,
trustees of the Shiloh school, called
and discussed with the board the
putting up of new school building.
IL was agreed that the plans former
ly submitted by Mr.. Pardee were &C.
ceptable and it was agreed to have
estimates of the probable cost of the
building made by the next meeting of
the board.
1t was agreed to adjust the amounts
that should be paid to the teachers
between the county and district
funds.
The board adjourned for noon.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
The board met with all present and
acting.
Warrants as attached hereto were
ordered drawn in settlement of the
bills that were approved and the sal
aries of teachers.
Reports from the Commercial Bank
and the Bank of Dunnellon as county
school repositories were filed with the
paid and cancelled warrants and
checked over and found to agree and
the warrants were cancelled and also
the stubs from which they were is
sued.
Messrs. M. L. Payne and Nathan
Mayo called and discussed with the
board the matter for the opening of
the schools of the county in the fall
and requested that the time for
opening be set as late as possible on
account of the large area planted in
cotton and the necessity of having the
help of the children who are eligible
to attend school in harvesting the
crops. The matter was considered
and discussed and it is the present
sense of the board that it will be best
to open the schools as late as posi-
bic. 1t was also agreed to call upon
the trustees to make recommends
tons in the matter.
1t was ordered that any surplus or
available funds be used in taking up
any warrants that may be held by the
banks.
The board adjourned for the day.
Wednesday Morning Session
The board met with all members
present and acting.
The matter of the county co-operat-
ing with the American Missionary
Association in operating Fessenden
Academy was discussed and it was
agreed that there would be three
teachers furnished by the county for
five months for, the primary and ele'
mentary grades.
Resignation of Mr.. D. H. BURY as
trustee of the Orange Lake district
was presented and it was ordered that
the patrons of the school be requested
to meet and make recommendation of
a suitable person to be appointed in
his place.
A letter was presented from Mr..
II. D. Scholtze of Pittman asking that
a county line school be established at
that place to be operated jointly be-
tween Marion and Lake counties, and
it was ordered to take the matter up
with the superintendent of Lake
county and the parties interested and
get the number that would probably
attend.
The board now disbanded and
Messrs. Stephens and Veal went with
Superintendent Crimson to visit the
Ocala primary and high schools and
upon returning the board adjourned
to meet in regular session on Tues
day, June 5, 1917.
J. III. Brinson, Secretary.