The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-10-25
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
The board of public instruction in
and for Marion county met in regu-
lar session on the above date at 10 a.
m. with all members present and act
ing as follows: w. L. Colbert, chair
man, C. r. Veal and A. ]. Stephens,
members, and Supt. ]. H. Brinson,
secretary.
Mr.. J. A. Jones. one of the Fairfield
trustees, called and presented the roll
of the school census that he had tax
en- in compliance with the compulsory
attendance law. He reported that
their teachers had arrived and that
their school had started. Owing to
the large enrolment he was given au-
thority to employ third teacher if
satisfactory arrangements could be
made with the superintendent in re-
gard to taking the examination.
Mr.. d. FAINT of the Oak Hill-sehool
asked for permission to send his chill
dren to the Fairfield school, they not
having a teacher yet: He was grant
ed the permission and the suggestion
to transport all of the Oak Hill pu-
pills to the. Fairfield school was dis
cussed.
Mr.. L. II. Snowden. one of the
Pedro trustees, called and requested
that a third teacher be allowed which
was agreed to if satisfactory arrange.
clents could be made.
Mr.. Jones asked for an increase ot
salary for their assistant which was
refused.
Mr.. C. B. Howell. one of the Lowell
trustees, called and made request fol
an assistant teacher which wa:
granted, provided satisfactory ar.
rangements could be made or one Sc
cured.
Mr.. J. K. Priest and Mr.. w. P
Vickers of Burbank. called and made
arrangements for Mr.. ~Vickers tt
transport the Burbank pupils to tn
Marshville school house and to teacl
the combined Burbank and Marshvill,
schools, Mr.. Vickers to be paid $5t
per month from Burbank distric
funds for the transportation and t.
be paid $50 per month from count,
funds for the teaching of the pupils
this conditioned upon his passing tn
teachers examination in Ocala ol
Dec. 4th.
The superintendent reported tha
in a limited number of cases he ha,
employed teachers and started school
without the legal certificates with tn
understanding that under the al1
providing for emergency cases h
would request of the state superin
tendent that a temporary certiicat
be granted which would be good unit
the examination would be held in tn
county, which would be on Decembe
4 1919.
}, The supervisor of the Sulphu
Springs colored school called and re
ported that they had decided to pu
down an open we'll and to use tn
fund of SIS that had been collecte
among themselves to help in the worl
, Permission was granted.
Mr.. ]. III. Benjamin, editor of tn
. Ocala Star, called and requested tn
, board to furnish an adding machin
for the use of the office.
MI l.. Z. E1uCcnlnS calIoO anu OIL
cussed the transportation of the pl
pills of the Romeo school and it wa
agreed that he should transport onl
. the pupils belonging to the Rome
school and that he should be paid 81
per month for this service.
The board adjourned for noon.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
; The board met with all member
t present and acting.
Messrs. c. A. Carter of the Cottc
] Plant trustees and Mr.. H. r. Roddel
3 berry of the Homeland board of tru
i; tees, called and discussed the situi
!, tion in regard to the we'll at the ne
e location of the Cotton Plant schoc
), 1t was agreed that Ike Scott, the ms
who had put down the we'll that hs
e failed to get water. would be allowt
f to take up the casing from the we
s that had been put down and to put
down in another place and to qua
antee water and to be paid from di
trict funds and that if found nece
s sary the county would loan the di
:, trict funds to put it down.
8 Mr.. L. F. Ballard called and col
iplained of the manner in which he 6