The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-16
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

The board Of public instruction in
and for Marion county met this the
9Th day of July in regular session
with w. L. Colbert, C. R. Veal and A
u. Stephens present.
Minutes of the last regular and
special meeting of June % and %
were read and approved.
Ii was agreed TO grant a teacher
to the Ratliffe school, provided the
patrons will supply house
Mr.. Joe Rawls appeared and asked
that the board furnish a teacher for
the Badger school and not transfer
the INTO Fellowship. This matter was
deferred until the 18th of June, 1T
which time the trustees are asked 70
make recommendation.
The Moore's Pond school was
granted s240 to buy material for new
school building. provided patrons will
do the work
The trustees of Anthony school
were authorized to have partition
placed in upstairs room of building
to accommodate two teachers.
It was ordered that the board ap-
propriate $50 for colored demonstra-
ton work for the month of July.
A duplicate warrant was ordered
issued to ]. B. BURY for 50 in lieu of
warrant No. 262 on Orange Lake dis
trict, reported lost.
| 1t was ordered that Mrs. c.. c..
Reddick be paid $500 for three acres
of land at Reddick on which to build
the new Reddick school building, and
that the same be charged against the
appropriation for the Reddick build
ing.
A petition from the colored patrons
three miles west of Kendrick asked
that new colored school be estab-
lished in their community to be
known as the st. Philips school. The
petition and request were refused.
The two bids received on the 10Th
of June for building the Reddick
school house being in the judgment of
the board too high, were refused and
the secretary was instructed to re-
advertise for bids on the entire build
ing or for any part of the building,
same to be before the board at a spec
iai meeting to be held July 18th.
Mr.. Logan, manager of the Arlo
Box Company, appeared before the
board and offered to build four
room school building with an audi
torium in same for the Oak and
Griner Farm neighborhood That his
company would furnish complete the
auditorium and high school room,
equip the building with water and
electric lights and rent same to the
school board for period of five years
at 81 per year. provided the board
will put in four teachers and main
tain the high school studies, provided
there are pupils sufficient to take said
studies. That the company would
keep the house in good repair at its
own expense and at the end of the
five years if the company and board
could agree to continue a high school
that the company would turn the
school building over to the board for
school purposes free of charge. The
company also presented petition
signed by every patron of the school
asking the board to accept said prop
|osition. 1t was shown that there will
be from 125 to 100 pupils to attend
said school.
1t was ordered that the proposition
of the Arlo Box Co. be accepted and
"a contract be entered into to carry
out the terms. Also the thanks of
the board be extended to the Arlo Box
Company.
The board read the communication
from w. X. Zewadski, claiming that
the board was indebted to Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Cannon for four months
of school at Fairfield, which Mr.. and
Mrs. Cannon did not teach. The board
after considering Mr.. Zewadski's
claim for said parties, declined to
make any payment on said claim.
There being no further business the
board adjourned to meet in next reg
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