The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-07-29
MINUTES BOARD or PUBLIC IN
STRUCTlON

MINUTES BOARD or PUBLIC IN
STRucTlON
The Board of Public instruction in
and for Marion county met this 9Th
day Of July 1921, IN regular session,
with w. T. Gary chairman, G. r.
Veal and A. J. Stephens present and
acting.
Minutes of last regular and Special
meeting read and approved.
Mr.. w. o. Brewer of Romeo came
before the board and asked consider
ton by the board for the Transports
ton of the Romeo pupils to the Buck
Pond school, stating that the distance
was long for the small children and
rather dangerous on account of the
lakes and no one living along the
road
Mr.. Herman Hall and Mr.. T. J..
Perry came and asked that bond and
contract be given Mr.. T. j. Perry
for conveying the Greenwood pupils
to Citra for $3.50 from the county
funds and $500 from the district
Board ordered same done and bond
and contract was executed, immed-
lately
A delegation from Fellowship call
ed in behalf of their school and Mr.
Aubrey Frink acting as spokesman
said that there was dissatisfaction
over the meeting held at a previous
date for nominating trustees. AS all
the delegation were not in action was
deferred until two o'clock.
Messrs. Priest, Grantham, and Pad
gett of TT Mccoy and Mr.. Oscar Hall
of Marshyille, and Mr.. Vickers and
Major Priest of Burbank came in and
presented from the different schools
petitions for consolidating all into
one school at FIT. Mccoy. As they
came in at different times it was
thought best to postpone action until
the afternoon.
Petition from Capulet asking that
Capulet school be transported to Ocala
for the coming term received but as
there seemed to be much opposition it
was decided to hold the petition until
next meeting for action.
Mr.. w. H. Markham trustee of
Buck Pond and Mr.. Andrew Mark
ham from the Buck Pond school
came before the board and opposed
the transportation of the Romeo pup
lis from district funds. Stating that
they were no further from the school
house than others in the district
Mr.. S. d. Atkinson came in to dis
cuss school affairs at Fellowship.
Board agreed to refund to the
Orange Lake district the 5000 which
was an overdraft on the district.
Walter Thomas called and asked
that water be supplied to the Liberty
Chapel colored school
The superintendent was instructed
to investigate same and act as was
best.
Communication as to the assess
ment for the coming year was receiv-
ed.
DR.. Parramore and Mr. Rowan Brin-
son acting as delegates presented pc
tition from the Eureka school ask
ing that there school be transported
to the TT. Mccoy school.
Resignation of Mr.. S. ID. Atkinson
as trustee of the Fellowship school
was received and accepted.
1t was agreed to employ Wylma
McDuffy as industrial teacher for the
county colored schools another term
as the Jeans Fund would pay two
thirds of the salary.
|. A petition from the Pedro people
asking that Mr.. L. A. Snowden be ap,
pointed to fill the unexpired term of
Mr. r. ]. Perry as trustee of the
Pedro school was received and the ap-
pointment made.
Resignation Of L. L. Horne supervis-
or Of the Calvary school received and
accepted
A delegation of the patrons of the
Palmetto colored school called and
asked that board grant new school
house or repair the old one.
It was agreed that Mr.. Veal and
Mr.. Shealy should take the matter
up and investigate it, acting as they
saw fit.
The patrons Of the fellowship
school came in at this hour and in ciew
OF the fact that the previous meet
ing had not been well advertised, ii
was agreed by the board that they
should mold meeting at $3.50 o'clock
Friday July Is, 1921. and ordered that
it should be advertised in the two
county papers, to nominate trustees.
Mr.. Stephens reported the meeting
of the patrons of the Sparr school