Forest Hill

FOREST HILL: (upper left, Teachers' Home, upper right, Barn)

TEACHERS:

Miss Marguerite Buchanan, Jackson, R1; Mrs. W. P. Horton, Jackson, Rl;

R. A. Maddox, Principal, Jackson, R1; Miss Evie Coleman, Jackson, R1.

TRUSTEES:

A. D. Jones, Louis Jones, S. L. Hawkins.

LOCATION:

This school is 7 miles southwest of Jackson, 7 miles northwest of Byram, 7 miles northeast of Clinton, and 7 miles northeast of Raymond.

GROUNDS:

Ten-acre lot; very good playground; a sufficient number of shade trees in some portions of ground but not in others; the grounds have been improved but need additional improvement; pit toilets;

BUILDING:

$8,000.00 building; five class rooms down stairs and two small rooms and auditorium up stairs; teachers' home worth $1,000.00; properly lighted; in very good repair; auditorium fitted with opera chairs.

EQUIPMENT:

Single patent desks; hyloplate blackboards; 4 transportation wagons; excellent wagon barn; maps; pictures; cistern; individual drinking cups; upright stove without jackets; domestic science equipment.

ORGANIZATION:

Four teachers; 11 grades; pupils in district; ]20 pupils enrolled; 85.6 daily average; canning, poultry, corn and baby beef clubs; community meetings; monthly report cards; flowers in yard and house.

First Class, making 95 points.

EXPENSES:

District Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,696.00

Teachers County . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984.40

Trans. County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041.00

Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,681.40