Bay County past and present . parate from the rest of the city govern-ment, except that its funds are raised by taxation through the reg-ular city officers, and the Board of Estimates must approve the bud-get of the Board of Education. When Bay City was incorporated in 1865, it was growing sorapidly that it was very difficult to provide buildings for all of thechildren. The school on Adams street, now the Salvation Army bar-racks, had been erected ita 1854 and was still in use. In fact, it wasused for many years after that. It was called the Central School, andthe children of our pioneers had
Bay County past and present . parate from the rest of the city govern-ment, except that its funds are raised by taxation through the reg-ular city officers, and the Board of Estimates must approve the bud-get of the Board of Education. When Bay City was incorporated in 1865, it was growing sorapidly that it was very difficult to provide buildings for all of thechildren. The school on Adams street, now the Salvation Army bar-racks, had been erected ita 1854 and was still in use. In fact, it wasused for many years after that. It was called the Central School, andthe children of our pioneers had much of their early education in thisbuilding, under P. S. Heisordt as principal. Many of our citizens to-day were among those children. The directory of 1866 lists twoschools, the one just mentioned and another at 510 South Saginawstreet (numbering from First street.) Two years later there werefour schools, one for each ward, with about 1400 children of schoolage, and the new high school building, now the venerable Farragut,. Farragut School—High School of 1868. (6) History of the Commercial Advantages of Bay City, 1S75, Dow, page 25. 188 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. was in process of erection by George Campbell, who erected many ofour present buildings, at a cost of $3,000. Erected at so early a periodin the history of the city, it will mark the progress of the cause ofeducation in this state, and the importance attached to it. (7) Theonly unfavorable thing mentioned in regard to the school was that itwas too far out toward the country. In 1867 Bay City was made a Union School District, and a Boardof Education was chosen. Peter S. Heisordt, who had been principalsince 1862, became superintendent in 1868. D. C. Schoville becamesuperintendent April 1, 1869, when the new high school was openedfor use. He immediately began to institute the graded system in theschools, which was the same plan that is in use today, four years foreach department, the primary, grammar, and high sc
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