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Jackson County Board of Education records indicate
that $3000 was paid to Howard Brown for 10 acres of land on which to build
an elementary school at the corner of Jefferson Road and Commerce Road.
Maysville City Council minutes for Feb. 1, 1954, note that it was
moved and carried to “present a bill to the Jackson County School Board
for scraping that was done on the school yards.”
Council minutes for Sept. 6, 1954, under the administration of mayor Tom
O’Kelley, note that it was “moved and unanimously carried that the Town of
Maysville make a payment of $25 from the General Fund of the town treasury
to Maysville High School to apply on the purchase of equipment to be used
by the school patrol.”
Until a new school could be built, the gymnasium, which stood
beside the Maysville School, was subdivided for classroom use. The gym
was constructed in 1937 by Works Project Administration (WPA) labor.
Classes were held there for approximately four years until the
completion of the new elementary school around 1957-58.
On June 15, 1956, the Maysville Herald wrote, “The new school
building is rapidly taking shape and a well is being bored at the new
school site to supply the necessary amount of water. According to County
Board member George Deadwyler, plans are being formulated for the grammar
school to go in the new building the first of September, 1956, and then
space would be available to remove the partitions from the gym. The gym
was partitioned off into classrooms when the main building burned in
1953. The high school students will have their classes at the gym,
according to plans. The Maysville School District will be
changed as will the number of local trustees under the new consolidation
plan. The new district will be larger and there will be five local
trustees instead of three and they will be selected from the entire
district.”
When it opened in (1957?), Maysville Elementary School taught
grades 1-8. High school students went to either Jackson County, Banks
County or Commerce City Schools.
Three new classrooms were added in 1983 and more in 19xx.
In 19xx, Jackson County opened a new middle school and reorganized
its elementary schools. Maysville Elementary was changed to teach K-5
grade students.
In 19xx, the Jackson County School Board decided against the
continuance of allowing Maysville students on the Banks County side of town to
attend Maysville Elementary, breaking a tradition that started with its opening
in 1957.
In 2005, Maysville Elementary began a major expansion with two new
classroom wings, a front office complex and a new, modern playground.
Today, the Maysville Elementary School serves over 375 students in grades
pre-K to 5.
In 1984, the Maysville Booster Club decided not to renew the $1 a
year lease on the old gymnasium from Bill Jennings. It was estimated that
it would take $20,000 to repair. The Jackson County Board of Education
agreed to build a new gym on MES grounds if the Booster Club would
complete the inside. A new gym was built in 1986. The old gym was
dismantled.
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10/26/2007 |
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