Schools

School district's building boom, circa 1908

By JEFF MILLER, West Pasco Historical Society
Published November 12, 2007

An early photo of Pasco High School taken about 1908-1912. The building on the left is believed to have been built in late 1898 or in 1899. The building on the right was built in 1908.
	[West Pasco Historical Society]

Pasco High School, which is believed to the building on the left, was built in late 1898 or in 1899. The building on the right was built in 1908. This photo was taken about 1908 to 1912. In a report to the state in 1908, Pasco County school superintendent John Barnes wrote, "The Dade City High school has a splendid new building in addition to the six large, well-lighted rooms previously reported. The faculty consists of a principal and seven assistants. The school is doing good work." The new building he referred to was the building on the right. The name Pasco High School seems to have been adopted around 1915. This post card is labeled "South Florida Normal Institute," referring to a summer training institute for teachers run in the same building by the Rev. Ptolemy Watkins Corr (1854 to 1931). Professor Corr was principal of the high school from 1908 to 1917.

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