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1896-1960 (Creation)
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- Board of Trustees
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10 cm of textual records
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Administrative history
In 1864, the Nova Scotia government introduced a new Education Act, establishing Nova Scotia's "free" school system. Pursuant to the Education Act, the jurisdictions of Nova Scotia's regional Boards of School Commissioners were clarified and confirmed. These jurisdictions, identified in the new Act as "school districts", were based, in most cases, on county boundaries. The school districts were, in turn, divided into school sections, with each section being responsible for establishing and maintaining a school, the operation of which was to be overseen by a board of trustees. Trustees were elected for three year terms at annual meetings of a school section's ratepayers and were responsible for holding all school property, employing and maintaining teachers, making regular visits to the school, looking after school facilities and equipment, summoning regular meetings of the ratepayers of the school section, filing returns with the divisional inspector, making arrangements for the conveyance of pupils, and in later years, enforcing the Public Health Act. In the 1890s a school house was built in the White Rocks area and the school board was formally known as "Trustees of School Section Number 91 in the Municipality of Kings." In the 1950s school enrollment soared and many rural schools were unable to cope with the financial responsibilities of more students, leading to the closure of many smaller schools as larger 'consolidated' and 'district' schools were built. Also at this time, the powers of smaller school boards of trustees were eroding, as the province continued to give more and more responsibilities to the municipal school boards. The White Rock school house remained in use as an elementary school until 1964 when its students were transferred to the new Gaspereau Valley Consolidated School, at which time the White Rock board of trustees dissolved.
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ledgers containing poll tax accounts and cash books used to record expenses of school. Both accounts and cash book records are contained in the same journals. Fonds also includes day book, minutes of the Trustees' meetings, and correspondence.
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Includes 3 ledgers.
Immediate source of acquisition
Records were donated in 1986 by the local school board.