Clermont Elementary 100th Year /-tel
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CLERfONT
Choice of Champions'
Whereas, the history of Clermont Elementary is intertwined with the history of two other schools -
Clermont-Minneola School and Lincoln Park School - both of which were started by community groups
interested in the education of their children, and
Whereas, Clermont's first teacher, Mrs Thomas Hooks, began teaching a class of 12 students in
1881, and
Whereas, James S Townsend, Sr organized a school half way between Clermont and Minneola in
1902 and moved to a home on Chestnut Street in 1906 with 13 children attending, and
Whereas, the Clermont and Minneola School Districts were merged in 1915 and a school opened in
September 1916 with an enrollment of over 100 elementary through high school students, and
Whereas, by 1929 enrollment peaked to 254 students, and
Whereas, the Clermont Negro School operated on Fifth Street until it moved to Lincoln Park in
1937, and
Whereas, in 1962 Clermont Elementary became a separate entity from Clermont High School, and
Whereas, Lincoln Park became Clermont Middle School in 1970 when full integration was
completed, and
Whereas, Clermont Elementary moved to its current location, the former Clermont Middle School,
in January 1996, and
Whereas, 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Clermont Elementary,
NOW, Therefore, Be it ResoCveLa that the City of Clermont wishes Clermont Elementary
continued success in serving the south Lake County community
In Witness Whereof, I, Gail L Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 10th day of May in the year two thousand
sixteen 'o
ATTE T: Gail L Ash, Mayor
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Tracy Ac �oyHowe, MMC 's
City ClerkLlIAA
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