The first school taught in Van Zandt County was taught by James H. Kuykendall in the winter of 1849-50 on Saline Creek five miles south of Grand Saline.
On May 15, 1854, seven schools were established in Van Zandt County with specific bounds. Jordan Saline was established as no. 4 and later became Grand Saline District No. 4.
The town was called Jordan’s Saline until the arrival of the T & P Railroad on its route from Marshall to Dallas in 1873. On January 10, 1867, the entire county was laid off in school districts and on May 13, 1879, the county clerk was ordered to issue drafts for various claims on a percentage basis according to funds belonging to each district.
In 1895 the Grand Saline School was a one-room building located one mile west of town. The first teacher in the one-room wooden building was Florence Hoard.
A two-room school building was erected in town in 1896. In 1898 the school was relocated to the southeast corner of Main and Jordan Streets. A three room wooden building was constructed. Eventually it became a five teacher school with the Martinite Church and the Presbyterian Church also being used for classrooms.
About 1905 Grand saline School District No. 4 became an independent school district. According to minutes of the first meeting of the trustees of the Grand Saline Independent School District the trustees met in the office of Mr. Sim Florence, a Notary Public, on Tuesday afternoon, July 11, 1905. After being sworn in by Mr. Florence they organized by electing Covington as president and W. A. Adam as secretary. The other trustees were Kingston, Stanford, Weeks, Weeks and Kuykendall. They elected Mr. Chancellor as Principal and Mr. George D. Staton as first assistant for the following school year.
During the August 15, 1905, meeting a contract with Mr. Staton was made to furnish 10 cords of wood at $ per cord for heating. The salaries of the faculty was set for the Principal at $80 per month, the first assistant $60 per month and teachers $40 per month. The resolution was passed requiring tuition of all overs and unders to be paid in advance or not to be permitted to attend school. The overs were those students who were over the legal age to attend school and the unders were those students who were under the legal age to attend school.
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