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SCHOOL OPENS

The first school in Ocoee was established in 1880. It was a three sided hut located on Floral street, which was later replaced by a two-story wooden structure built on Bluford Avenue. That structure was replaced in the early 1920s with a brick building. Mrs. E. D. Perkins was the original teacher.

William Blakely arrived in Ocoee in 1881. He soon became school principal and teacher. He was also Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. In 1913 he bought a home on West Oakland avenue and converted one of the rooms into a library which he allowed the community to use.

Blakely would devote more than 50 years to teaching, running a general store, and promoting Ocoee as a desirable place to live.

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