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XVII.	EARLY HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN KILN
XVIII.
A.	One room school near Baptist Church
B.	School moved to former white school (Bayou	Talla)
C.	New Elementary School built in 1929
1. Old building remains today - Jack	Lott
D.	Trustees for new school (1929)
1.	E. Gillum
2.	A. Fields
3.	S. Peterson
4.	Leonard Frederick, Sr.
E.	First Principal
1.	E.J. Chapman
F.	Long-time principal until 1955
1.	Dan Frederick
a.	Teacher - Mayme Young
G.	School consolidated in 1955 with Valena C. Jones in Bay St. Louis, MS
EARLY EDUCATION IN KILN
A.	Pre Civil War teachers were paid $1.00	per
month per child - lived with a family in the community
B.	First School - Big Branch	-	near	Crumps
C.	Bayou Talla Public School	-	late	1800's
1.	Modern two-story Building
2.	Theodore Bilbo - 1903
D.	Annunciation School, late	1800's	(1886 new
Church built)
E.	Kiln Consolidated School - 1917
1.	New Modern Two Story School
F.	Schools Consolidated
1.	Necaise
2.	McLeod
3.	Fenton
4.	Silver Hill
5.	Bayou Talla
G.	School District
1.	52 square miles
2.	$500,000.00 tax unit
3.	Original two-story school and equipment cost $10,000.00
4.	Enrollment -	350 students
5.	Transportation by bus - 25%
6.	New Modern Brick School - Early 1940's
7.	Consolidated into North Central in 1959