Station One School is a former school located in the hamlet of Chaires, Leon County, Florida.
The school was founded because the population of eastern Leon County was growing and there was no school closer than Tallahassee, away. The first mention of the school is in the 1870 school board minutes. It was for white students only.
In 1928, it was deemed "no longer suitable for the needs of the district". The school building had deteriorated and required a new roof. It did not have indoor plumbing and regularly flooded when there were heavy rains. Most importantly, the school was simply too small for the growing number of students. The county built a new school, Chaires School, with ”a coal heater, electricity, and a fresh well", as well as new desks and chairs. This school survives in 2018 as the Chaires Elementary School.
Although one newspaper report stated that the school closed in 1929 when the white students moved to The Chaires School, Station One School continued as a "colored" school.
In 1950, the school received its "first modern sanitary facilities including lavatories and toilets". In 1965, Station One School and two other Leon County schools were warned that they could lose their accreditation due to serious building deficiencies, including overcrowding.
In 1968, Leon County schools were integrated and the school closed. The land where the school had been located was put up for sale in 1970.
See also
Concord School (Miccosukee) "Colored" schools in Leon County
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1965 picture of Station One School
1965 picture of classroom of Station One School
Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
Former school buildings in the United States
Defunct public schools in Leon County, Florida
Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated Historic buildings and structures in Leon County, Florida 1929 establishments in Florida 1968 disestablishments in Florida