of years, the North Shore Planning Committee requested that they be placed no less than third on the building and priority list behind Colonel Gray and Rural Schools . The time had come where the communities didn't wish to talk about this any longer. They wanted action. Parents began putting much pressure on the Board because enrollments were decreasing in St. Ann 's and St. Augustine's. Many classrooms had double grades. Parents wanted equal opportunity when it came to quality education in Unit III. One school building could alleviate these problems. In all the struggles of the North Shore Planning Committee, history was about to repeat itself for the community of St. Ann 's. Construction for the new North Shore School began in 1990, 25 years after the open¬ ing of St. Ann 's Elementary School. The new Gulf Shore School was to consolidate St. Ann 's, Stella Maris and St. Augustine's schools, offering Grades 1 to 9. Just as St. Ann 's School was unable to open in the school year of 1965, the students of Gulf Shore Consolidated School had to attend Stella Maris in the Fall of 1990 until the opening of the Gulf Shore School in January, 1991. T "f~'\ ~T'" Iff111.....'......."■l||l|| i |||W|li| W I '1 1......If" e * * t ?! - ■ . | 'mm m lillll . ; f §f \ ||||, ■ ■ «/•»»■ *»* mm ■< ■■:;;-; ; '. w*t mm is* mm ' ■ ' i ' ""'T*1 -jural St. Ann 's Elementary School St. Ann's Elementary School closed its doors to schooling in June, 1990. After 25 years of operation, all the community had left was school memories. The school building was given back to the community of St. Ann 's by the Unit III School Board for $1.00 in the winter of 1991. The community of St. Ann 's decided to turn the school into St. Ann 's 58