Forest Public School

Forest Public School. The Forest School was originally built in 1905 as one room, located between Anchorage and Obannon Road. The school was later relocated to two lots on Berrytown Road. In 1912 an additional room was added and in 1928 another room was added giving the school three classrooms; normal capacity of approximately 90 people. The school had three large rooms, two medium sized closets and one room had a stage at one end; which provided storage also. There were several windows, all around the building, two doors in the front and one door in the rear. The building sat low in the front and the rear on a permanent stone rock foundation half way around that was approximately 2 feet high. The overall cost of the building in 1934 was $2000. In 1948 more property was purchased around the school., The Forest Public School in District D, served the students of Kentucky, teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, sewing and cooking. Grades one through eight were taught at the Forest School, and then students attended the Lincoln Institute in Shelby County for high school and vocational training., In 1963, the Forest School was closed as a result of desegregation. And the First Baptist Church of Anchorage placed the highest bid of $6700.00; which the school board accepted. The Forest School became known as the Annex for the church and from 1963 until an unfortunate fire in October 2010, the school was used for Sunday school, plays and vacation bible school.