| Students at the Cootie School in New Port Richey, perhaps around 1920. The boy with a hat and holding a rifle is Isadore DeCubellis. The girl in the front center with the pony tail is Micki DeCubellis. The tall boy in the back might be Fred DeCubellis. The Cootie School (also called the Cootie River School) was in operation by 1887, and continued to operate for a while after the New Port Richey school on Main Street opened in 1915. Photo courtesy of the DeCubellis family. |