“She was so dedicated to her responsibility, and determined that no student would leave her class without a thorough understanding of the subject, that she spent many hours over and above school time working with those students who were slow in learning or having trouble grasping the essentials. She was loved by the pupils and parents of the community. As proof, the City of Arlington, Texas, called one of their new school buildings the Maude V. Roark School.” The previous statement was made by Charles Arthur Roark in the book, ‘The Roark Legacy’ by Patricia Roark, Nancy Lee Deborah Arnold and Sally Cowan. (http://www.mindspring.com/~r-cfn/j-roark.html)