W. P. Haisley

William Penn Haisley (December 22, 1831 – 1906) was Florida's school superintendent.

He served as principal of the South Florida Male and Female Institute in Tampa which transitioned quickly into a free school.

He was born into a Quaker family in Wayne County, Indiana and named for the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania.

He studied at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois.

[2] He served as Florida's superintendent of schools from 1877 until 1881.