The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-03
CIRCULAR.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Office State sup't of Public Education,
New Orleans, Nov, 20, 1871.


New Orleans, Nov. 20, 1871.
The State Superintendent, for the purpose
OF facilitating the early establishment of
Common Schools throughout the State, and
of imparting instruction and encouragement
to school officers, announces a series of meet
ings with the various parish, city and town
School Boards in the several School Divisions
of the State, and with the Division Superin-
tendents, as provided by law.
Attention is respectfully invited TO the fol-
lowing:
Section fourteen of the act to regulate pub
lie education Tact No. 81, extra session, ap-
proved March Is, 1870, provides 9 that the
Superintendent of Public Education shall be
charged with the general supervision of all
the Division Superintendent and all the
Common, High or Normal Schools of the
State, and he shall see that the school sys-
tenn is, as early as practicable, carried into
effect and put in uniform operation
As means necessary to the :. uniform OPP
Grafton" of this system, the State Superin-
tendent announces that he will hold meet
ings with the directors representing parishes,
towns and cities, in the several divisions, at
the times and places and in the manner set
forth in this circular.
FIFTH DIVISION.
|. The Fifth Division meeting embracing
delegates from the parish and Incorporated
town boards Of the following parishes: Con
cOrdia, Tensas, Madison, Carroll, MorehOuse,
Union, Caldwell, Franklin, Richland, Ouach-
ita, Catahoula, Bienville, jackson and Clai-
borne, will assemble in the town of Monroe,
parish of Ouachita, Wednesday, December 6,
1871
FOURTH DIVISION.
2. The Fourth Division meeting, embrae-
ing delegates from the parish and ineorpora-
ted town boards of the following parishes:
West Feliciana, De Soto, Grant, Rapides,
Natchitoches, AVoyelles, Winn, Bossier, Cad
do, Pointe Coupee, Sabine, Webster, Red
River and Vernon, will assemble in the town
of Shreveport, parish of Caddo, Wednesday,
December 20, 1871.
THIRD DIVISION.
g. The Third Division meeting, embracing
delegates from the parish and Incorporated
town boards of the following parishes: La
fayette, st. Mary, Iberia, Calcasieu, Vermil-
ion, Cameron st. Landry, Assumption, As
cension, Iberville, East Baton Rouge, West
Baton Rouge, East Felciana and st. Martin,
will assemble in the town of Opelousas, par
ish of st. Landry, Wednesday, December q ).
1871.
SECOND DIVISION,
L. The Second Division meeting, embrac-
ing members of Boards of Directors in the
following parishes: Jefferson cleft bank,
Jefferson fright bank), st. Charles, St James,
ST. John the Baptist, Lafourche and Terre-
bonnie, will assemble in the town of Thibo-
daux, parish of Lafourche, Wednesday, Jam
uary 3, 1872.
FIRST DIVISION.
5. The First Division meeting, embracing
members of Boards of Directors in the fol-
lowing parishes Plaquemines, St. Bernard,
Washington, st. Helena, Tangipahoa, ST.
Ta1nmany and Livingston, will assemble in
the town of Amite, parish of Tangipahoa,
Wednesday, January IL, 1872.
SIXTH DIVISION.
g. The State Superintendent will meet the
Board of School Directors of this division at
their usual place of meeting, ON Wednesday,
January "a, 1872.
MEETINGS WITH DIVISION SUPERIN-
TENDENTS.
Section fourteen of the school law requires
that the State Superintendent shall meet the
Division Superintendent at least once in each
year, in each division, at such time and place
as he may appoint, giving dine notice of such
meeting; and it is hereby made the duty of
said Division Superintendent to attend each
meeting, the object of which shall be to ae-
clunulate valuable facts relative to common
schools, to compare views, to discuss pr1ncis
| Piles, etc.
In accordance with this requirement, the
State Superintendent announces the follow
ing meetings:
| Fifth Division-Monroe, December 6, 1871.
Fourth Division-Shreveport,D ecember2O
1871.
Third Observation-Disclosures, December q
1871.
Second Division hibodaux, January 8,
1872.
First Division-Amite, January IL, 1872
Division of New Orleans-January PA, 1872.
THOMAS w. CONWAY,
State Superintendent of Public Education.