The weekly messenger., 1888-07-07
School Board.
Regular Meeting held on this End.
day Of July 1888.

We're present Hon. Jas. +. MoutOn
Pres. and Messrs Guibeau, Martin, Gut
tekunst. Gauthier and DR.. +. NJ. Tho
mas.
The Supt. submitted the following re
port of inspection Of schools, which after
being read, was approved, Viz:
Gentlemen, in fulfillment OF du-
ties imposed upon me as Supt. of the
Public schools Of this Parish, began a
tour of inspection during the month of
June 1888, accompanied by Mr.. Robert
Martin, who kindly volunteered his as.
sistance and together We visited all the
schools situated in the 1st. and 3rd.
wards. some eight in number; for this
purpose number of questions were for
mulated according to the requirements
of the law. to he propounded to teachers
in order to ascertain the present cOndi-
tiOn of the school buildings in use, their
fitness for such employment and to en-
Guire into the wants OF the schools, in
school furniture. Consequently | have
kept book in which each teacher has
made a full report in regard to his
school and which report is held at your
disposal for reference. In our examina-
tion of the buildings and school furnitu-
re this far, We have found said buildings
almost without an exception, entirely
inadequate and unfit for the proper ac-
cOmOdatiOn Of the children, being mostly
wooden shantys, badly built, deficient in
ventilation, entirely without glass win
dows and only weather-bOarded, on the
outside without any filling in and with
out chimney.
Ii seems to me to be urgent, that this
Board should take this matter in hand
at once, and If it be within its power.
should see TO it, that better provisions be
made to that effect. learn that no
difficulty would be experienced by the
Board in securing free of expense, AMI
at convenient points for erection of per-
manent SchOOl-hOuses. donation of plots
of ground for the purpose. 1t might be
possible for the Board to undertake the
building of a few school l-hOuses, each
year to supply this want. | believe that
suitable buildings could be built for
from l2o 10 $1,000 dollars each. Mr..
BIOussard has made an offer, which is
hereby submitted to your consideration,
viz: Donation of lot for the purpose of
building a schOOl-hOnse. Mr.. Martin al
So submitted the offer of Mr.. Thiboieaux,
to donate plot of ground, and sell the
building built lately for a school house
in the 9TH. ward. Upon motion made
the same as well as that of Mr.. Brous-
sard was postponed, subject to be called
at any future meeting. On motion du-
ly seconded it was resolved that the
school of MIR. Gabriel, 5th. ward, be
kept where now located until the clos
ing of this scholastic year, provided the
Use of said building and lot be given
free of charge. On motion dnly secon-
ded it was unanimously resolved that
hereafter il shall not be lawful for any
teacher or other person either to lease
give loan or otherwise dispose of any
house or room then rented to the public |
schools, for any purpose, except educa-
ti0nal purposes.
On motion it was unanimously adop-
tel that no child, who is otherwise enti- |
tied TO attend the Public schools, shall
be excluded or deprived of admission
therein except upon valid reasons passed |
or adopted by the Board in each case.
On motion the Meeting adjourned.
Atrue copy from the Minutes.
r. Al. Thomas, j. E. Mouton.
SlernIarN Dra,ilo..f