The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-07-20
School Board Proceedings.


on the first Friday Of each month, the
cOlored teachers will meet on the
second Saturday, and the Thibodaux
Institute will hold its session on the
last Friday of the month. / am sat.
, isfed that these institutes will have a
very beneficial effect on the teaching
corps of the parish. The law allows
the Superintendent three dollars for
every session of the Institute that he
holds, and the institute managers are
entitled to two dollars and half per
day, for like services. As the funds
of the Board are very limited, have
decided not to avail myself of the
extra compensation to which l am
entitled for institute work, and the
thanks of the Board are due to the
Institute managers appointed for
their generosity and public spirit 10
wSwiug their right to the compensa
ton the law accords them.
In this connection, | will lay before
your honorable body a communica-
tion from Prof. H. f. Chambers,
State Institute Conductor IN which he
Intimates very broadly that If this
Board desires to have a summer nor
NAL institute of four weeks duration,
one can be held at Thihodaux, pro.
vided three hundred dollars, the cost
of the undertaking is contributed.
The advantages of having profession.
al and academic instruction given to
our teachers, and those of the sur
rounding parishes, for four weeks, by
competent professors Is one that
ought not lightly to be put aside, but
is a matter that requires our most
earnest consideration.
In pursuance of the instructions
given me by the Board | have adver.
tised for bids for the construction of
three school houses, one at kraemer's,
one at Lubin Bergeron's, in Bayou
Blue, and one near the Cut Of. l
lay before the Board the bids received
for the building of the two last named
school houses. No bid has been
received for the Kraemer school
house.
l have had occasion to enforce the
policy of the Board in regard to de.
clining to pay rent for buildings used
by the Board unless same were in
good, comfortable condition. In
three instances, the owners of the
buildings have been notified that We
would pay no rent until necessary
repairs would lie made.
In order to raise the standard OF
qualifications TO teach, believe that
a professional library for the teachers
1 would be an excellent thing Seven
ty FIVE dollars would buy sufficient
number of standard works to form
the nucleus of such library. As
the salaries paid our teachers are so
small. it would be hardship upon
them to even expect that they could
supply themselves with the necessary
books of instruction on the calling.
The new desks which the Board
authorized me to purchase for the
LOckport School are now in position
in that school and give perfect salts.
faction. l regret to state that there
seems to be u misunderstanding on
the part of the LOckpOrt Public
School Association in regard to the
old desks of that school. The Board
will remember that new desks We're
furnished the LockpOrt School House
with the understanding. that the old
desks would belong to the Board, and
would be used for other houses that
required additional desk capacity.
1t seems that the owners of the Lock.
port School House now decline to
allow the old desks to be removed.
Action in this matter will have to be
taken by the Board.
The semi annual examination OF
applicants to teach will be held ON
Thursday and Friday, the 11,h. and
18th. of April, for white applicants,
and on Friday, the 18th of April fol
colored applicants. Due notice OF
these examinations have been given
as ordered by the State Superinten
dent.
have been asked whether an emu.
meration of children of educabIe age
by the Assessor would be required
this year. An examination of the
latest statute on the subject show:
that a census Of school children need
only be made every four years, and
that the last census was made In
1899.
The law requires us to meet in re
gular session on the first Saturday
of every quarter, but as this is very
inconvenient day for some of thu
members of the Board, l would re
commend that some other day, neal
the beginning of each quarter be selec
ted for our regular meetings.
| / have made several official visits
to school since the beginning of tht
present session. l made it my bust
! mace to snond at laast fhree hOnrs ir