The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-07-17
SCHOOL BOARD.
Change of Transfers and Addition
al Transfers ASked.-SchOOlS
Consolidated.
Resolution Showing the Need OF
More Funds for Next Session.
Teachers Appointed. - T~reasurer's
Report and Bills Approved.
Lafayette. La, July IL, 1907.

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above date there were in attendance:
homme. Jasper Spell, DR.. G. A. Mar
tin. Arthur Comeaux, j. Fl. Bernard,
C.. G.. Brown. A. ID. Verot. Alcide
JUDGE.
The minutes of the meeting held
April IL. 1907 and June /, 1907, were
approved as read.
A committee of fifteen citizens from
the second ward, Cormier school,
asked for additional transfer for that
school. or a change in the route OF
Burke Transfer No. , to the COrmier
school. The Board decided that the
financial condition did not permit the
establishment of new transfer routes
and that the reasons advanced for the
change of the transfer. Burke No. =.
were not sufficient for the Board to
take action.
An account OF $45.l5 for material
for Il gallery built at the j. c. Brous-
sard school by the citizens OF that
community was approved.
A committee from the Wilmington
school asked for an additional room
and an additional transfer. On the
latter request the Board could not
take action on account of the I'M
certainty of school funds for he
present year. 1t was decided to take
up the matter of building the new
classroom as soon as possible.
On the petition of citizens OF Indian
Bayou school, Lafayette parish. the
Board consolidated the school with
the Indian Bayou school, Vermilion
Parish, The Lafayette Board agree
ing to paw one third the cost of he
new building needed IN account OF The
consolidation and to furnish transport
tatiOn for the children of this parish.
The LAFAYETTE Board appointed Tom
Daily. Hollis Daily. and {. ID. Har-
rington. The above was adopted on
the motion of Mr.. Spell.
The petition of Mr.. Deshotel of Scott
for a remission of a fine imposed by
the District Court was refused on the
ground that the Board could not
legally entertain such q proposition.
The sheriff asked that the Board
appoint a committee to check his ac-
counts with the School Board. The
Auditing Committee was authorized
to do the work.
The secretary was instructed to ex-
anime the record of the Bertrand
transfer No. , for the past session
and transfer No. l and make report
at the next meeting Of the Board. He
was also instructed to ~readvertise for
bids on the following transfer routes:
SECoND WARD.
Burke, No. l, No. 2 and Burke No. 3.
FOURTH WARD.
Youngsville No. / and No. 2.
EJEvru WARN
BrOussard No. l, Broussard No. 2.
SIXTH WARD.
Carencro No. /, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4.
EIGHTH WARD.
Cormier, No. /.
The following resolutions were
adopted and Mr.. j. H. Bernard was
appointed q committee to deliver q
copy to the Police Jury and DR.. G. A.
Martin q copy to the City Council:
Whereas, the State appropriation
for schools in Lafayette parish will
be materially diminished this year on
account of q decrease OF nearly 1000 in
the enumeration of the children of the
parish in 1907 as compared with 1903,
reducing the State appropriation for
Lafayette by about $1,000, and
w L0Fc6Ss tklCIC HOS OCCu Oh uu~
precedented increase in the number of
children attending school, necessitat-
ing the employment of q large number
af additional teachers, and
Whereas, the school board has in
crea sed the number of teachers in
proportion to the number of children
In attendance upon the schools and
have on the petition of the citizens of
the parish established II transfer
routes ana employed II drivers of
wagOnettes. who added to the IS
teachers of the parish, make a total
of 1O2 persons on the pay roll of the
parish as compared with 40 persons
four years ago, and
Whereas, the attendance has in
creased in the same space of time
from $50 tr $500, and whereas, the de-
crease in the Police Jury apprOpria-
ton as it now stands amounts to
$1,000, which added to the decrease
from the State, makes an actual de-
crease in the amount of revenues for
1907 of $1,000 which amount added to
the increased expenditure for 1907-08
due to the increase in the teaching
force, 5000, makes q total visible
shortage of $4,000, and whereas the
education of the children of the land
should receive first consideration at
the hands of those who disburse the
public funds, therefore,
Be it resolved, that the School
Board of Lafayette parish do hereby
call the attention of the Police Jury
and City Council of Lafayette to the
condition of the school funds for 1907
O., and direct their attention to the
fact that there must be q decrease in
the session for the coming year If the
appropriations from these bodies IN
mot increased In proportion to the in
eyeessa demands made upon tie