The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-07-10

dance of pupils in town over
the increase from the country.
The percentage of attendance
from the town is growing stead
lily from immigration. Also the
boundaries of Lafayette have been
considerably extended so as to in
clude in the city many children who
formerly registered from the parish.
Instead of the proportion of attend
ance being 80 per cent from the cor
poration to 20 per cent from the par
ish it will doubtless be nearer So per
cent from The corporation this year
In addition to the above it might be
we'll to say that the enrolment of the
veal 1907-0S was more than eleven
hundred Therefore, it is easy to I'M
derstand that the cost of maintaining
the schools in Lafayette amounts to no
| small sum, though the cost per pupil
for a session of nine months is only
$15.26 or $l.S9 per month. The at
tendance for mex session cannot be
less. and there is every probability
that the enrolment will reach 1850 to
1900. And on the sum asked for it is
proposed to educate the children of
the city for one session of nine
months.
The law imposes upon school
boards the duty of employing teachers
under written contracts STIMULATING
the salary to be paid and the number
of months in the session. The better
class of teachers are not willing to
enter into contracts %ensuring them
less than nine months of work. and to
make certain of getting their services
it is necessary to engage teachers not
later than July Is for the next session.
To meet the above requirements in
diligently the School Board should
know definitely the amount of funds the
City Council will set aside for the
session of l908-l9O9, and under pres
ent arrangements the Board is made
to depend upon the City Council for a
proper proportion of the cost of the
maintenance of the city schools.
We trust that your honorable body
fully realize the responsibility resting
upon you in the all important matter
of providing adequate school facili-
ties for the children OF Lafayette, in
cooperation with the School Board;
and that, recognizing the absolute de-
pendence Of the School Board upon
the Council in making satisfactory
arrangements for the coming school
session, your honorable body will
take the prompt and efficient action
called for by the exigency of the case.
VIM. Hawkins was refunded 81. 90
double poll for 1907.
The Board received the following
communication from the Grand Jury |
through the Clerk of Court:
Prof. W. J. Avery,
Sec. School Board,
City,
Dear Sir:-I herewith enclose ex-
tract from the report of the Grand
Jury of date June 9Th 1908.
This extract was ordered by the |
Court to be transmitted tO the School
Board.
Yours very truly,
F. K. HOPKINS,
Dy. Clerk of Court.
EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE
GRAND JURY.
Lafayette, La, June 5, 1908.
To the Honorable Phillip S. Pugh. |
Judge of the 18th Judicial District
Court in and for Lafayette Parish. |
Louisiana.
Your Grand Jury appointed on last
Monday and charged by your Honor
able Court, to look into the affairs of
the parish has completed it's work and
beg to make the following report:
=
We are pleased to inform your
Honor that the Public School system
OF our parish is in excellent condition
strides of improvement
been made in recent years.
Much credit is due the School Board
and great credit is also due the citi-
zens, as in many wards they have vol
UNFAIRLY imposed upon themselves |