The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-07-31

of the next year.
1t is plainly evident from the fore
facts that the Board is unable
to sign contracts with a sufficient
number of teachers for an eight or
nine months session, to take charge
of the full attendance of children in
the city schools of LafayetGe: there
fore. in my judgement, the Board is
reduced to doing one OF two things, to-
wit: either employ as large a number
of teachers for eight months as avail
able funds will allow, and limit the
attendance to this number of teachers,
which would exclude fully three hum
bred and fifty children from the schools
next session; or, postpone the opening
of the session to a time when a full
corps of teachers may be engaged for
four and a half or five months las .
have explained above) and enroll
every child who applies for admit
lance.
Further, it is a pleasure to be able
to report that the Parish School
Board is now practically free from
debt, final settlements having been
made for the erection of the Alex M.
Broussard schOOlhOuse and the Car
rencro schOolhOuse, and the liens re-
corded against these buildings duly
cancelled.
The schools of the parish, including
both the rural schools and the town
schools at Broussard, CarencrO,
Youngsville and Scott, are in excel
lent condition for the opening of the
next session. They can be maintained
for a session of eight or nine months
on the funds available for them.
Respectfully submitted,
w. J, AVERY,
Superintendent.
The report was fully considered by
the Board, and or motion OF Mr..
Bernard, seconded by MI. Delhomme,
the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, the amount of available
funds for the session of 19OS-09, of the
schools of the city of Lafayette, is
sufficient to run the schools for only
FIVE months, or less, with a full corps
of teachers; and
Whereas, it would be manifestly
unjust to exclude from the schools
about one-third of the children at
tending the city schools of Lafayette,
and the Board believes it has no right
to decide who shall be admitted and
who shall be excluded from the schools,
as would have to be done if only two
thirds of the necessary number of
teachers were to be employed for q
term of eight months, therefore be it
Resolved that this board regrets
that nc other, or more equitable,
course of action is open to the Board
than to postpone the opening of the
schools in the city of Lafayette for the
| session of 19O0-O9 until such time
as arrangements may be made to
enroll, without discrimination, all
children between the ages of six years
and eighteen years who have an equal
right to be admitted to the schools
under the law; and be it further
Resolved, that the the superinten'
dent be and he is hereby authorized tG
open the schools in the city of Lafa'
yet,e at the earliest date he may bt
able to make satisfactory arrange
ments to do SO under existing cOndi
tiOns, and that a copy of the foregoing
statement of the superintendent, and
the resolutions adopted thereon, b.
published in the local newspapers o
Lafayette for the information of tn
patrons of the school, and the public
It being ascertained that the SchoO
Board is now out of debt, and tina
enough funds would be available TO,
all the schools of the parish, the cit,
of Lafayette excepted, it was moved b.
DR.. Martin, seconded and carried
that the schools of the towns o
B~roussard, Carencro, Scott an,
Youngsyille, be opened on the lat
of September, and that the rura
schools be opened on the 18th of Nov
ember.
The superintendent having reporte,
presented to the City Council. aecordin
to instructions of the Board, th
necessity of installing sanitary closet
and overhauling the heating plant q
the primary school building in thi
city, also the necessity of rehangin
the entrance doors to the same build
ling SO as to swing outward, q
required by law.
The superintendent reported tina
the joint committee appointed, by tn
School Board and City Council to Sc.
the site and building of the oil
primary school in Lafayette and in
prove the grounds of the tw0 ne
q schoolhouses in this city had decide
to wait until later in the year to offe
the building for sale, rs it was though
q better price could be realized at ths
time. The committee has made SON
progress towards having the work o
the school grounds done. but asks IL
further time. Further time wa
granted.
On motion, duly seconded, the SUI
erintendent was directed to prepare ar
publish q complete general stateme1
of the revenues and expenditures
the School Board up to August8, 100
Adjournment followed.
N. P. MOSS,
Pfesiden
w. j. AVERY,
Secretary.