The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-07-31
OPENING CITY
SCHOOLS DELAYED.
School Board Has Funds for
-Four and a Half or Five
Months. But Unable to
Secure Teachers for
Less Than Eight
Months.
Lafayette, La, July %, 1908.

Lafayette, La, July 20, 1908.
The Parish Board of School Direc-
tors met in special session today with
the following members present: Pres
ident n. P. Moss, DR.. G. A. Martin,
Messrs. A. d. VerrOt. Alex Delhomme,
Sr.. and J. H. Bernard: absent,
Messrs. G. G. Brown. Arthur Co
meaux, and Jasper Spell.
The following report was read by
the superintendent:
Lafayette, La, July %, 1908.
To the President and Members of the
Parish Board of School Directors,
Lafayette, La.
Gentlemen: | beg to submit for
your information the following report:
In accordance with the instructions
of the Board, | presented to the Police
Jury the communication from this
Board stating the amount of money
necessary to run the schools of the
parish for a session of nine months,
the proportion of this amount hat
would be derived from the State, polls,
fines, land rents, etc., and the amount
it would be necessary for the Police
Jury to appropriate if the schools
were to be run a full session of nine
months. The Police Jury that day,
July End, appropriated three mills of
the revenues of the parish for public
schools.
Further, the communication ad-
dressed to the City Council by the
body at its first regular meeting after
the meeting of the School Board. No
action was taken by the City Council
- %ho ft~n0 - IN fN 1lg IL M
which date l addressed the following
letter to the mayor and each council
man:
Lafayette. La, July II, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bers of the City Council, Lafa-
yette, La.
Gentlemen:-By instruction of the
Parish Board of School Directors l
presented to you at your regular meet
ing on the 9th instant, q communica-
ton of which the following is a copy:
Lafayette, La, July 2. 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Council, Lafayette, La.
Conference.-The Parish Board of
School Directors beg to submit the
following statement of facts and fig
utes Ior sE!r onsiueras.cn ~ sne e
tua'sei ~ inaHllS az y
Inc PUBIC scnooIs oi Inc to cssy oi Aaia-
yeISe ioI .lo sesslon VI :ooo.Io lit.
ne .otai cos1 oi ruInlng sne puoiiG
WHY'S ~ 90 W. NJ .ae parL:u neAv sosSlon VIII
oe POO, ooo:oO VI wnicn s SUI oo .ne TsaVe
WIZ pay 81 pc, oen', = 0Ao'oov. anls'
VI 0oui'o' poii' 'on''' "n0
eur r., ....,.
Inc cos' VI Iai.'iuins sLe scLoois
.. I: Ine oasS so''0 "0N' So''o"
VIII oe "s ioiio"S.
Teachers salarles. $500
Janltors 1919. ............ I,OOO.OO
Coal -. 5oO.OO
Supervision n contingent l,75O.OO
----
Total Sl6. 19O.OO
OF the above sums the State will pay
81 per cent of teachers salaries, or
S., O54. 90, and the parish will pay 20
per cent of the balance of tuition and
cost of coal and janitors, or a total of
81, 997 90. This makes a total of
81, O51. 90 to be paid by the State and
parish, and leaves a total of SO, TAG. 90
for the City Council to appropriate in
order to maintain a school session of
nine months.
Of the foregoing figures there is not
an item that can be eliminated if the
schools of this city are to be main
tanned on the high plane to which they