The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-14
THE SCHOOL BOARD.


THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Official Proceedings Of the Meeting Held
In This Place Last Week.
The School Board in and for Bossier
Parish met this day, Thursday, January
Z, 1909, in regular session, roll call show
ing the following named members pres
ent: J. H. Belcher, A. J. Demoss, ]. F.
Mckinney, L. c. Biggs, N. w. Sentell
and J. E. Rogers. Absent: j. N. Platt
and J. B. Thompson.
In the absence of the President, Mr..
Belcher presided as Chairman Of the
meeting. He announced that there was
some old business to be attended to and
as soon as that could be completed the
newly elected members would qualify
and take charge of the business.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved. 80
The Examining Committees report of
the December teachers examination was
read, passed on as satisfactory and
ordered filed. 1t follows:
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
School Board of Bossier Parish:
Gentlemen: Your Committee of Ex-
aminers, with respect beg leave to report
that at the examination for teachers
certificates, held pursuant to appoint
ment by the State Superintendent on
the Sd, 4th and 9Th of December, 1908,
the following named persons were ex-
amined and granted certificates:
WHITE TEACHERS.
First Grade - Miss Lena M. Brown,
Mr.. F. A. Hensley, Mr.. M. F. Godfrey.
Second Grade-Miss Hortense Mont
gomery, Miss Lula w. Allison, Miss
Tommie McCranie, Miss Gussie Gard
der, Miss Estelle Jones, Miss Inez Allen,
Miss Eugene Jackson, Miss Willie L.
Cochran and Miss Anna Strayhan.
Third Grade-Miss Gertie Mckinney
and Miss Anna Strayhan.
CoLoRED TEACHERS.
Third Grade IT. r. Irving, Martha
Stewart, Elena Colley, Rosa Montgom-
cry, Bette F. Brown, Allen Madison,
Theo D. Frazier, w. B. Cullens, Minnie
Morgan, Cherrie E. Washington, Eliza
Smith and Mary Stewart.
Respectfully submitted,
Jos. E. JOHNSTON.
j. H. BELCHER.
Mrs. M. M. BELL.
Prof. E. J. Barker, Principal OF the
Linton Graded School, offered his resig-
nation. There being no objection, the
resignation was accepted.
The Superintendent was instructed to
contract anew with Miss Lena May
Brown, teacher of Red Land School,
with first grade pay from beginning of
the present term.
1t was ordered that H. L. Boggs be
allowed pay at $40 per month for trans
porting the Cypress Hill children to
Plain Dealing High School for term of
t908-to December 23d.
Moved and carried, that Prof. T. A..
Binford be paid his salary for actual
time taught, same to be reported cor
rectly by the President of local trustees
of Plain Dealing High School.
Mr.. S. H. Cochran's bill for stove fur
nished Buckhouse school was approved
and ordered paid.
The Superintendent was instructed to
contract with Prof. G.. L. Smith as ad-
ditional teacher in Haughton High
School at salary of $45 per month. $40
| 20 be PAID OUT OF generaI fund and $50
out of Seventh District fund; and that
Miss Carolyn Heard be contracted with
as special teacher in vocal music at a
salary of SIS per month and paid out OF
Seventh District funds.
| The salary Of Prof. NJ. D. Levy, Prin-
cipal of Bossier City School, was ordered
to be supplemented in amount requested
by the local trustees of said school, not
to exceed $50 payable out of the Thir-
teenth District funds, when available.
| Mr.. NJ. S. Bolinger, Chairman of the
Building Committee of the Bolinger
School, made a partial report of the
work of erecting new school house at
that place. He reported the cost of the
new school house to be S48O.06. The