The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-19
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING,

0U1UUL DUHhD MEEf lMd.
Official Proceedings of the Business
Transacted,
Donaldsonville, La, Aug. II, 1911.
me parish school board met in
special session at the co,,rt bo,so -
Jay, pursuant to a call issued BY
,o-s: b. N. Pugh, with the fol.
,uWlng members present: A1ber,
Muiler. Prosper Rodriguez sr =
~ =: Walker. George Bergeron W p
STUART and H. c. Brand. Absent. y
y. P1gh and E. P. Melancon.
me purpose of the meeting was
% receive and act unon > na+i+ia ~,
;, rom the natrcns of the Dutchtown
.,lsh school. asking the board to or
Yer a special election in a school
instruct to be created by the board
ana to embrace Dutchtown. and vi.
,tn1tv; to ascertain the wishes of
ne property taxpayers in the matter
u leVVlng a snecial school tax. in
4ccordance with the requirements nf
ne State Board Of Education. to
"alse funds with which to ENLARGE
ma otherwise improve the school
'u1ld1ng. But no such petition was
presented. 80
On motion. duly seconded, the min
''tes of the meetings of Nav H.
June 10 and June 23 were approved.
Alter some discussion of the mat
'er, the board concluded that the
appropriation of s2.812.5O for the
outchtown high school is predicated
n the recent from the state of
Inc regular high school appropriation
20 that school, and that should said
approximation fail to 1naterialize. a
curta1lment of the term of that
school will be necessary.
Superintendent Rusca presented IN
the board his last quarterly report.
his annual report, and his Institute
report, all of which were received
and approved.
A budget for the session 1911-12
was adopted, providing for a term Of
seven and one-half months for the
primary and intermediate grades and
nine months for the high grades of
Inc foura high schools. The salaries
OF the teachers for the session will
amount to $26,687.5O.
A resolution was adopted prohibit
ing pupils below the eighth grade. re
siding beyond the Sam Dichary Lane
IN Smoke Bend, from attending the
Donaldsonville high school, and re-
pealing all resolutions in conflict
herewith. This resolution is made
necessary because of the depleted
condition of the school excheuuer
which makes it impossible to CON
tlnue the overflow teacher at
the Donaldsonville school during the
coming session
Mr.. Walker asked the board to
reopen the Carencro school, and
stated that he did SO at the request
OF some of the patrons of the school.
But the board refused to accede to
the request.
It was ordered that all of the
schools Of the parish, except Oak
Grove and McElroy, be opened on
Monday, Sept. IL, and that Oak
Grove and McElroy be opened on
Monday, Oct. q
On motion of Mr.. Muller, seconded
BY Mr.. Rodriguez, the following.
teachers were appointed for the ses-
sion 1911-12:
Donaldsonville High School,. H.
Dupuy, Murl E. Pace, Marie D.
Hemke, Pearlie Acheson, Annie Lau-
RE Sanders, Mary Wallace, Martha
Lee Donaldson, Clara Stuart, Emma
Kennedy, Jeanne Landry, Ora Dali
feres, Annie Laurie Pujos, Sophia
Mielke.
Dutchtown High school,. v.
Gremmillion, NJ. A. McDermott, Lo-
nam Johnston, Fannie Cushman, Lea
Blouin, Anna Leblanc.
Oak Grove Hihh school,. e.
Thompson, W. G. Abbott, Jessie Dix
on, Carrie Cooper, Josephine Devall,
Roslyn B. Arbour.
Gonzales High school-D. W. Ca1d-
well, Sallie v. Clement, Lorine San
ders, Euphie Odom, Nettie Bonicard,
Minnie Dawson.
Sacramento school,. S. Seegers,
Olive Howard, Rena Berth.
Calbasse school-Larry J. Babin,
Beatrice Gonzales, May Girsh efski.
st. Amant school-Mamie Walker,
Eta st. Amant.
Martin SCHOOL,. D. Aymond, Julia
Daigle.
Singletary school-Alex. Babin,
Odille Melancon.
Johnson school-Ida Muller Felicie
Gonzales.
Lake school-Alwin MCGOWAN, Ida
Daigle.
Galvez-Mount Zion school,. P.
Landry, Lizzie Evans.
Elise Memorial school-Alma Klos,
Audrey Hayers.
Belle Helene school-Louise Dick
son, Florence Boyle.
Smoke Bend school-Bertha Mi
chel, Geneva Chambers.
Burnside school Principal to be
Mary Matthew.
Barton scholars. Evalina Bon
nette.
Geisn1ar school-Armenia Matthew.
pr;++opv cohcp1-Ha2n1 Melon