New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-05-20
CONDITION OF CITY SCHOOLS.

and .Ir. Eugene GuiIlot. with ref
lerence TO the condition Of the fiji
nances Of the public schools ofNew
Iberia and the work done by the
School Board in manipulating tne|
funds to complete the term. VII h
has been quite satisfactory 10 HE
patrons from all Indications Ii
will be noted with the elimination
OF the special school AK which tho
Board VIII he deprived Of neNt
year the schools viii suffer. unless
provisions are made for their man-I
tenance which devoIveS upon the
people to provide. and not The
School Board it being an utter I'M
possibility to give a full term and
make the repairs to the buildings
that need immediate attention
with the funds now on hand. !
The columns of The Enterprise !
are open to the public for Sug
gestions as the most feasible plan
by which to meet the deficiency |
which viii occur next year and
those interested in the welfare Of
the schools are invited to send
in communications which We viii
publish with pleasure:
THE schools of the Parish YES
terday completed the eighth
month of this term s work. But
seventeen scheol days remain of
this term. as the date SET for clos
ing is June the 10th. On the
night Of the 10Th of June seven
will graduate. there being one
boy and six girls in the class.
This will make a total Of fourteen
graduates this term, seven having
received their diplomas III Feb
ruary.
The school facilities Of the City
are becoming year by year more
inadequate. Four years ago,
when the two new schools. Live
Oak and Magnolia, we've opened
up for the first time, they were
practically filled on the first day |
of the term. Julia Street School
was already full. All the increase !
during the last four years has |
only served to add s+il more chill
dren to the already over-crowded
buildings. Only one building in $
the City is able to comfortably |
seat all the pupils that seek en-
trance; that is Magnolia School,
down town. and il is over-crowded y
in two or three of the five rooms. q
Repairs must be made on every n
building in town before the open c
ing of the next session. Especial a
~ is this true of the High School o
where several Of the walls must n
be replastered and new caves n
troughs be put all around the
building.
Extensive remodelling must be
done on the Julia Street School. E,
making it able to accommodate
at Least two hundred more chil- tor
dren. This school has at least al
forty children too many now, and
many children from the rear sec, dir
ton are forced to attend Live ssy0,
Oak or Magnolia for the want of
room. which is a great inconven-
fence to children and parents.
BY hard, close figuring We
have succeeded in reducing the
annual expense of running the in
schools of this City about to au pr
equality with the yearly rev ha
enues, as they now stand. At IA
fairs, financially, look brighter tn
than for many years. But one so
thing arises to mar the prospects pa
Of the future. The two mill tax 70
which was voted three years ago W;
in this ward. for maintaining the pl;
new schools. for paying ten addi- tn
tional teachers needed in the new sa,
schools, and for paying the inter sh,
'st coupons on the bonds of the No
live Oak School. has run its full raj
line, and next year we shall face ma
l shortage of $500 on that ac- if
count. be,
This $500 amounts to two ha
months salaries for the teachers COZ
# this City. The City faces this TN
'risis then, in its school affairs. ca'
Will some means be taken to pro- INA
Tide this amount Or will you WI,
orce us to close your schools at mi
he end of a seven months terms we
This condition cannot be blamed gee
non The School Board. nor on the no
superintendent. We carnot up
aise funds, nor can we levy tax We
$. We can only economically ga
xpend what funds are furnished az,
$ by the tax payers. Every eff s tne
,rt has been put forth in the in Du ~
crest of this City We have had
resolution passed by the Board va va.
Y which this ward has been cred ~.
ed for educating all the chill. pro
rem which have been coming to Try
he City schools from the sur =
,unding wards Of the Parish. In "'ia
CURING this credit we have gone aio
ack as far as we can find any =
cord. We have reduced the aug .
Ilaries of the teachers to min
lum of what can be paid to the -.
ass of teachers which we en- ~;
oy-the very best that may be 80 a.,
,tained. on.
We could reduce the salaries - :,
i'll further-b but only by lower \
6 the class Of teachers-and and
ting inferior ones and we are her
nvinced that only the best are -
cd enough for your children. -
In the near future we shall
blish an itemized account of all
ceipts and disbursements dur
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