Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-03-11
School Transfer System.
Copy Of Letter sent to Patrons.
OFFICE OF PARISH BOARD OF
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
Edgard, La,
Feb. "a, 1911.'


school now being held in the st. Paul
School Building will be discontinued,
and the children will be transferred to
the Edgard School in transfer suitably
provided by the School Board.
In its decision, the Board has consid.
cred this change the most efficient means
whereby the children will receive the
greatest benefit from their school. The
Board is convinced that the following
reasons involve the greatest benefit Of q
child in consolidated school
l. Teachers Of ability will work in
such school.
2. The consolidated school can be
graded. This means longer recitation
periods under better qualified teachers,
thus promoting more rapid advance
ment of the child.
8. A boy win not attend small school
because it offers him few ad 5antages; he
win attend a consolidated school because
it offers him many advantages.
4. 1t offers him better advantages than
those afforded in town school.
8. Attendance in . consolidated school
viii be more regular.
6. 1t will hold in school the larger
boys and girls.
Surely the above reasons will mean, il
properly put in execution, better teach
ing, and, after all, this is the goal toward
which we are working. Such school
viii be supervised by q competent prin.
cipal, and this is one OF the greatest fac
tors in school management. The conso-
idated school viii make it unnecessary
for the people to move to town to edu-
cate their children when they reach the
higher grades.
Grading is impossible in small school,
whereas it is the system in q consolidat-
ed school. To illustrate the effect of
grading upon the child, let us make this
example. There are Ave small schools
of twenty pupils each. with five groups
of children to the school. If the school
day is five hours, each group will receive
one hour of the teachers time. Now, put
these five schools into one consolidated
school taught by the same five teachers.
Each teacher will have class Of twenty
pupils of the same advancement, but this
class win receive all of the teachers
time, or five hours day instead of one.
Practically three teachers can teach this
consolidated school, leaving the salaries
Of two teachers to be used in transporting
the children OF the consolidated school.
Tho community and the children win
be proud of their school. 1t is big thing
in community; it is something worth
owning. The children win receive here
the benefit Of association and this asso-
citation win be the friendships. and the
playground and class rivalries, all tend
ing to bind the child to the school.
Teachers OF ability can be employed
in the consolidated school for the reason
that their work viii be pleasant and lead
to result. They viii not be burdened
with q great number OF classes, with on
" . few minutes to teach each class.
They win have the association of other
teachers, and their work viii bs up to
the standard because it viii be daily su-
pervised by the principal who win exact
the best the teachers are capable Of do
ing. No other type OF country school
can do this.
Its earnestly hoped that all the patrons
OF the st. Paul School viii readily un-
derstand the advantages offered and will
cooperate cheerfully in the proposed con-
solidation.
A definite program for the operation
Of the transfer win be issued later.
Cordially,
(Sigued) L. L. Broussard,
Parish Superintendent.