The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-19
Letter to school Trustees.

Letter to School Trustees.
The following letter has been adj
dressed by Superintendent ]: L.
Rusca to the trustees OF the sew
eral schools of this parish:
Donaldsonville, La, Aug. 16, 1911.
To the School Trustees:
Gentlemen am writing you TO
express my thanks and appreciation
for the assistance given me during
the past school year and to solicit
all Of the support that you can con-
scientiously give me and that your
time and circumstances will permit
during the coming school session.
l shall thank you if you will do
what you can by way of meeting the
new teachers who have been assign
ed to your school, assisting them
in securing boarding places and in
meeting the patrons of the schools.
Please see that teachers report
is correct at the end of each
school month before signing same.
Insist on the teachers keeping
the building and campus clean and
in order and on their locking the
building each day before leaving.
Please see hat your school house has
the proper fastenings in order that
same may be made secure. 1t will
cost very little to place fastening
above each window and lock on
every door and then teachers must
be held responsible for the rest.
This precaution may prevent the re
currence Of any such dirty work as
was done in the Black Bayou school
last year.
The school buildings are the prop
erty of the parish school board,
and the board and you and / and
the teachers are the custodians of
these houses. The public have abb
solutely no right to trespass on
school property, No one has any
right, moral Or legal, to enter any
school house for any purpose what
ever without the permission of one
or more Of the above named officials.
At your patrons meetings, ! sug-
gest that you as trustees and school
officials make known the above
facts to the general public.
You will confer a great favor
by, either in person or through a
committee appointed by you in no
way connected with the boy, look
ing after the measuring of the Corn
Club members ef your particular
school, This SHOULD be done by the
middle of September and the yield
per acre of each member. signed by
the measuring committee and by the
member whose corp has-been meas
ured, should be mailed to the super
ntendent and a copy Of same re
tanned by you.
The trustees should interest them
selves in seeing that the patrons
who send one or more children to
school should Go their. part toward
the maintenance of the incidental
expenses of the school. The law
provides that every parent sending
one child to school must pay 80
cents, the parent sending two chill
dren must pay 81, the parent senlaing
three or any number of children
more than three must pay $3.50. It
is manifestly unjust to those who
do pay this Zee that any patron who
is at all able should be excused.
The school naaadtss money for many
purposes and IL Is well known that
the school finances are hardly suf-
ficient to keep the schools open any
length of time. The incidental fee
is used to meet the expense OF
fuel, brooms, chalk, erasers, library
books, small repairs and various i'm
provements in the school and does
not go into the pockets Of the teach
ers as some suppose.
The principal Of every school is
required to keep an itemized &C
count Of all moneys received from
all sources, sHch as the incidental
fee, dances, entertainments, fairs,
ETC., also an account of how this
money is spent and to report same
to the local trustees and to the
superintendent at the close of the
school session before the warrant for
the last school month is issued. ]
believe that this was required for
the first time last year by me and
| shall require this accounting again
this year, as it will prove a safe
guard to both teachers and patrons
and leave little or no room tor IN
just criticisms on this score in the
future.
Looking forward to pleasant and
profitable school session, and with
pest personal wishes, am,
Respectfully yours,
j.. L. RUSCA, Supt.