St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-12
coyineton. La. Oct. s. 1912.


Coyington, La. Oct. 5. 1912.
The Parish School Boar:l met N
regular session in the Supcrintend-
ert's iof1ice on the above dato with
President Chas. A. David in tie chair.
The members present were: Jonn
En:lehardt. first ward; T. J. O'kecfe.
second ward; DR.. J. r. Pigott. third
ward.C. A. David, fourth ward; w.
n. Kahl, fifth ward; H. 9. Parkor'
sixth ward; John H. Davis seventn
ward; r. P. Crawford, eighth ward.
Absent, w. E. Cause, ninth ward.
Tho minutes of the last meeting
were read, and approved as read.
The Superintendent's report was
read and upon motion Of DR.. Pigott,
seconded by Mr.. Parker, It was &C
copied.
superintendent's Report.
Covtngton, La. Oct. $, 1912.
To the Honorable President ana
Members OF the of the Board OF
Directors Of the Public Schools OF
the Parish OF st. Tammany, LA.
Gentlemen:-All of the white
schools OF the parish nrc now IN SEES
sion. and the work is progressing
satisfactory, with such exceptions as
/ shall mention.
Our enrolment this year has been
so far beyond that Of last year. and
also beyond our expectations that y
has been absolutely necessary tn@'
H~ ANOA0Nn
At the Union Grove school the en-.
rollment reached seventy and ! en-
gagged Miss Pearl Keller, OF Snden'
as the assistant. At the PhsrlM
Rest school the enrolment mas nisc
reached seventy and I placed Miss
Ella Guzman, Of Slidell, as the as
sistant there. For similar reason
/ have secured an extra teachcf II
the Slidell school.
The above cOngestcd cOndltloA:
have been attended to IN the manncs
inst mentioned, but there are other
schools with the same trouble. ant
wish your approval Of plans tt
remedy them. In the CovingtoE{
school the first grade has fty-eight
with one teacher; the second grade,
fity-four; the fourth grade has nearly
IS many (45) ana the fifth grade has
40. In the Slidell school there are
two teachers IN the first grade but
both have over nifty In their rooms
or in other words, com mbined ca.
!. rollment. Of 1O9 in both rooms. A.
one teacher, there are ffty pupils n
the 0nville and Ramsey schc OILS, with
each place. which il more than they
can accommodate, with the present
number of pupils desks.
l have received pressing and ure.
ent calls for more desks for these
as we'll 40 other schools, and had
to wait for your permt mt1sion before
ordering them. BoxeS and benches
have been borrowed from the neigh
bors In order to give the pupils .
seat. Some of the parents have
made desks for their children. Ac-
cording to permissioh given by your
honorable body at q recent meeting
have ordered thirty-iivc single steel
sanitary desks for tho Lacomb school.
and to relieve an absolute recessity,
have bought ten for the Covington
school. ! have left the other places
for your consideration to-day.
You will remember that at your.
former meeting was instructed to
proceed with the building committee
originally appointed, to build the
Lacombe school house. ind upon
giving the matter careful thought
that your original plans were to bujls
oneSroom building and that the bids
received by you to build the house
were from $1,000 to $1,000. Now
whenI consider the fact that there
are enough pupils at Lacombc now
to ill one room and that II -he place
grows @ rapidly as we may Justly
expect such a house as you propose
building will be entirely inadequate
| amsgoing to therefore recommend
that you build house from the plans
by Jenkins Bros, such as was built
at the Middle Roads for 1896, a
sum not over $500 more than you
may expect to have to pay for q one
room school,
The people Of the sixth ward have
voted q special tax on all taxable
property in that ward OF five mills
for ten years and this tax Is to start
with the year 1912. This will bring
In about four thousand dollars each
year, and the school director, Mr..
Parker, and also several others, Of
that ward, have made the request
that 4 two room school house be
built this year from a part Of the
proceeds of this sixth ward spec:a
tax. They have expressed themselves
as being satisfied with ouch 4 build
ing as was built for the Middle Roads
i xphOnl last voar and 0nch ~ I fnc.
!, ommend for the school at Lacombe
l trust that you will zee 1T to vote
to-day to advertise for bids for these
two buildings. may add that thu
school board has received the title,
to the land in Lacombe and clso II
by vote of three-fourths Of the car
ital stock thereof present ct gen
eral meeting convened for that pur
nnao affor f0rfv fAnl Nava adun~