Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-06

and in planning for the future. Our
schools have been growing at a rapid
rate and there is no doubt that the
peoples money is being expended
in the very best way and the Board
is getting the most possible for what
money it does eXpend, where the
population is growing at such rate,
as in B09alusa, we are forced to
to recognize that the Board of
Education in its effort to provide
adequately for the pupils has a
large problem before it.
The tax prorate for school Dur
poses for over 6 years was as high
as 7 mills Der year and our school
district bore about two thirds of II e
expenses Of the city schools, while
! the remainder came from state and
parish taxes Our schools with an
enrolment of Ills white children
and 20 teachers will cost the CITY
for the scholastic year l914-15 about
Sl4,5OO, and for the negro children
With three teachers about $1,000
in actual operating expenses; rented
school buildings will cost $3,O25 for
the year and $4,000 were paid in
settlement Of one half an indebted
ness. which the Bogalusa school
district incurred nine years APO,
in order to be able to operate the
schools for a full term of 9 months,
total expenditures for the year for
the city operating purposes will be
about $4,000, to this total addition
al items, for equipment supplies
and fuel must be charged amount
ing to about $500 that will bring
the new total spent for school pur-
poses of all kinds to $4,000. OF
this amount about $4,000 will be re-
ceiyed from state and parish funds,
while the remainder was raised by
special taxation in the Bosalusa
school district. These funds were
not adequate to the needs of the
community, an expedient of one
half time instruction in the first and
second grades was reSorted to as
temporary measure of relief. tits
not necessary to argue the question
as to the wisdom of this measure
OTHER than on the ground of necessity
We cannot do the same work with
halliday instruction, that other
schools do with full day in
structment, comprehensive plan
should be adopted that will
not only ultimately give all our
children school accommodation, but
that will also continue to provide
for our growing population.
State Supt. 7. H. Harris has re.
commended that the state make
more liberal appropriations for our
public schools in all its departments
but even if this we're done and the
schools would receive better fnan-
cial support from the state, the city
special tax could not be dispensed
with and the prorate of city aid
should be kept up t. its present
figure, as surplus (if there should
be one) would create a sinking fund
from which to pay interest on a
bond issue for a new school build
ing and to retire probably a definite
amount of bonds annually. Some
thing should be done that will not
only ultimately give all our children
school accommodation, but that will
also continue to provide for our
growing population. The public de-
mand for we'll constructed school
houses, for increased facilities, such !
as vocational training and domestic
science rooms; for auditoriums and
for other modern and costly con-
veniences imposes problems that are
difficult to solve with present reve-
nues provided by law.
There is an immediate need of a
new building to care for the rapidly |
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