St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-13
PROCEEDINGS
OFTHE PARISH
SCHOOL
BOARD
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new be put on. There is not a rCoL
in the building that does not hay,
from one to six leaks, while the hal
is simply flooded every time We hav.
rain.
On December Sth l visited FOLSOM.
and was surprised to find hat tht
new school transfer purchased las,
year had not been well taken care
Of. Over half of the side rain cur
tains on both sides have been tor!
off and the balance are worthless.
The cushions on the seats and the
pads along the backs of the seat
are coming to pieces and the curled
hair with which these were padded Is
coming out in q number OF places.
Besides these things the iron rod o.
handle on the side of the back step
is gone. l am certain that it would
cost close to 800 to put curtains
and cushions, etc.. back in the condi-
ton that they were. When these
damages occurred or from what
cause l am unable to state. M.
Blackwell tells me that the wind
blew the curtains to pieces and thai
the cushions came to pieces of them
selves.
The other schools of the second
ward are getting along as we'll as
usual, and in most OF them the at
tendance is much better than in
former years, although it it not what
it should be.
The Ramsay school is doing we'll,
so far as / have heard, while the
Covington school is doing better
work than eveI before. / regret to
report, though, that a bad crack has
developed in the outside wall, and
have asked the architects to come
and inspect it. We will watch it
carefully and report any conclu-
sions we may come to as to the cor
rect thing to do. When this house
was built we thought we had one
large enough to take care of the in
crease Of children for years to come
l can report, however, that every
room is now being occupied, and If
this increase keeps up it will be
matter Of only a year or two when
additions will be needed.
In the fourth ward all schools are
in session. The school at Lewisberg
was opened because of the generous
offer of Mr.. David b. Smith to adj
vance the salary of the teacher unit.
they can pay him back. This school
does not have desks enough to seat
all the pupils. Several double desks
have as many as four children in
each.
The Houltonville school was open
ed before January because of the Of
fer of the Houlton-Johnston Co., Of
fering to advance the teachers sal
airy, as is being done at Lewisberg.
At Vaudeville the attendance fell
short Of the requierd average for
three teachers, and after two months
trial removed one teacher, and
gave her the Laocmbe school.
am glad to say that az general
awakening OF school interests is ap-
pearing in this fourth ward, and the
lew director and are determined
10 do all we can to help this spirit
along. You will be asked today to
,all special election, giving the PEG
pie Of this ward an Opportunity to
,ote upon he proposition of a CEN
raj ward school at Vaudeville, and
l ward tax for maintenance of all
IT the schools of the ward.
In the fifth ward all three schco'
ire getting along nicely. The :"
enhance at Sun is not what it shou.
,e, and in some cases l feel the cc.G
,ulsory law will need to be broug
nto action in order that some pes
BE will be convinced that this /"
s not a joke.
The large rolling door at the Pre-
,ress school has never worked wei
md as some of you know was pul'ef
n half some time ago when trying
o close it. have had the roller
placed nearer the center of the doc,
ind a deeper groove made in the
bottom. We found that the pin
which acts as an axle for the roller |
vas worn OF and new ones will have
o be secured. This fact is also true |
It the new Waldheim school. One
ause for the trouble with these |
loors was that they had been drag |
e. f. /