St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-04-27
Provision Made To Repair
Damages in Slidell
School Building.
REPORT OF SECTY.
OF SCHOOL BOARD
The Financing Of Schools,
Madisonville Fund, and
Many Other Matters.
Coving.on. La, April 12, 1918.

Coving.on. La, April ~, 1918. ~
The st. Tanmany Parish School
Foard met in regular session on the
above date in the Office of the Sup
erintendent with the following mem
bers present. T. j. O'Keefe, sec
ond ward; n. H. FitzSimons, third
ward. II. H. Levy, fourth ward; W.
II. kahl, fifth ward; Dave Evans,
sixth ward; H. W. Woodruff, ninth
ward. Absent: Geo. r. Dutsch,
first ward; Berry w. Todd, seventh
ward; j. H. Robert, eighth ward,
and Geo. Z. Millar, tenth ward.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and upon motion of Mr..
Woodruff, seconded by Mr.. Kahl,
were approved as corrected.
The following report was read by
the Superintendent, and upon mo-
tion by Mr.. Kahl, seconded by Mr..
O'keefe, it was accepted and re-
ferred to the State Supervisor of
Public Accounts:
To the Honorable President and the
Members OF st. Tammany Parish
School Board:
Gentlemen-I beg to submit the
following report and statement OF
our school for the quarter ending
March 81, 1918.
The schools of the seventh ward
have completed their term Of seven
months. The friends OF the Madi-
sonyille school, under the leadership
of their School improvement League
have raised enough to pay their
eaehers' salaries for the eighth and
ninth months. l regret thac the
amount raised has not been sitlici~
ent also to continue the operating of
the two school transfers.
Unless the pupils who have tray-
eled on these transfers attend school
for the rest of the year l fesr they
will not be ready for promotion into
their next grades. | do desire, how
ever, to give credit to the ladies OF
Madisonville, as we'll as their town
council, for the very commenda5le
interest taken in their school, I'm
der the present conditions, and when
we consider the rapid growth of the
town caused by the new ship yards,
( | feel positive that additional teach
ing force will be required there for
another year.
The patrons of the Folsom school
| have raised by private subscriptions
enough to continue their school for
| two months beyond the term fur
nished by public funds. The at
tendance at the Pilgrim Rest school
fell to below ten, recently, and
gave my consent to theSclosiTg OF
the school for two weeks. l trust
that we will be justified in reopen
| ing it at the end of that time.
Just as soon as we get time, ] feel
that we should consider ways and
means OF bdilding g lev house a!
Pear, River to take the place D the
one burned last fall Unaer pres
ent conditions I see nothing to dc
other than asking the people OF that
district to float bonds, because the
present special tax will not furnish
enough, even though We were to hold
it sor two years.
You will remember that at oui
| lag. meeting you appropriated S196t
for the purpose Of repairing the tci-
| let's in the Slidell school. | have
secured bids for this work and find
the lowest ones will reach some oVel
$4,000, or $500 more than your ap
Precipitation. Fer this reason no con
tract fer this work has been award.
led. Feeling that the cracks in the
Slidell school building needed I'M
mediate attention, / secured Mr.. W
r. Nolan, of the firm of Nolan 4
Tore, to go to Slidell and make ar
inspection. The. following letter
/, Glitter from him gives this recon
mendation:
Dear Mr.. Lyon:-From the in
spection of this building made yes
Iterday we are OF the opinion tina
there is one point at least where thu
Intel over the openings on the sid'
of the auditorium needs instant at
tention and If the temporary shorin|
lis done as suggested, viz, OF pointing
in a 6x6 piece to rest on the presen
brick cemented sill, leveling up tn
same to provide a fat footing 70
/ the bottom of the shore, wedging u
! tightly under the shore, there shoul
be no trouble for the present. Thi
remedy Of course is only temporar
In character so as to provide agains
an accident occurring.
We notice that most of the out
side corners of the building have set
tied and these foundations should b