The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-30
budget warrant it, therefore

BE it Resolved, that the taxpay-
ers and patrons of each high
school district respectfully request
the parish school board to appoint
a board of local school directors
consisting Of four duly qualified
voters, two men and two women,
who, with the member of the
parish school board from their
respective ward shall constitute
the local board.
The four members are to be
nominated at primary to be call
ed by the parish school board for
that purpose at the earliest pos
Sible date, and two members shall
serve for two years and the other
two members for four years, or
until their respective successors
shall have been elected.
The duties of the said school
board shall be:
|. TO nominate all of the teach
erS of the White schools of each
high school district. The teachers
so nominated shall be elected by
the parish school board.
2. To make the financial budget
for the year, based upon the State,
special, and parish taxes for each
high school district.
3. 1t shall be the duty of the
local board to fix the salaries of
the teachers of their high schools.
4. 1t shall be the duty of the
board to plan for the organization
of their school along the most eff
cient lines, and it shall have the
general supervision of the high
school through the principal.
5. The local board shall have
oversight over the school build
ings and grounds, and see that
they are kept in good condition.
The board shall keep the patrons
duty informed of the progress of
the schools and of their financial
condition.
(The above are the recommen-
datiOnS that were offered bV
joint committee from Lake Ar
thur, Jennings, Welsh and Elton
The committee further recon-
mended that the Parish School
Board use that part of the general
contingent fund now on hand
from the 1920 taxes to finish the
present school term; that that the
unpaid part of the parish taxes
to be used to begin the school with
next fall; that if it be necessary
the parish school board borrow
the money to run this school
through December, 1921, or until
receipts from the 1921 taxes be-
come available.
In view of the fact that the
general contingent fund of the
State should shortly be largely in
creased from the State Severance
Tax, we recommend that the pre-
sent dificit be carried as far as
necessary as it is until the increase
from the Severance tax becomes
available.
/ If the recommendations are act
ed upon favorably by the parish
school board, a sufficient saving
will have been brought about to
meet the emergency.
We wish to go on record unani'
mousIy as being opposed to elm
mating any educational oppOrtu'
mites for our children. We have
made a wonderful record in re-
gard to a physical plant, but with
out higher educational standard:
this will have been a waste of
money. If further economies thar
those previously mentioned arr
found necessary we recommend
that we first dispense with the
services of the parish elementary
supervisor, and next, as far al
practicable that the services OF on'
of the elementary teachers in thu
lower grades be dispensed with by
combining two rooms in the same
grade; third, that we save half o
the salary of a Manual TraininI
teacher by employing him joint.
with some other high school in tn
parish so that he may give hal
of each day to each school. By tn
adoption of these recommends
tons we feel that we shall hav'
kept within the limits OF ouL
revenue and also that no child
shall have been deprived of an.
educational opportunities whicl
he has had heretofore. We believ
that the child's welfare is what W
should always keep uppermoSt Il
our minds.
(In recommending dispensin
with the services of some of tn
employees of the parish schools
we wish it distinctly understoo
that this has not been done be
cause we do not feel that thei
work is needed, but solely to ei
feet economies where they will b
least harmful to the children.)