St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-14
SCHOOL BOARD.
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Mr.. Levy, seconded by NJ. Bancts,
that the Superintendent be authoriz-
ed to refund to the sheriff ninety-flve
cents, it being the amount received
as duplicate payment Of Mr.. Hard
ing's poll tax for the year 1920.
Carried.
The following petition was present
ed by the trustees of the Robert
school:
Alton, La, Jan. 5, 1922.
| To the Members of st. Tammary
Parish School Board, and Mr.. e.
E. Lyon, supt. of Schools.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
citizens Of the Eighth Ward, and the
patrons of the Robert School, do
hereby petition your honorable body
to remove the now principal, Mr..
George Gosselin, from the said school
on the grounds that there seems TO
| be a dissatisfaction among all the
patrons of the school knowing the
lack of interest manifested by Mr..
Gosse1in, in his work, and the facts
known that most of our children in
near "mid term" are further back in
their grades than should be and some
in some grades are even further back
than at the close of our last year
term,
The fact that Mr.. Gosselin mad
remarks in the beginning Of his term
that he did not care whether IT,
| children Learned or not just so he
received his salary has caused the
children to lose interest in their
| studies and all confidence in him as
their principal, these facts being
| carefully investigated and found to
! be true has caused the patrons Of the
school to become disgusted and dis
gruntled and leads them to believe
that their portion of their school
funds will be exhausted with littte
school benefit derived therefrom.
Signed: J. E. Chastang, G. w
Crawford, J. N Alsobrooks, J. H.
Robert, c. J. Luther, W. A. Luther,
Alb. Powe, ]. J. Favre, w. G: Powe,
Peat Kahl.
The Board of Trustees, consisting
of J. H. Robert, W. A. Luther ana
w. G. Powe, were present. The Sup
erintendent reported that he had re-
quested Mr. Gosselin, principal Of the
Robert school, to also attend the
meeting, and after a thorough dis
cussion of the matter, it was moved
by Mr.. Oswald, seconded by Mr.. Levy.
that it was the sense Of the board
that no facts had been presented at
the meeting to justify the board IN
voting to remove Mr.. Gosselin. On
roll call the following members vot-
ed in the affirmative: OKeefe, Fitz-
simons, Levy, Talley, Evans, Bancks
Ellis and Oswald. Those voting in
the negatives: None. The motion
was declared carried unanimously.
Moved by Mr.. Bancks, seconded by
Mr.. Talley, that the Superintendent
be again instructed to secure sur
veyor to run the boundary lines OF
the land still owned by the Parish
School Board in Section 16 tp s,
r IL east. 1t being understood that
this land includes Lots 1, 2 and 3
in the NV or of the NV or Of said
section l6 tp SIS, Il east, and that
The committee appointed by this
board at their regular meeting held
| n Covington on April 9, 1920, and
consisting of H. H. Levy and l. Fl.
| Keller, school directors of the Fourth
| md Seventh. Wards, respectively, be
| gain instructed to advertise for bids
| or the sale of the standing timber OH
dis land, according to Section 50 OF
| set 100 of 1916, as amended by Ac1
| I42 of 1918, which states that all
| sales of timber on 10th sections shall j,
| oe executed gy the superintendent
| and Treasurer of the Parish School
Board Carried.
| 1uG unFAhf ASP"@~
ed that the Vaudeville school pat
rons had turned over to him $10.oo
| for the benefit Of their school libra
nv, it was moved by Mr.. Levy, sec
onded by Mr., Bancks, that the Far
| booksish School Board should donate
the sum of $40 to supplement this
amount in the purchase of library
| books for the said Vaudeville school.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Bancks, seconded
by Mr.. Evans, that the Fifth Ward
School Director and the Superintend-
ent be appointed a committee to rep
resent them in making Of needed
repairs to the Oak Grove teachers
home Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Talley, seconded by
Mr.. O'Keefe, that the Superintend-
ent be authorized and instructed to
secure an additional high school
teacher for Covingon High School.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Evans, seconded by
Mr.. Bancks, thah the superintendent
be authorized to pay $40 per month
for the transferring of the LOuisl-