ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, herein represented by John Dupre, Superintendent, duly authorized and empowered to represent said Board by a resolution of said Board, certified copy of which is hereto attached and made part thereof, hereinafter referred to as Lessor, who declared that for and in consideration of the price and sum hereinafter set forth, and on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned, he has leased, let and demised, and does hereby lease, let and demise to and in favor of : NATHAN J. VIDRINE and LEE L. RICHARD, both residents of the Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana, hereinafter called Lessees, the following described property, to-wit: A certain parcel of ground together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in Section 77, Township 3 South, Range 3 East (T-3-S, R-3-E), St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and being more fully described as follows: From an iron bar on the South bank of Bayou Boeut which is the northwest corner of Section 77, T-3-S, R-3-E, go South 44° West along Section line a distance of 297.5 feet to point of beginning at South side of State Highway 182, thence South 78° 30' East along highway a distance of 350 feet, thence South 44° West a distance of (figure illegible) feet, thence North 78° 30' West a distance of 350 feet to west line of Section 77, thence North 44° East along Section line to point of beginning and containing 4.0 acres, as per plat of survey made by Lindsey J. Aucoin, Civil Engineer, recorded in Plat Book 4, page 134, and bounded on the North by Louisiana State Highway 182: South and East by property of Terrio and West by property of Lawrence Johnson. Being the same property acquired by St. Landry Parish School Board from Mabel Savant Terrio, wife of Octave H. Terrio and Octave H. Terrio on April 5th, 1957, under Original Act No. 389744, recorded in Conveyance Book D-11 at Page 579, records of the Clerk's Office, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. This lease is made and accepted upon the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter and for the consideration hereinafter stipulated, to-wit: 1. The term of this lease shall be on a year to year basis beginning on this date and shall continue until such time as either party hereto gives written notice to the other of its intention to cancel and terminate said lease. 2. The consideration of this lease shall be the payment by Lessees to Lessors the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year, payable in advance, the first years rental having been paid at the signing of this lease and the assumption by the Lessees of the following obligations: (a) Lessees agree and obligate themselves to maintain the buildings and grounds in their present condition and to pay all costs of maintenance, minor repairs or alterations. (b) Lessees agree and are obligated to pay to the School Board, in addition to the annual rental, the cost of the hazard insurance policies on the main building and the cafeteria building located on the property. Said policy being the amount of $50,000.00 on the main building and $15,000.00 on the cafeteria building, the first years premium amounting to the sum of $200.00, which sum is to be paid upon the signing of this lease. (c) Lessees agree to pay for all utilities of water, gas or electricity which may be used on the leased premises during the term of this lease. (d) Lessees agree to maintain and pay the premium on an owner's landlord and tenant's standard liability insurance policy naming both Lessor and Lessees as insured. 3. This lease shall be and remain subordinate and subservient to any oil, gas or mineral lease which may now be in existence affecting any of the above described property, or it, or to any oil, gas or mineral lease which may be granted by Lessor, its successors or assigns, during the term of this agreement reserving to Lessees, its right to recover from any mineral lessee such damage as may be suffered by Lessees herein from any oil, gas or mineral operations on any of the property hereinabove described. 4. It is agreed that this lease shall be and remain subject to any reversionary rights in favor of the parties from whom the School Board may have acquired any portion of the property herein leased. 5. Lessees take the premises in its present condition and Lessor is not obligated to make any repairs; alterations, or renovations on said property. Lessees shall, at its own expense, make any necessary repairs but before Lessees shall make any alterations and/or renovations on said premises, it shall first obtain the approval of Lessor and any such alteration's or renovation's shall be at Lessee's expense. 6. Any movable additions placed on the building or premises shall, at the expiration of this lease, remain the property of Lessees who shall have the right to remove same. 7. The Lessor, through the Superintendent of Schools or administrative staff, shall have a right to inspect the premises at all reasonable times. THUS DONE AND SIGNED on the day, month and year aforesaid, at Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the presence of Mildred C. Prescott and Henry J. Monteilh, competent witnesses, who have signed with the appearers and me, Notary Public, after reading the whole. ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, By (S) John R. Dupre. JOHN DUPRE, Superintendent. By (S) Nathan J. Vidrine NATHAN J. VIDRINE. By (S) Lee L. Richard LEE L. RICHARD. By (S) JопN A. SPEYRER, Notory Public. Witnesses: (S) MILDRED C. PRESCOTT. EXCERPT FROM A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HELD ON NOVEMBER 6, 1969 A motion was offered by Mr. Sanders that since the Whiteville School has been closed by Health, Education, and Welfare's recommendation, and this School Board has no specific use for the building and property at this time, the School Board enter into a lease agreement with Mr. Nathan J. Vidrine and Lee L. Richard on a year to year basis, for a monetary consideration of $500.00 per year, the lease agreement to be drawn up by the Board's legal counsel, and the Superintendent be authorized to sign lease agreement for the Board. Motion seconded by Mr. Dauxis, unanimously approved. I, John R. Dupre, Secretary of the St. Landry Parish School Board, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of a resolution unanimously adopted by said Board at a special meeting called and held on November 6, 1969. (S) John R. Dupre JOHN R. DUPRE, Secretary. I, Ruth B. Hammond, Program Assistant, NEA-PR&R Commission, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a lease dated the 12th day of November, 1969, between St. Landry Parish School Board and Nathan J. Vidrine and Lee L. Richards, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. WASHINGTON, D.C. RUTH B. HAMMOND, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 1970. [SEAL] MARY E. WIBEL, Mr. FISCHER. The $500 fee includes school books and instructional equipment. NEA investigators were told that the plant was constructed with Federal money, but were unable to verify or disprove this allegation. The white high school principal and several school board members are leaders of the private school group. In another community a report indicates the public school board sold a public school to a private group under a sealed bid for $501.50. At the same meeting the board spent over an hour discussing how to cut school costs. (This is a newspaper report.) 46-125 0-70-pt. 3A-15 [From the Coushatta (La.) Citizen, Jan. 8, 1970] BOARD ACCEPTS BID OF $501 FOR EAST POINT PROPERTY The School Board accepted the high bid of $501.50 for the East Point school property when bids were opened at the Monday night meeting. The Board received three bids for the property. Florane House Movers was the successful bidder with the bid of $501.50. New Board President J. G. Marston was authorized to execute the sale. BOARD STUDIES COST CUTTING The School Board spent more than an hour at their meeting Monday night discussing the problems involved in buying supplies and maintenance materials in an attempt to find some place to cut costs. The Board probed the possibility of keeping the maintenance crew to a minimum during the school term and using high school boys during the summer to do most of the repair and maintenance work. Also the use of independent contractors for some of the work such as painting, plumbing and wiring was discussed. [From the Coushatta (La.) Citizen, Jan. 8, 1970] EVANGELINE PARISH-TEXTBOOK SUPPLY DEPLETED FOR YEAR VILLE PLATTE.-The annual supply of textbooks allocated to the Evangeline Parish School Board by the state has been exhausted for the current school session, according to a report made to board members Thursday night. Assistant Supt. Sidney Ortego told members that requests from Evangeline Academy had depleted the supply. A list of books required for Academy students was submitted to the board on Nov. 12, Ortego said. Books available from the depository in Baton Rouge were delivered to Academy officials two days later and the remainder were put on order. The last of the list were delivered in late December. State allocations for textbooks are based on the number of students in the parish and made available at no cost to the school board from local funds. Estimated value of the books received by the Academy was set at $55,000 to $60,000. In other business the board granted a maternity leave to Mrs. Linda B. Soileau, Mamou Elementary School teacher effective Feb. 9 and a sabbatical leave to Mrs. Bennie V. Rennolds, also a Mamou Elementary teacher, effective Feb. 1. Melvin Guillory was appointed substitute bus-driver for Chicot High School. Briefly discussed was the National School Boards Association convention scheduled April 11-15 in San Francisco, Calif. Planning to attend the convention are President Fulton J. Bacon, board members Roderick Perron, Roy Aguillard, Vories Morein and Marvin Ortego and Supt. Nat Manuel. Mr. FISCHER. In another situation where a segregated private academy was established the board of education gave the private school an estimated $55,000 worth of textbooks. Teachers in the public schools state they do not have enough textbooks for their pupils. In the same school system the private school uses the public school buses. There are other examples of sale or lease of public school buildings to private school groups but we do not have data as to dollar amounts involved. There are indications that tuition to the private schools is $400 to $500 per year. The cost would be much higher except that public school materials, buses, and textbooks are frequently given to the private schools by public school officials. We have pictures of former public school buses which have been painted white. Senator MONDALE. Do you have copies of those pictures? Mr. FISCHER. I don't know if we have them here, but we can get them over here. Senator MONDALE. Thank you. I would like them. (The pictures referred to follow :) |