SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 424, 13 August 1880, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

AKAROA.

A meeting of tho above Committee was i held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. Present — Messrs Meech (Chairman), Westenra, Checkley, Adams, Sims, Billens and Missen. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read— From the schoolmaster, in reply to one received by him through the Committee from Mr Armstrong, complaining of the manner in which one of his children had been treated, Btating that she had been punished by the schoolmaster when she did not deserve it. to interfere in the matter.. . . , From the. 'Board - ef" Education, Christchurch, stating that no schoolmaster could act as secretary to his School Committee.

I school fence.,.,,..; . , jprop'bW,! and J Mr- 'Sims seconded—"Thatthe Education Board be communicated with again re the present ■ bad state of the BchbbTfsnce."—Carried. Mr Wostenra ■. proposed, ■ Mri. iMissen ! Secohdedj'ana it was, earned—*." Thai tenders be called for yi.\\ ojeMrdng in-connec-tion with the school,"/ y , /*il •!-•■ '> > Mr Sitrte proposed, an 4 < Mr, Billons THat the teWdeija,for school cleaning be received 1 hot''lab 4 *? than Tuesday, August lyth,, at,,7 o'clockjp.m."— 'Carried. '\ \ ;, w,*-' i M< li' I°;'*" ' VOTE, OF f THANKS. ( Mr' Sim's proposed, that a vote of thanks |, bo passed to Mr Checkley for saperintendII ing the uyorks in cbrinfection >witli the I drainage of the school grpurfds.

'j Mr Westenra seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried., ~.. ~ „<. ' " THE COMEBLSOBY CLAUSEB. i Mr Suns asked what steps had been, ( Act, 1877." He said thai 1 a resolution had been passed over three-months ago, to the effect that notices; should be served on the parents of those children who, had .failed > to atteiidl sfchbbl/4hW [ -re^nh^ l d / num>'er i o£*' times in the year. BtipuUted i Act; .but he believed the matter t had been allowed to thought the .attendance at the school rwas far short of tqe number it ought to b_e,jmd considered the resolution ought to be acted upon at |The that 1 he 1 had had a, r had ; BOpmtyjtedfJhe/; same, to tlie%cfc&»lthaftOT, '' jlrhqihad ftaledi-'.that WWatk t '' leorrect no steps)«c^ld'«b £ tit^H o V|i^f'ii»'' rU: according to the Act"tlie~attondaiice of ! children was ortlyOcompulsory' for six jjmonths, consequently it would, } ' "*© wait' \\i\ s the'first'-likAf of' the sohool year had expired, i /The.) ObafnnaVi •stated the; half year had now passed/and tho schoolmaster said' the_list,jof absentees (Which had been inspected'by Jmn on;tbeT ; first occasion was still correct, Sims thought* 'fheTQonhm'itee was greatly to blame for permitting so many | children to, be ( |le ppnsidejred *lfe! /.' I | t-orhpellihg tlio attendance of chilNfrerishould.be sent to those parents who., neglected tbjcpuipl/ with* Ae|. ; ,,,. Tii .,u .''. '.•'- '':''''•■ f -' Messrs Billens, Westenra and Mwson expressed their full concurrence .with, the , opinions exprestrsd by Mr Suns. / . The Chairman stated that tho resolution 'to»fhat effect, passed, at-» former meeting, phpidd bo immediately carried-out. I .;_ ACOQtJNTS' u.j J '.< Hil r P Tlie following accountsiwerepissed for payment:—Mr*;P.,Maluiatti'he;.E2 h isssd '; '* «Mr : Yewen, L&'i 16a ;>Mr Morey; 1 IOaV ! Total,lL3l ls.&oV ■«-■'"- •» T H meetihg^^l^^^.,;;, \ i ii'l '' ii' '" ..;; ,•;