SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 19, 2 June 1939, Page 5

SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION

—__ ——p.— AWAKERI & OTAKIRI PUPII.S SOUND APPLICATION AWAITED Writing to Mr F. W. Doidge, M.P, the Minister" of Education states as under:- — continuation" of my letter of the '27th of 'JXpril concerning your re"qucst 't'bat. «4ariy' "attention be given to th,e iiiattcr ol' liicrcjised accoinmodat^Mir,at,the School, I have tq inform yon that on the 25th of February last I attended a ponfer. once at Whakatane with members oil the Auckland Education Board and representatives of the School Committees of tlje Rangitaiki Plains, artd have since gone very carefully into the whole question- of educational facilities, both primary and second, ary. , ■: 'M am well acquainted with the need for additional . accommodation at both Otakiri and Awakeri Schools, and on the 16th of May I requested the chairman of the Auckland Education Board to arrange for the submission of urgent applications for the provision of increased accommo. -dation at both these schools. Upon receipt of the formal applications from the Education Board, the proposals will receive immediate attent'on and I shall have pleasure in communicating with you again as «oon as grants have been authorised for the respective works.