HIGH SCHOOL HEATING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 82, 19 June 1945, Page 4

HIGH SCHOOL HEATING

Sir—l also wish to express my views on the very inadequate heating at the local High School. Last winter 1 was very puzzled as to the. reason why my son was suffering from rheumatism until I discovered that he had to sit. for hours at a time in rooms that were icy cold and damp. The; dampness I i'ound ? was due to the fact that the water which lies around in puddles after rain seeps through under the school. With no the rooms can never be dried out. Although the six main class rooms are bad enough the intense cold in the laboratory is appalling. Being on the shady side of the this room gets no sun until the afternoon and even then, very little. Also t since the beginning of last one of the. cloak rooms has been used -as a class room.. With [damp coats very often hanging beside them and no doors to keep out the wind which rushes in every time one of the outside doors is is it any wonder that our children suffer from pains in their joints and numerous colds. It is incredible that in these modern when factory owners are forced to heat their buildings to a certain and can be prosecuted for not doing teachers and children are forced to work under these disgraceful conditions. I understand that the School Committee has repeatedly informed the Education Department of the position so evidently it is the fault of this Department that nothing has been done in an effort to repair the pipes which burst soon after a heating system was installed a few years'

ago. YourS etc., "MOTHER OF THREE."

Sir —It seems incredible that in an age when rivers can be bridged in a few hours and long distances travelled at terrific speed that our local High School heating facilities cannot be repaired in two and a half years. What other towns would allow its children to receive education in rooms that have had no heat for over two years? Why should Whakatane tolerate such apathy and inefficiency? When office workers re port to work in heated rooms* these cold s frosty mornings just think of shivering children trying to inbibe knowledge from their shivering teain religerator like rooms. Can you Mr Editor, take the lead in a movement for providing reasonable facilities for the children of . . . ANOTHER COUNTRY PARENT.