Public TO BE ASKED TO HELP PRIMARY SCHOOL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 50, 29 May 1950, Page 5

Public TO BE ASKED TO HELP PRIMARY SCHOOL

To assist in the finances of the Whakatane Primary School an appeal is to be launched by the school

-gxaainnttee _sorng--tiine this year, it was decided -at" a necent meeting. Confidence that the appeal would be well supported was expressed as most people in the district have an interest in the school. At present the school roll is 700. Usually the capital granted to schools is adequate for normal school administration. However, the needs Of a modern school go far beyond the ordinary costs of maintenance ‘and fuel. Such items as the provision of sports material, ktemry books, extra classroom HBpment, the provision of play apparatus for an school, have, through the of the Education Act of century, been a. charge on ■Will and generosity of the in which the school is School Committee de■HßVuggested that the purchase equipment be financed by a graduated subscription the school. This can a voluntary subscription HHs method is now current in all large primary - Whakutafie-, schools were combined as a district high school the , primary department shared in the larger' grant made available to those type of schools. Since the separation the primary school has a very much reduced amount on which to pay its way, It is for this reason an appeal is being made to the public. The headmaster, Mr Fryer-Raish-er, pointed out to the Beacon that a modern school requires modern equipment. But. the bulk of it can only be obtained through public subscription. ,