CONSOLIDATION.
** DISTRICT.
HOUSEHOLDERS MEET BDUCA--8 TION BOARD.
lhr « and representative gathering /J^er.oftheD.rneldd»t„ct 4 •»,»!« W. A. Banks and E. H. "Hnmembers of the Canterbury ijSn Board, at Darfield last even.when the advantages to be gamed the establishment of a consolidated 100 l «re ur e cd - t . it was pointed out by the speakers 1 .» officicnt education was the benefit to be gained from P"ff chOO L Teachers had fewer ?.««i to instruct, and more attention »iven to the individual pupils, who *Uua of equal or higher ability were Sfforward in their studies. The Sfrd members, including the chief in!«,tor were strongly in favour of eonSti'on At Methven, Geraldine, Ox- > a Cheviot, and ou the Coast, the kerne had proved highly successful, ./none of these districts wished to at to the old district schools. The JtLjion raised by some parents that i their children would not be safe, and inula 1 be longer away from home, was v. i eW & to be correct from their ex"lwe. The children who travelled IfJle consolidated schools attended " legnlaily than those attending JjEjae schools. At Matainata, in the S3fc IsUnd, children were conveyed lieQm to school. From an economic Zm of view they found a big saving JJliffeeted in some districts where the 3j idiools required replacing. The Sooli in the Malvern district would ■ niwpi a consolidated school at JJJgH' embracing the Kimberley, (wjenay, Kirwee, Aylesbury, Charing Ml* fireendale,' Homebush, and Wadjjtfton schools. ]fe Banks, speaking as an old school(Htier said he considered the more addition boys or girls had to meet ,ti(kol the better equipped they be when they became men and It was announced that the seventh jtoijard work would now be taught in int tfhools by qualified teachers. The oaken claimed that the advantages of Mjoiudation far outweighed the disadvnlagts. Committee to work for UMOlidation was formed of representatjrei from, each district, as follows: Venn W. Bymes, J. Steel (Kimberley), B. Gsm, 0. Eaves (Racecourse Hill), CLJirman, W. Dean (Greendale), and f. W.. Broughton (Homebush).
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 13
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333CONSOLIDATION. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 13
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