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Position At Levin School Causiag Cpncern The accommodation position «at tfie - s.ehqpb where one class of Infants was at present ' using the cookery room, was caiising concern, said the headmaster, Mr. H. F. Mc0 upsj at the mqnthly meeting of the Levin School Cpmnnttee last night. There was the ppasibiiity of ' this room being . taken Sver at any time by tne manual branch and if that happened he would not know . where to place the class. j Even if this did not evenuate, cpntinued Mr. McClune, the. use of Ithe room during the winter term 'should be avoided if possible because it was not heafed. He thought that the llkelihood of obtaining a sujtable hall pending the erection of. the two new temporary classTqQms autfiorised by the Wellington Education Board should again be examined. It had been sug- ' gestpd, added Mr. -McClune, that •these rooms be erected on the site for the proposed new school, situated on the north-e.astern side of the tqwn. There was much to commend this proposal provided it did nat mean delay, The proposed property purchase for the N new sc.ho.Ql ha'd. made no advance since the last meeting, reported Mr. D, P. Todd. It was still in the negotiation stage. 1 R'qoms Tb Cqst £2506 - I Mr. w, A. Whiteman said he. understood that £2500 was to b'e spent qn. the new c/assrqQms and he thought the committee* should press tq have them erected on the site proposed for the new" school. it would b,e better to spend this $um on a building 'of a permanent nature rather than one that would be temporary only. On' the site seleeted in the present grounds the - rooms would shade the swimming ;baths and he detrimental tp the ! school. The speaker suggested that the committee should send a. deputation to the board to mahe representatiqns along these linesi He did not agree that the site chosen by the baths was. the best. one, commented Mr, McClune. A more suitab'e one would be near the gardens as it was sunny and sheltered-. The new rooms would be
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 March 1949, Page 4
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