A NEW SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 4

A NEW SCHOOL.

; ; . ;OPENED-IT : SbUTK; pLBIENIE..:/-- : .^J 1 * new'jftihool td.'se'rra'the ?Rrowin'g suburbs of Sonth.;Kilbirnie andMaranui.wa's'opsried'on Monday-morning, with'a'temporary staff/of two teachers, ~There .'.we're :.l&t scholars in attendance.. These the:.four class-rooms, and f™. two.ttachcrs- found it impossible'to cope, with -the' ; work. The sohool -wa.s unswept and' rtirty, and-:..the;idrms-stacked'' in" the 'corridors, Clearly .'somepns had;blundered." 'v . ': '•' - , However, the .s'obboi.ip well; situaM<Jin two aores'.;ofrground,,iin"a--',fine-i'fse ) ''wh'e'r«:it're-' :Ceives,the sun on one. or the other of;its outer waUs:;all .day. .The/site.pij .thevQueen's-Drive is healthy; 1 and,- of course,'- there .is plenty -of pure fresh ;air. -The school bnildini*s"and' fittings are.all.of theiatesfand best.design, hnd ■ the new masUv.-wjll bo fof.thna'te'in.this.'respect l at leasfcr : In ■■ some respects' it; ought? to' bo a model school. ■'' - ' '. -■"-' :■■.'°.

• A;".deputation'-: of. ;South .Kilbirnie- residents waited .upon, .the secretary .'of 'the 'Education f Board .on-Monday-re: staff .and Cleaning,-and' these defioiencies will'be'at once.■remedied!', " -. It .is -antiqiDated'that. the. schooHwill'start praohcal worU.,with-.from-;220 Ito 250 ,; on.'■ the roll and.;in- a;short .time, exc»ed in numbers the parent school, at .North- :Kilbirnie, from which it now breaks;away.'. ,-."' ...,••... , i.Nextwoc-k.the naitiesofihe headmaster? arid assistants shbuld-b'e announced." ; ?

-.The above-report was ..handed into the office of Tire JipMiyioN: on Monday, and-held over, pending further.inciuiry. : Our representative Interviewed Mr..:G,Jjr Stewart,.,secretary Education' Board, yesterday, and was. informed that tho. report was substantially.'correct. It was understood that-.the'contractors for the sohoql- building-would lave': swept- out and clean-id the premises on finally vaoating < them.- £ hls >J low , 6 ™:; to ,-not..dono;. the chairman of the-North Kilbirme School has ' now .■undertaken to..supervise matters until 1 the new'committee has been, elected: which will be'to-mor-row. .Considerable difficulty, it was stated,' was experienced'.in connection"wjth the 'temporary staffing of.the-new'.'sohool.-' Mf. : A Brskine, of ;.theTerrace'.School-staff, is at-pre-' eent-;in.oharge, pending the- arrival of the 'permanent ..staft;.one of, the lady-.'assistants enpaced .by- the board: failed to .materialise- on tho pponmg , day,. and the pew'' school- was - consequently. short-handed,- Matters, it is istated;: have now settled -down.- .- :...;"•? --. ■■•