DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 513, 21 May 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS.

Regulations governing tho staffing and general organisation of' district high schools aro .published, in this week's Gazette.' Tkoy provide, briefly, that such institutions shall bo governed by tho same conditions as regards average attendance as ordinary public schools, and that applicants for admission must pos- „ sess certificates of proficiency, except in cases • Whcro tho attendance falls below -20, when tho ' ''' Education Board, at its discretion, may admit '*• holders of certificates of competency in Standard VI. In January of each year district ■»■' high schools aro to bo staffed on tho basis of Ml' tho '■ average attendance for the year previous/ >rj« but'subjeot to a specified increase,'the ratioti»<( of which varies with the size of the 6011001, y n additions to tho'staff may bo mado dm'ing tho -; year, and,; conversely, a corresponding rcdnc-'. lion in t the attendance during the year will." mvolvo'tlie reduction of tho staff ately. No iiicrenosc'or rednctiun mui, ~\--' ever, bo made in,the salaries of those members' .■ of the 6taff who wero not nnpninted in coii'' r " " ' quenco of tho increase in the attendance. ijy" i; tho case of the establishment of a now dislr" high school,, tho averngo attendance of tu primary and secondary departments shall' ~ ' ■- computed in the same way as if such Primal- v and secondary departments respectively wor .1 new schools; but in no easo shall any sohoo' i in consequonce of this clause, bo placed in a grade lower than that in vhjpli it v-m>*.> >-.. v « eon placed had tho district high' school not been established, V