TERRACE CAOL SITE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 4

TERRACE CAOL SITE

WHY NOT A SCHOOL. ~ •feiir, —I was very pleased indeed, and many moro ' residents ''ot"" Td Ard, with the attitudo , taken.,, up by "Observer" in Monday's Dominion, with reference to the Government's ..-intention of removing the present gaol, and alsbion his pointing out-what an ideal sjjqtit would make for a .'central school, to ;tako the place of To Aro—a school that would suit both Mitchelltown and ■Tft'iAro for some years to come. IXhoro.have been many "complaints oflat<J; about tho state of tho school, • but 11 can truly say that during' tlio three years that I have beon on- the; To.. Aro School Committee previous to the late election (and I havo only -been absent occasions), not one complaint has como from the parents of the children as' toK'tho dirty condition of tho school.' MfvLec himself stated a,.few days ?go that ho found ftothing wrong with the school, only two unused- rooms- which never got any sun. Of course, ho had nothing to say about the congested state of:tho playground. ' ;Now, sir, the fact still remains, it is nivobsoleto building, that has dono good service in _ tho past, and . which now wants pulling down, owing'to "its close proximity to the cars and.being a dance rto the children. I myself have seep children just before school time running about tho tramlines and they have been in danger of being run over, nridi many a time has'a motorman.had to. pull un in passing tho''school owing to the children running out of tho nlaygrbynd and across tlio 1 line; without looking whero they arc going. All this because there is not sufficient ground to.;pla.v on. What is the remedy, and wiitjro is it to bo found? Tho answer is plain and clear. It is to bo found where tho present gaol now is, and it. is the' 'duty of the present Reform Government to look ahead and go one better than tho previous Government bv placing itho mcsent gaol site under the ban rtf, tlio Education Department and utilising, the same in the interest of the peopln of Te Aro school district. l! would like to hear what Dr. Gunn h#|-:got to sav with reference to the fiitpiitjon of Willis Street school and its plaving area. After inspecting it, ' f eel sure she would .strongly recommend its (iuick removal, and suggest tho site on tho hill at tho back for tho new ■schcol. Tlio time itself is not vcrv distant when Upper Willis Street will beoomP%.gr(>at".busiiJeS's';Wntre,''principal-.: )v.>here tho present school now stands. Wililst.tjfeirr-'eiifc/Gjyernment ip <16ing 'in .the D<V minion'j'let 'tKein.tUrn''"tbpi& e.yes', : Jiea'rer homeland rfec'-'Oii thC'hiJl '.where '.the present stands a-ZiSchool- that will sjiffico ,ajl,- reouironicnts for: niany years ••■to'' come—a builrlinp ;tlmt wjlj-. be a ; jißtnroV,in-n«pl^ : nn(l.-a liwting..,monument ;jJ.ass<;y Goveriiment; a building lareo enough for the hoys and jirls; and; infante- to. .hovethwr own •esDcotive'i-'.rilayßrdurt'ds , s irtj and. in addition, v H:'gytijpaMum';.to, to; nse'd on alternate iMyf .ljy girls. I feel sure/ill plished bv tlio sale of Willis Street site and by tlie will of Parliament, thus providing any amount,of, air;snace for ; our children, which would 'bp the first stop toward? making;,tho children.of the Dominion healthy amVetc.',' ;• , 11. R. POWER. ■' {Upper. •'ynUi»'»Strcet,.AlAy.(26,lol4..,..