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WELLINGTON SCHOOLS

A VISIT OF INSPECTION,

OLD AND DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS

_ A visit of inspeotion to various schools In tho city wbb paid yesterday hy Mr. T. Forsyth, chairman of the Wellington Education Board, and Colonel G. Mitchell, M.P., secretary of tho Wellington Progress League. ' In an interview with a Dominion reporter subsequently, Colonel Mitchell first of all dealt with the Brooklyn School. Generally speaking, he said, .tho site showed tho same lack of foresight and preparation for'the future as (Was the case with other school a. Since the original ground was purchased one fiectioiihad been bought and added to 0 are of the opinion," he.qoji:tinued "that four or five other sections fought to bo purclmsed,_ tluis making the 'ground a, reasonable si&e for.,a playing area." One portion of the school was vory old, and the committee were desirous that it should, be rebuilt.. . If (his were done, and the Additional land pur. clmsed, as suggested, Brooklyn School ftnd site would be made what they ought to be. . ' • '.-j After viewing the. site of th'e proposed school at Vogeltown, a visit was paid to Berhampore and "Wellington South schools. These, said. Colonel Mitchell, were tho most up-to-date schools in tho city, and provided a striking contrast to ■the others.

In Colonel Mitchell's opinion the present site of tho Nowtown School was .much too -small and was verv undesirable on account of its proximity to the ■trnmlino and the, business area. The buildings were also old and dilapidated. Colonel Mitchell drew attention to the /.fact that the Education Board proposed , b u V two new. sites, at Newtown and that if they were successful, tho pres'.'iit school was to bo closed and two ' new schools erected. "Disgrace to Civilisation," ■ "We next- visited the-girls' school'at -Mount Cbok." Colonel Mitfthell.' -.went ,;on. "Horo we found between'3oo and ' I®o girls on an area of a quarter of an acre with practically no playing space ■ whatever. A tennis court at the back has been leased from ■ a private owner. Across the road ire visited the infants' school. This is a dilapidated old build- : ing. The Toof is leaky and the'-place is unsuitable for a school. Thero is practically no playing area. "As regards tlio boys' school in Tara- ' naki Street, we considered this tho , worst school in the whole city. Tho grounds are too small, they abut on to a brickyard, and there is no environ- ■ ment whatever. The place must be 40 years old. Some of the rooms ?re shockingly badly lighted and there are no fireplaces in them. They aro dirty, and in our. opinion the school is a disgrace to our city, and to civilisation." In regard to Te Aro School, in Tipper Willis Street. Colonel Mitchell'-said- -thiswas to be closed as Boon as the prison . authorities handed over the present gaol, site. This had been promised /'for. a. very lonjj time, but the Education" Board were still waiting. A schoolroom in Ghuznee, Street had been ■ leased • from tho St Peter's Church authorities, anil hero some 200 children attendd. Tho ■ lease of the schoolroom would expire nt the end of the year and the-child-ren would then_ be thrown on the hands of the Education Board, which- would .have to make provision for their ac- ; convmodatiion. • "We think 'that 'the' ■ urgency of obtaining the gaol site should be brought before the Minister agai.*" . said Colonel'Mitchell. The Girls' High School, Colonel Mitchell added, was accommodated in.threO; , separate buildings. ' Personally, he was' i.of the opinion that Wellington should -have a new~Gifls""High School, on aeuitable area of ground,- round.which a tradition , worthy of ,the . city..could .bo, ybuilt. up. ' The preseit'site 6liould : be /handed over, to, authorities for the purpose of primary Jeduoation!'., J,.:. • At Lyall Bay; owing, it': was/believed,- . to the; efforts of the Lcohimittee elected!, before the present committee took office,; :niuch work had been done to the ground.

Speaking of Clyde Quay -School,Colonel''Mitchell 'fclated that, ~jn. v .liig. opinion, the present condition of' the school was due to years of Government: '. neglect. The 'present Education. Board were working hard to make amends for tho past, and they had purchased a , frite for a new. school and were negotiating foy another. ' - -School 'Committees,"' Dealing with -school committees, Colonel Mitchell said that Brooklyn possessedia. very ''live" body. The con. ■ mittee-, did a deal of useful work, one feature .' worthy" of. mention' being the fact that itissued to all scholars on leaving school a circular pointing out to them the way . they should go'if:they, wanted to become good ■ citizens. Tho Berhampore' and Wellington South committees deserved the thanks of the publio for what they had done-on behalf 'of their respective schools, for'they had . worked well, and the schools and grounds were in good order.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 181, 27 April 1920, Page 3

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WELLINGTON SCHOOLS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 181, 27 April 1920, Page 3

WELLINGTON SCHOOLS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 181, 27 April 1920, Page 3

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