EDUCATION BOARD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1834, 15 August 1906, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

(Special to Gisborne Times.)

Napier, Inst night. Tho first m:eting of tho newly-olectcd Education Board under tbs ward systira was hold to day. Mr Tanner was toolro'cd chairman Tee Obahmiu voportod tk> avr ago Attendance for tho firs; s'x months th's year

was 7805, as tig dost an avo.-ngt of 7693 for tbo oorreip Hiding period of las' year, an iccrea-o of 112. Too annual average attendaucs for 1905 was 7667. Tho Chaitman, and Messrs Maddisoc, McLornoD, and Morgan were appointed a teaohors’ seleo'.ioa committor. Tho following recommendations of tho building committee woro adopted : Ormond : Woik appli d for to bo done. Gisbotns: Matter of furnish’ng tho now school referred to a sub-oemmistfr, con sisting of Messrs Darton, MoLernon, Maddison, Grant, and theObairmao, with power to aot. Motu : Tho architect was granted an extension of t’mo in which to erect tho schools. Patutahi : £1 granted for repairs to roofs. To Arai : Oitbuildings to bo ereoied ; application for fencing to bo reported cn. Whatatntu: Actual out of rep lire to bo paid. Waipiro: £5 granted for metalling. A lecimmondatioi for the Eloalth Department advising consideration of a proposal for tbo appointment of a subsidised modic-al ctliioc to cxa_aiuo school children was roferred to a committee cansisiing of tbo chairman and Messrs MeLernon end Morgan to report at the next meeting. A letter from tbo Cadet Department relative ta the proposal to hold an encampmen! of cade's at Christchurch in connection with tho Intornationsl Exhibition was referred to each mombir to report on tbo question so far as it affected his particular distric'.

O l the suggestion of Mr Darton, it was agreed that on receipt of reports a com mitteo be set up to consider tbo matter; also to go ioto the question as to whother it is feasible to send other pupils than those in cadet oorp3 to the Exhibition a 3 well.

The Gisborne Hgb Bchool Board and Gisborne School Committee wrote off-ring to outer upon a fresh agreement for two years with regard to tho subsidising of ibe salaries of toaobers of secondary subjects, and recommended tho appointment of Mr Kinder as first assistant master at a salary of £240 in succession to Mr Maun. Tho first portion of tho letter was agreed to In connection with the appointment, it was decided to invito applications for tho position. It wa3 deoided to hold the Board’s meeting on tho second Tuesday in the month in future.

The statement of ncoouots showed that the buildiDg fund would be in debit ti the extant of £4931 ISa lid ; scbco! fund, £2302 9s 2d in credit; and t.cbnioa! school account, £lB 5s 6d in credit. On tbo motion of Mr Darton, seconded by Mr Morgan, the Beard confirmed the principle of granting £ for £ suosidy to committees spending monoy on improvo meats to school grounds, p-oviding the work were approved by tho architect—this not to apply to new school?. The mover stated that the Board took this stand and helped committees that helped themselves. A good many of the applications which dow came before the Beard, and which a bon Id hays been given effect to by tho applicants, would cea^o. On the motion cf Mr Morgan, it was dec’ded to discontinue in future the 10 per oant reduction whic-h had hitherto bern made on the capitation earned by the Gisborne technical classes, A committee consisting of Messrs Morgan, Maddison, and McLernon was sit up to go info the question of an instructor in ogriculture, with power to act. On the motion of Me Darton, it wa3 decided that a circular bo issued to a’.l teachers, informing them tb it it has been reported to tho Beard that teachers generally ara not taking advantage of t-sohmcal c’asaES as they should, and pointing out to teachers that tho Board, ia making future appointments, will take into consideration the fact of the applicant having attended technical classes. Mr Darton drew attention to the preponderating proportion of children in the lower classes, and aeked that Inspco-or Hill furnish a report as to whether these classes are sufficiently staffed, as to the ape of children, and as to the methods used for the promotion of children, to see whethor they could not be brought forward more quickly into advanced classes. L, was resolved t > call for fresh applications for a mistress for Ma-aataha. No applications were received for tho pO 4 of mistress at Patutahi. In connection with tb? Gisberno School furnishing, the comm ttte appointed met and drcdid to supply now dual dasks above the third standard, tho work to be put in hand at or ce.