AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2287, 4 September 1908, Page 1

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE 7 BOARD.

During tho session of the Winter School in Gisborne a committee of the Gisborne High School Board of Governors had a conference with the Inspector-General of Schools (Air Hogben) and tho members of tho Education Board oil tho question of providing classes for the touching of agricultural and 'kindred subjects at the Technical School, i The Board met yesterday afternoon to again consider the. question, there being present Messrs C. A. DeLautour (chairman), J. AV. Bright, J. AY. Nolan, J. Coleman, Johnston, and AY. Morgan, lion, secretary. The committee submitted the following report, which was adopted :

A joint meeting of the Governors and tho' members of the Education' Board was held on Thursday, the 27th of August, at 2 p.m. Present (Governors): Messrs do Lautour, A. E. Afatthews, and It. Johnston; Education Board: Messrs AlcLernon, Dalton, and A forgo n. The following were also present : Air Hogben (InspectorGeneral of Schools), Alossrs Hill and Smith (Inspectors), and Air Grant (Instructor of Agriculture under the AYangamii Education Board). After discussion of the proposals of the Board of Governors, the following resolution was adopted : “That tho joint Committee of the Governors and Education Board reccommend that the optional three years course, as outlined by Air Hogben be recommended to the Education Board and the Gisborne High School JiOtiitl ol Governors. Tho Governors to supply the salary of the first assistant- teacher, the second and third teachers to be placed on schedule salanes. Tho Governors’ representatives !' KII ' e to reserve tho condition that it after)twelve months the attendance does not reach to over 70, a third teacher may be dispensed with.” i 1 lie Board then discussed the plan to establish the classes in an informal manner, and decided to forward the following .recommendations to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board: 1. “This Board will defray the whole salary of a first assistant mus-

(a) “Such first assistant to be capable of teaching the principal class subjects now- taught, ami in addition the principal class subjects in the optional course for training in A«riculture and commerce as outlined by the Inspector-General as being suitable for the circumstances of thisdistrict.” (b) “Salary to be from £250 to £3OO to a competent teacher approved lathe Inspector-General and tho Governors.”

(c) “So soon .ns tho Education Board becomes entitled to draw the salary of three teachers for the secondary classes, this Board to be credited with tho salary drawn for the first assistant teacher in reduc-

tion of its grant for such salary.” (d) “The second and third assistant teachers from the commencement of the now arrangement to receive tho salaries drawn by the .Board for such teachers under the Acts and regulations in force on tlie first of January 1909.

(e) “The new arrangement to be for five years to commence on the opening of the school- year in 1909.” (f) “The present arrangement with the Education Board for tlie purpose of closing existing engagements and for engagement and classification of teachers to be extended to the close of- tho present school term.” (g) “Should the Education Board not become entitled to draw tlie salaries of three teachers for the secondary classes within twelve months from the first of January 1909, this Board reserves the right at any time thereafter upon six months notice first given to withdraw the grant of salary for a first assistant teacher a 3 now agreed to be granted.” 2. “During the first year of the engagement of a first assistant teacher qualified as provided in (a) this Board will bo willing-tbit the services oi such teacher may be made use of by the Education Board for teachers special classes in this' portion of the Education District.” “In addition to the teaching in tlie school the first assistant teacher should be competent to take special classes drawing capitation outside the school which should be appropriated in reduction of tlie cost to the Governors or a.s subsidy in aid of salary as may be from time to time agreed to between the two Boards.” Mr Do Lin tour said there was a section of about 5 acres on Stanley

Road and Mr Hogben bad suggested the -Board should obtain the fee simple of the land as a site for a high school building, even if necessary by the exchange of a site. He thought the Board should inspect the site. The site was preferable to the land oil tho AVaikanae. Air Nolan said he would rather see a site obtained a little further out of town. He did not like to see schoolboys running about the town at all times of the day.

The Board decided to visit the site suid' further consider the question at its next meeting.