BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1995, 16 July 1880, Page 4

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The ordinary meeting of the above took place at the Board room yesterday, at 3 p.m. Present—Messrs Inglis (chairman), Duncan, Fraser, Webb, and Cunningham. A report of business transacted by order of the Chairman sinoe last meeting was read and approved. Inspector's reports on schools at Eyreton, Flaxton, View Hill, West Oxford, Oust, Saltwater Creek, and Governor's Bay North wore received; atoo, Mr Walker's monthly report on drill, <fcc. . A letter was read from the Minister of Education, enclosing the first report of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Sumner, and asking the Board to give it oil possible publicity, especially if it can bo done, among parents or guardians of the deaf and dumb. The Chairman said a considerable number of copies had been put into circulation. Correspondence was read from the South Malvern School Committee, reeommendiag that a commission be appointed to collect evidence us to the necessity for another school in that district. The matter wbb deferred for the present. From Miss B. Cooper, pupil teacher, asking to be relieved of her engagement, in consequence of her parents removing to Timaru. The Board agreed to recommond her to the South Canterbury Board for an appointment at Timaru, failing whioh hor resignation to be accepted. From the Southbridge School Committee on receiving from the Board, for their remarks, a petition from inhabitants of tbat district, which prayed for the retention of Mr Elwin as jchoolmaster. The oommittee in reply stated tbat a considerable number of the signatures to the petition were those of persons not having children attonding school, and generally justifying their own course of action. The Board considered that Mr Elwin, by his own intemperate language, had brought about the present unsatisfactory state of affairs, and declined to alter their former deoision. , From the same committee, reporting the aohool to be becoming disorganised, and asking for the temporary appointment of a proper qualified teaoher to take charge during Mr Elwin's absence on leave. From Mr Elwin, asking an extension of his leave of absence on the ground of bad health. It was resolved to extend Mr Elwin's leave till the end of September, his connection with the sohool to cease at that time. Mr Lucas was appointed temporarily to take his place, his salary to bo at the rate of £IBO per annum. An application for additions to North Loburn aohool buildings wai not entertained, there being no funds in hand for that purpose. A recommendation from the West Eyreton committee, for the appointment there as mistress of Miss Oraigie, who has no certifioite, was allowed to stand over. A letter from the East Christchurch committee Btated that, under the approval of the Board, the exchange between Mrs Bowley of South town belt school and Miss Maokett had been effected, apparently with good results. The secretary was instructed to reply that the Board had not authorised the exchange, and disapproved of the independent action taken by the committee. As, however, Mrs Bowley was actually installed as infant mistress in the school, the Board would confirm the appointment, if, after further trial, she was found suitable for the position. The case was not to be taken as a precedent in any future transaction of the kind. Mrs Ostford, mistress of Lyttelton school, wrote, asking, as she had now qualified, for the full salary according to soale. The request was ordered to be complied with. A. C. Blake, holding certificate from the Dunodin High School, was appointed pupil teacher at Colombo road school. The Oust school committee applied for the proceeds of the sale of old buildings, to be applied to improving the present school. The Board expressed itself unable to comply with the request. The architect's reports on school buildings at Duvauchelle's, Bobinson's, Pigeon and Le Bon's Bays reoommending alterations and repairs to each, partial appropriations were made in each case. The seal of the Board was ordered to be affixed to contracts for buildings at Heathcote, Etst and West Oxford.

The Selwyn school committee, in answer to a recommendation, to be informed that the attendance being hardly up to scale, a mistress would not be appointed for the present. After the transaction of some other unimportant business, the Board went into committee and on resuming, adjourned.