A SCHOOL GRIEVANCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 May 1911, Page 2

A SCHOOL GRIEVANCE.

' To the Editor, Sir, —Kindly allow 1110 a. small space in your widely-read newsj to state a grievance witJi mVer.ee to the care of tlie infants at the i.nin school. lam inf.)' 'ncd lint there is a lot of children afctoiidin«£ the school who are uiiilncky enough to live at some distance, and therelore are compelled to take their dinners with thoin. These youngsters, on wefc days, are bundled into an open, cold shed, where they have to ro.mai'ii for an hour and a- half, while the teachers (who ought to bo more able to stand the damp) have their lunch by the fireside in the school. If the children cannot 'he allowed 'in the classroom they ought at least have the comfort of the corridors, where there is a door to protect them from the rain. Another matter is the system of "lineup'' before going into school. On wet days, instead of the children being hurried into school and out of the wet as soon as .possible, they are. compelled to "line-up," and consequently have wet clothes for the remaining school hours. Open air treatment is said to lie a cure for consumption, but I think the above is courting the disease.— Yours, etc., HEALTH. Weraroa.