Kawhia School Committee.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 228, 8 December 1905, Page 2

Kawhia School Committee.

Tho usual monthly meeting of the I above committee was held in Mr | Fal wasaer’s Office on Ti>=wd*y even- ! ing la-t, when there were present— 1 Bev. R. Mitchell (in the chair), Messrs > Howes, E. Falwagser and Newton. The Chairman reported that he bad advised Mr Durham t > give a full b jli day instead of a half holiday on the date of Miss Berwick’s c Mceri, as it would not then bd detrimental to the , average iitfcendance. The Secretary then drew the attention of the committee to the alarming proportion of absent scholars during the past year. The school had been open 424 times and the average attendance only 283, showing the actual attendance was only two thirds of the miximum number. The result of this was that the capitati >n grant lessened, the teacher’s salary (which is ba«ed on the attendance of the previous year) decreased, whilst the scholars were losing the most period of their lives. Another serious conse quence of this falling off was the fact that if the average attendance did not improve the school would not qualify for an ossistant teacher, and they

would then lose the services of Miss C.Pftdy. - No dooir. parents dia not reali<« She c<w?.;quesee of keeping ibe children aivay from reh.ool ur the i number o? attendance* rcqu**ed. He i The* ootke be give a to parents end g»vs.i-JU»T3 that the committee faUnd tn -irivUy enforce tins n*iximam alwndGLtSLf eetmi frmo -he comra&nee.’neu; of next term, and that parents and guardians will bo pros§caUd after that date for ths non-at-tendance of their children.”—Mr Fat waxs&T seconded the motion, which was CArred.—On the suggest! in of tba Chairman, it was decided to gat extracts from the Act printed for ehv jU«ou ..uieiigGi parents.— mting the above it baa baen found necessary to close the school to diy (Friday) as ' the attendance the last few days has been so low that the average for the present three months would ba reduced below the minimum attendance required to retain an assistant teacher. The Secretary was instructed to prepare subscription lists f;r the children, in order that they can canvas* for donations to the school treat funds.— Owing to the tides being very unfavourable on the proposed date of the school treat, it was decided to postpone that event to a date early in January, when the tides suit better.—Mr Falwasser was entrusted with the drawing up of a programme for the children’s sports, the same to be presented at the next meeting for adoption and afterwards to be placed in conspicuous positions. The meeting then adjourned.