SCHOOL HOLIDAY ABUSE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2155, 27 July 1920, Page 3

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ABUSE.

Mr E. -Y. Laws, of Wanganui, Avriting to the Chronicle, says;—“I wish to take the strongest exception to statements made -at the meeting of the Education Board on Wednesday evening relative to holidays granted by school committees. The impression created avus that the various school committees have granted holidays largely in excess of the three days allowed by the regulations.' This is not in accordance with fact. . . . The Chairman’s

statement that ‘on many instances these holidays Avcre purely for the benefit of the teachers,' and it was the teachers Avho Avantcd them,’ is totally incorrect, and constitutes a gratuitous insult to the Avhole of the leaching staff that is quite unmerited. The teachers did not Avant these extra holidays, and most certainly did not ask for them. Teachers froin more than one school have expressed to me their regret that — in A'icAV of so much time being lost through sickness —so many additional days should be granted. This fact must be made public in defence of the teachers. It seems to mo that if, instead of belittling the teachers and the committees, the Board Avould take them both into its confidence and Avork in harmony Avith them, instead of adopting a policy of superiority and aloofness, it Avould do more for Hie cause of education in this district than at present it; is doing.”