BEACH SCHOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2822, 11 December 1924, Page 2

BEACH SCHOOL.

At last night’s meeting of the local State School, Committee, the headmaster (Mr Mason) asked what steps the Committee intended to lake in regard to the Beach sideschool. He Imdtee cived a communication stating that a separate school was to be established. If this was done, it would possibly lower the grade of the school and reduce the staffing; He was of opinion that the best interests of the Beach children would be served by conveying them t<> llu* Foxton school. 'He said the supervision of the school was unde?' his control yet no allowance was riiade for locomotion for the purpose and unless I his were done he could not see his way to incur expense in this connection. The Chairman said that strictly speaking the school at the Beach was outside the legal limit for a side school, but residents had provided school accommodation free of charge and the school was established. He agreed with the headmaster re conveying the children to Foxton, but this did not meet with the approval of the Beach residents. The only olier alternative was a separate school and to this end the Harbour Board had set aside an area of three acres for school purposes. Local interest would* he taken in the welfare of a separate school, hnt the Minister’s policy was centralisation. In any ease, .whatever was done would not interfere with the status of the Foxton school next year and after that period it was possible that the local attemldancc would he assisted by the attendance at tin* District High school and would more than counterbalance flic transfer of pupils to the Beach school. If was decided to confer with the Board on the subject.