CURTAILMENT OF SCHOOL HOURS.
In a letter to the editor, “Parent” takes exception to the school hours being curtailed on account of the heat. “Parent” says the children are better at school “even if they take things easy than in wandering about the streets in the sun.” Our correspondent compares the well lighted and ventilated schools of to-day with those of years ago “when heat or cold did not prevent the school carrying on. I suppose the Board will provide chest protectors and hot water bottles for the children in winter.” The letter concludes with a protest against “molly coddling” the pupils “who may, in the future, find it too hot or too cold “to carry on their job,” W T e may inform our correspondent that, acting on the recommendation of the medical officer and senior inspector, the Board requested committees and head teachers to use a wise discretion in dealing with the matter. The teachers," as a whole, do not favour curtailment of hours, but at ,times, when the heat- is abnormal, it affects the infant classes and in such eases work is suspended during the heat of the day.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3756, 18 February 1928, Page 2
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192CURTAILMENT OF SCHOOL HOURS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3756, 18 February 1928, Page 2
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