SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 3

SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

JLt the .meeting laf-t night 'there were present —^Messrs lieary (chairman!),' S^Tyart,jW°odrtooffb, Hawkins, Russell, ajj^ Wright. : 't'sb was resolved on the- motion, of Mii HaHvkins, seconded hy Mr Stewart-*-.-Tliat, Messrs W. H. Watt and J. Greenwood- be recommended "to fill the vacant .seats m. the Education Board. • Visiting. Committee's Report. Tour Committee visited the school qu Thursday morning,. in time for the* opening, 'and inspected all the out-; buildings, grounds, &c, as well .a* thje. whole" of tlie class rooms. ; • The watertank m the girls ground, needs immediate attention. ... The sink is completely covered, and a pool of water gathers ; under-the tap, causing children to get. wet-footed m obtaining water to drink. The .teachers all appeal 1 to be painstaking and zealous. At the same time the restricted .accommodation '■■ afforded by the building seriously hampers them m ,their work. Speaking generally, everyone of . the rooms is. crowded. We found the head-master working with three different classes m his r,oom, v some very yoiirig ; ones being amongst Ihem. The wrqrst. case, is the class preparing for Standard I. This consists of three section^ under one" of the assistants, , Miss Blair. The room is arranged for (three! divisions, bul< only two are able to wo<& at once. The third is. marched into. the. passage, and the lesson gone through there. l We saw one plasft under instruction/there., The; window was thrown up to give _ some ventilation, aijdsa skong ./draught . was' the result; notwithstandingthis, the atmosphere^ , was foul, m a, few moments,; i; owing: .to iowness of the ceiling, the large) niimljser linhalirig it,>!and the : 'smell arising from. the clothes, hats, &o.\ hanging around. We recommend thai the .Board- be. asked: to at once divide with a partition ilm olass-roqra, which would then hold all three classes. - The present arrangement is most unhealthyforibothsteachers f and scholars. Directly; funds are available, the large stones about the giduiids should belralked up.j G, #„ Hawkjinj ") Visiting < -s t %,- -9"* W* Russell j Commity§a' r ' A *Mr Wriglit .proposed, and Mr Wood-j roffe seconded,:-— " That^t the ( report; of the' Visiting Committee be received! '^-;y . ' -' : <■''■■•■' ; Pupil Teacher, j Applications were r.eceive,d froni Missj Elizabeth. 'Ke^le,, aftil 'MiU Horfonat Jacks'dit^the foj-tner Being; 'recomWridedi : by Mr W4t36h, ! andihe latter !bv Messrs! 'Gutliriie Bind' ! Fld6d. s " ; .;; i -. i, '^ i ..[] il 'It 1 * was 1 ! decided to forward '..Stisjsj E'eeble's amplication to' the Boards j " ""' ''Sbliool at Tereajje EndV 0( r ", i , „ letter, .read, from. M ; r, ; Snelson stating j wliat had been done by the Board, and: recommended, m consideration of the; Board's, present financial; position-,- that \ a building be temporarily leased or rented, -ft was/ seated that ; tire Board had an allotment at Terrace End, which was, ho-vf ever/ too near theJSquave to be of 'service. It was believed that I' the B.Qard. would jhave no objection toHlie Committee exchanging; for a section near the school to be used as a play .ground.-! / ■■'"!. . B.oved'by Mr Russell; and sedond^u by Mr Hawkins, and carried, That a sub committee consisting of Mr Wood.vott'e'Mfldi Stewart be reqbes'ted to ascer- , tain what building -are available for a j ; school at Terrace . Erid , f and that .Ihe \ Chairman be authorised tdfbrwaTd par- \ ticulars to the Board.