School Committee.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1455, 15 September 1885, Page 3

School Committee.

Present— Meisrs. stewarr, Hawkins, lanrt : Wright. : V i : "' Minnutt-a of last regular meeting read 'and continued. . ■ . Mr St«wart was voted to the chair m the absence of Mr teary.. ,, Accounts passed for payment. :—Montague,'£3 10*., R. M.'Siore, £[ Bs., Venu, 7s 6d,, Svensen, £2 7s. At this stage of the proceedings Mr - Lcary arrived, an«l took the chair, and Messrs Hoßking and Woodrooffo shortly -.; after. The minutes of the specially summoned ihu'oting of 14th August, were read and confirmed. : Mr Leary read, the .-correspondence from the Board, and also a letter from Mr Guthrie asking, one day's leave of • absence, ; f -...•.,.•■.? The masters' reports were read arid received;.. • ■ ■• 'V / Mr Leary read his correapondence to the Board. ittesol veil on motion of Mr Hawkins tU!*t~\hV's'cWool, furuishitigs rvqnisite for 'lVrraco End be applied for. • Kesolv<>d on motion of Mr Hoiking that thft Board he requested to move ■lumps m front of Terrace End School, .fill up holes, gravel approaches, and fence the laud. Jlrfsoived to apply to Borough authorities for p<rrinissiou to store- surplus desks m the old hospital. Reselved — that tenders be called for clcaninif Terrace End Sch«»ol. Resolved— that the boundary between the two schools district be defined as ; Duke-street, froui the river to the town ijoundary;;- ; "* =

" ' " ". CORRESPONDENCE. •In correspondence . read from , the ■-'■ Board it yra,i stated that the Terrace End ..'■■- site Was reserved m the. Special Powers 4nd Contracts SAct on the Ist Sept. 1880, act 17, page 252, and comprised sections' • 5 and 6, block 167, and vested m the ;;; Education Board. > v ■ ; Advice of tlift appointment of: Mr; Guthrie to the Terrace End, wjis *■ ■• lijj&di also tha*"clicque for £2o& -m favor :_ of Mnnro Bros., contractors, had been?; .forwarded. :- " U . i. p-. ■■. /fe the 'appointment of. the teacher to "' Terrace End, the Board did not think it', {•■ advisable to re-6pen the matter, the ap^ , -■ pointtberit having been made.?;' '■■'■.' ;" "" I. . : : Triia.nt "lnspector^ .dairn would ]h*. • settled on receipt of r 'returris frbui^ the : ._ ieacneri:- ;.' ■"'' '•' .".. ; v"V ';■■'■" CENTRAL SCHOOt.-; \ Sir,— l have the .honor to subrnjt my '■■'■ ''«aonthly.Tre^ort as follows r-i^vorage ' /^ftH^^r-past'inbnth; 340*8 ; average at,-,, .*'.tendanceyy 283*5 ; highest attendanjcQ, ] ii'aj2(^ ;'snambei"r)f times open; 50 "^scholars £> vsQrifitted, : tsij : left; 3 ; pxe^qt roll .^rlu|nsV iltof&l&.^&ii Sviirbersfeeh :^y 'the'galjQve t s?l^^ aE^rage^ J ;SttenHaijice j is v ,vqiiiy,, l :t l»iw. B;V*TaS3 fe^tefly 5 o\<%g, ..to tiVe.. . pre^tetic^ *]" ! "6'f J s&, eWd^ihiciojE., "whopping cough " 't^ll^k l^ii%°^ ijjtfyision !*,, is tho/mai |ifJ^^X^he. attendauce. there'-for* tjhe * B *' last" fortnight has teen only >dfte^tiiird|of the roll number* and barely half f qr the ..^pr^cfediftgf.wefe.ks. Were i: itr not- tor {he attendance m. the upper classes the jit- -. tendance, average [would have been nuich j.riqxybrj.vl wquld request; the (Joniinittee.; '/£ i&Tmake- arrangements for hay ing' the In-' I'" &rior'p£ the v (jffices " liinewashed;. This i iwoujd improve the cleanliness m appear-,, : .;i.ance, and ! also their healthiness, v as W)th r: "i the continuance of the_ present 'fiiie seal:'- - l: son, we' may soon expect sojne/ywarm •"- weather, I would also direc£ the . '<soijn— mittee's attention to the Inspector's i-e---cpmmendatiqn ? e. use ot. deodorisers! iiw the same connexion.— Francjs E. Wat- ;'. SON. ,'. ':.'.'-..'■ . ;.• I;'''-''' : :- : V I r '; ' TERRACE END SCHOOL. ■ -> *:■: " : Sir,— l have "the hottonr ;t6 ! f orvVard you. the following particulars regarding the Terrace End School :— I took, charger of this school on Saturday,: August Ist, . Mrs Harvey's ferni of office, ending July ' r 31sti- : vThe weekly rolV nmnbers for ! Week ending 28th August are, boy^.Gl ; ■-i girls, 60 ; total, 121; The highest nmn her of sohokra present on any one half •i ■ •' day this month was 100, being 56 boys -and. 44 girls. Many pf the younger children : are absent owing, as the parents allege,' to the unsuitableness of present ' buiidiiig for school purposes. The, averages of attendance for the month of August are, lst, strict average, 83/77 ; „.2nd, workinac.'average. 8464. — George Nyk, Master Terrace End School. Sm,*-T-I h^ve the honor to report that T commenced duty at Terrace End Schooion thelOth inst., and found school '•• f rtrniture and apparatus to cprrespond' with inventory m log-book. • V lfps.r— The number at present belpnsr- : ing tO>school appears from roll to be 66 boys; 63 girls, total 129, eight of these have been^admitted '•■since I took charge. The average for the past monih was :-^-, 88:5. " RequistesJ^-The school is not nearly '.:■ supphedwith-requißiteKasyet.' The l'st I have handed to you is what we most . urgently require at present. - •- 'dleatim.'r. — Actin«r on your instructions I have engaged Mrs Ellis to 'sweep and drisfc the iSehool each day, and to lay. : flres if/required at 8s per week, until arrangements can be made for the per- • manent appbintnientof a cleaner. Fencing.— lt would be well to have the- school-ground fenced as soon as possible, as it is not desirable that the children should get into the habit of playing over adjoining sections, as at present,, the fence.is also required for the. protection of school property. There are three large stumps m front of entrance to school which ought to be removed, and some holes which require .filling, sis.; at presents is impossible to march children into school m an orderly manner. Dinner hour. — I beg to apply to your Committee, for^permission to extend" 'the dinner hour 15 minutes, as owing to new regulations 1 hour is too short. • Wants. — The following 1 are required for the school :— One cord firewood, 4. drinking cups, 4 hand towels, if material for towels is supplied lean get them ■:-: made. ,' : : „.■ I also besr to bring nnder your notice the fact that there ia at present; a number of cteska and forms which are not at all required m the* school/ and these have to be stacked dp m the rohmsL ■* If possible; it would be much better to get iliem stored until required, as they are very much m our way. I have been . 'thiriking that perhaps you might get .... permission to: put -them m one of the rooms m the old. hospital. I haye to thank you, Sii', for granting me leave of absence on Wednesday, 9th. — David H. Guthrie.