EDUCATION BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 July 1929, Page 9

EDUCATION BOARD

MEETING TO-DAY SCHOOL UKOUIKHMENTS Tito Nelson I’Muealsou ItoarJ 1(; -liny. There \v«r« pre.-amt : Mess:'.-, U. \V. 6. Smith (chairman). U. A . Knapp, ,j. 11. Wilkens, C. \\ . Tim! ii. W. G. Uaigenl. ;mil K. .T Scantlebury. Accounts totalling £8592 17s 6il were passed lor payimsnt. REPAIRS .AND ALTERATIONS, KTC. Auckland Point : Tlie coininitlcc requested I lull, (lie zig-zag path lieliiml the school he gravelled, that a bookcase dislodged hy the earllupiake he replaced, Olid flint' fittings he supplied for electric |jtr hf. it was agreed that the palh and tlie. liookcase he attended to. lull lied Ihe electric, light liltings should he supplied by the eoimnillce. The I’righlwater Domain Hoard's oTfor of pump and gear on school property 1 for £BO was accepted. Brooklyn : A resolution was passed that an account for £1 17s Od for extra repairs to the engine lie paid and that the engine lie given a six montns test. Upper Moiitere: The board agreed to the ownership of the dental clinic being transferred from the committee to the hoard. Westport: The secretary read a communication from the department approving of a grant of .6233 towards ground improvements providing that the board and the committee find the balance, of £l5O. it was pointed out- that the earthquake laid entirely altered the position ami the Westport committee could not. now be asked to contribute. ft was resolved that tin* department be asked to increase, its grant hv £SO and that the hoard find the other £IOO.

GENERAL A report was received from Miss McMurrav, a special officer under the department. who visited Mofticka. Brooklyn and Riwaka last, week in connection with the possible establishment of a class for backward children. Miss McMurrav reported that there were no backward children in the districts and the- establishment of a special class was quite unnecessary. The secretary reported a( length on the proposed new scheme for teachers’ salaries. A resolution was passed that the report be forwarded to the department as the board's considered opinion. A special grant of £25 was made to the Charleston School Committee towards incidental expenses. The secretary pointed out that no capitation had been paid to the school for two or three years because no statement could be obtained from the secretary to the committee. A resolution was passed that the department be written to protesting against the delay in. replying to the board’s communication about the suggested conveyance of tho Sunnyside school children lo Urmvhenua. The sum of £ls was granted to the Hampden street school committee. The, board agreed to lease a. school site in Gowan \ alley to Mr IT. CoUvnan. The Tasman committee’s request that the, board Tense Mrs Ifopkinson’s property which had been formerly rented ns an extension to the school site was acceded to, application to be made to the department in the usual way. RESIGNATIONS The following resignations were accepted: >T. Burt (11. 1.), Dovedale; G. G. Fair (1T.T.1, Hope (retiring on sunevnnnuntionl: B, R. Hodgson (S.T.). Waneapeka Track: V. B. Hughes (A-IT. Wost.nort; M. M. 0 Sullivan (A..*-.) Grnnitv. Leave of absence because oi sickness was granted to live teachers.