SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING.

Shannon News, 13 October 1925, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING.

iiic iin .Hilly meeting of the Shannon School Committee was held in i.ie oi iio.-.i om on Thursday evening. Present—Messrs R, L. Tippler (chairman;, Brown, Roberts, Lanksliear, Phillips, Blackwood, Watkins (secretary), and White (headmaster). Au apoh-gv was received Rom Mr Braun. \ * (.HiIRESPOINibENGE. From tile, secretary of the Education Board, drawing the committee's aiiention m the fact that application lias not yet been made fur payment of the subsidy provisionally approved by the Education Department on account! of library books and pictures, and asking for a statement of the accounts expended on receipt of which the Board will be in a position to apply tq the Department for payment, of the subsidy.—Decided that as soon as all tile hooks are procured the necessary particulars will be forwarded. .From Mr Lankshear, accepting the seat on the committee which became vacant ow mg to the resignation of Mr Gustofsen. Quotations for piano were received from a. number of firms.—lt was left in the hands of the chairman and Messrs Roberts and Watkins to procure a piano. , A reply was received from the secretary of the Education Board stating that tiie Clerk of Works will be visiting Shannon to inspect the headmaster’s residence and he will then go into the mater of completing the asphalting at the school. It was decided to endeavour to have the area near tile swings laid down, in asphalt. GENERAL, The visiting committee, Messrs Roberts and Lanksliear, reported they had visited the school and had been imjpressed with the working of the school generally. They stressed the point that something should he done to keep the playing area dry.—The chairman said that awing to the hard clay formation the drainage was not as satisfactory, as it should be, and he suggested that it be. ploughed and levelled' to enable the water to get away. This was agreed to, Tippler, Blackwood and Watkins being given'power to have , the work done.

It was decided to| replace those native shrubs' recently planted that bad not struck. Mr Blackwood’s-offer to get the shrubs being accepted. A financial statement -furnished by the secretary showed that £4B 18s Oil was in hand towards the purchase of a piano. The headmaster reported that arrangements have been made with Messrs Hotcheu and Watts, bus proprietors, to convey children to and from the school from the Buckley corner on the Levin road. He also reported that the total number of children on the roll is 371 with an average attendance for the past quarter of 342. Accounts totalling £24 15s 7d were passed for payment.