OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Southland Times, Issue 18851, 17 June 1920, Page 5

OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS

i:\v.\i. and repair. TIM'; DEPARTMENT'S POLICY. Gar Lluted I'rf.-j Association.) WELLINGTON. June 10. !! c; >1 yi u g to a ihim'ation from Eoxton yc.-lirdny. winch asked for :i new school :i! Sam mi !" replace i!u‘ existing one. which is -1A years old, liic Minister of Education ‘tits lion. .1. Pair l dealt generally with Ih ’ '|ii' .-nun. lie said the problem of old .‘ minings had to Ise laced. Where a buikittig was si old as In be unwholesome and ia-amt ary the Department would at once '.■ndi'i; ai-:e a nov building, hut he could a .1 promise to replace all old schools with a- w buildings. Such a course would involve a huge expenditure, besides which it was unnecessary. r l here were many buildings llnr'.y and even forty years of age in which the umber, often kauri, was in excellent condition. Much could be done to le-modcl and modernise oid buddings at c-.mparativeiy little (x|Kmse. The Government wouk; follow this course rather than -crap all old buildings at. a time when building was at an almost ruinous cost. An archil eel would shortly be apj>ointed to t!ic Dcparl niciil. consulting with the Education Boards. ’] he Board's architects would, lie able to advise with regard to the otie bon m old schools, and which buildings should be replaced.