EDUCATION BOARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 30 May 1912, Page 6

EDUCATION BOARD.

VESTED DAY’S M EET! XG

The monthly meeting of the Education Board was hold yesterday morning, the chairman (Mr IT. Trimble) presiding. The Secretary for Education wrote intimating that the Minister regretted that lic could not see Lis way to make a grant for the erection of a teacher’s residence at Douglas. Telegraph Messengers. A circular was received from flic Post and Telegraph Department, inviting the co-operation of the Board in making known the advantages offered to boys joining the service as telegraph messengers, a copy of which it was decided to forward to each school .committee m Taranaki. Litigation And Sts Consequences. The Education Department forwarded a copy of correspondence with.! the Kaimiro school committee respecting some trouble it had had with the former committee. Its complaint was that on taking office in 'April last it found that its predecessors had a fund amounting to £l2 Bs, made up of subscriptions, proceeds from concerts and the like, which it refused to hand over. On taking the matter to law, judgment had boon given in favour of the new committee, which now asked the Board to pay the legal costs incurred, amounting to £3 3s, otherwise members would ho out of pocket. The correspondence was merely received . A Schoolboy's Lapsa. In reply to the Board’s recommendation of the cancellation of the free place held in the Stratford District High School by a boy, on the ground of misbehaviour on the railway, by interfering with the brakes of a running train, in the face of repeated warning, the Assistant Inspector-General of Schools wrote stating that the Department was unable to view the particular form of punishment proposed as appropriate for the offence. It accordingly suggested that some other means should he taken for checking so dangerous a practice. If the headmaster was unable to take effective action the Railway Regulations should be sufficient to deal with offences of the kind. Nothing was done in the matter, the communication being “received.” General.

Mr T. H. Penn, secretary of the Stratford District High School Committee, drew attention to several repairs requiring to he put in hand at the local school. There were, lie said, no means of warming the rooms; there wore no hooks or shelving fixed in any of the offices, and part of the asphelt already laid down had been damaged by the contractor. He added that nothing was being done at the school by the contractor, all the workmen having left the job some time ago. It was cruel to cause children to sit in indicated rooms.—Reporting to the Board, the architect stated that the whole of the matters mentioned by the committee had been attended to.

The chairman was authorised io write to the Royal Commission set up to enquire into educational matters, pointing out the several matters which it considered should bo brought before its notice.

It was decided to request the Education Department to transfer the tenure of Miss Doris A. Lawn’s National scholarship to the Girls’ High School in Wanganui.

On the application of the local school committee, it was decided to make Tahora school a full-time school from July Ist.

On the motion of Air Masters it was decided to call a meeting of householders on June 13th in the Radnor school building for the purpose of electing a school committee and devising the boundaries of the school district. Mr Rogers was appointed to represent the Board.

The action of the Pungarehu school committee in appointing Messrs G. Good son, C. Crisp, and A. Newport, to complete its compliment, and the Urenui committee in appointing Mr J. Smith, was confirmed by the Board.

The next meet!nog of the Board was fixed for Tuesday, June IStb and the day following. Various Works. Applications from school committees for various small works were dealt with in the following decisions: That the application of the Makahu committee for a book chest he referred to the inspector, with power to act, and that of the repairs to the overseer, and, further, that a subsidy of £ for £ up to £3 he granted towards the improvement of the school grounds; that the fencing of the Douglas school ground he referred to Mr Kennedy, with power to act; that the York School Committee he granted a £2 for £1 subsidy towards the erection of a school shed, the Board’s grant not to exceed £lO 13s Id, and that the committee he informed that the Board does not supply ladders; that the matter of re-desking at Ngaere and Fitzroy schools bo referred to the inspector, with power to act. Overseer s Report. The monthly i sport of the building overseer (Mr C. H. Moore) was as follows: Awatuna: The wash-house, bathroom and general repairs to the re-

sidence had been completei I. Manga mainline: The wash-house, bathroom verandah and general repairs to tin school and residence were completed

with the exception of the paint work Korn residence: An addition to the kitchen and a chimney had been erected. Oaknra and Lepporton ; Small repairs had been put in hand at these’ schools. Kent; A radiator stove had been provided in this school. Stanley school; He had inspected the chimneys, which he considered were not dangerous so long as tCoy were hot interfered with. Repairs would have to be made to the window facings. Inglewood: The headmaster’s classroom could he partitioned off at one end, and a room formed, the size of which would be lift by 81t. II there were any question of exchanging the classes, it should be settled before any alterations were made. General: ibe new Waihi residence was completed, and the school should he finished at the end of the week. As instructed, lie had gathered particulars regarding a new teacher’s residence at Stratford at Stratford. The plans had been held over, pending iurther instructions. A start had been made with the new school and residence at Pukoanihe.

The report was received, and with regard to the Inglewood school the Board derided that the suggested alterations to the headmaster’s room should he held over for a time.

Upon Mr Halcomhe broaching the matter, the Board decided to see what money was available for erecting a shelter shed at the Waihi school.