STRATFORD SCHOOL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 27 May 1915, Page 7

STRATFORD SCHOOL.

AN AGRICULTURAL PLOT. At Hit' Tarannki Education Hoard meeting yesterday, the head master 0 f t |,e Stratford District High School reported that possession had been taken of a plot of land in Broadway South, placed at the disposal of the school for agricultural purposes. Before it could bo worked, however, certain improvements would have to be effected, and the report requested that the board should arrange to have these carried out. It would probably be advisable for the board to retain the management of the land, which .hould be treated as an experimental plot, not only for Stratford Schools, but also for other schools in the district. A list of the improvements necessary was enclosed. The inspector reported that he had visited the .section, which was an ideal one for the purpose. He-recommend-ed that the works suggested by the head master should be carried out, so that the classes could be started at an early date. The agricultural instructor reported : My idea is to have one-half the area „f two acres to demonstrate the renewal of old pasture, and to put the other half in cultivation. L also propose that when the work is fairly started to use the ground as a demonstration area, not merely for Stratford School boys, but also for the whole of this portion of the education district. 1 hope to arrange that pupils from the schools in the outlying districts shall visit the urea for instruction. Mr Masters moved that the reports ',<> adopted, and that application be ma de to the Department for a grant to carry out the work suggested by Mr Tyrer. This was seconded and carried .

PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL

The secretary of the Stratford District B*igh School forwarded two resolutions 0 passed at the "householders' meetings. (1) That the Minister of Education he approached with a view to impressing upon him the necessity of the establishment of a high school at Stratford, as the number of pupils now attending the primary and secondary departments of the district high school had reached 760, and will certainly continue to increase; (2) that in any arrangement of education districts' the necessity of retaining the Taranaki District be pointed out, also urging the enlargements of the distiict to embrace the whole of the province. The committee requested the board to endeavour to further the realisation of these wishes. Mr Masters said there were 760 children attending the school/ and something would have to be done shortly.

The chairman agreed that some improvement was absolutely necessary, and the chairman and Messrs Masters, Marfell, and Mackay were appointed a committee to report on the qxxestion.