TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.
THE NEW DISTRICT. At yesterday's meeting of the Board the Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report of the- committee in connection with the Education districts, said that the Board might well be satisfied with the new district. He hoped that the southern portion of the district would have no occasion to regret its being attached to the Taranaki Board. The motion was seconded by Mr Adlam, who expressed apreciation of the work done by the committee. The motion was carried. '
! Mr Chappell moved—That the thanks of the Board be extended to the chairman and Mr Masters for their services in Wellington in connection with their efforts (which he warmly eulogised) to have the Taranaki Board retained and its districts enlarged. I Mr Morton, in seconding the motion, considered it should be enlarged to cover the valuable services rendered by members of the committee outside the Board. He congratulated the Board and district on the new boundaries, and was confident that those in the extended area would find that their interests would he just as thoroughly considered-by the Taranaki Board as by the boards under which they had been heretofore administered. . , The motion as enlarged was carneu. Rev. Chappell then brought up the matter of dividing the new districts into wards. He said that the Minister was looking to the boards for guidance in this matter, and he moved that a committee, consisting of the chairman, Messrs Masters, Morton and the mover, be set up to make recommendations to the Board m the matter of ward divisions in the enlarged Taranaki education district: such committee to be empowered to invite the co-operation of the chairman of the Taranaki School Committees' Association, the president of the Taranaki branch, of the Education Institute, the president of the New Plvmouth Chamber of Commerce, ano Messrs E. and P. O'Dea (members of the Wanganui Education Board resident in Havern). Mr Masters doubted whether the teachers should bo. represented on thr committee. • Mr Morton said be went further than Mr Masters, for he considered that there was no necessity for anyone to.be on the committee outsidf members of education boards, a s . th< Act provided for the division of ward* being carried out by the boards. U was a purely mechanical operation. | )as ed on the number of children, the wards being constituted so as to provide as nearly as possible an equal number of children in average yearh attendance. It would, he considered be most advantageous to have thc : services of Messrs Dixon and O'Dea. as their knowledge of the southern part of the district would be of great assistance, but he could isee no good reason for any • others > outside the Board. He therefore moved to'delete the other outside irepresentatives. Mr Mackay seconded'i the amendment, which was carried.!' » '
PUKENGAHTJ SCHOOL SITE. Messrs Marfell and Ballantyne reported having visited the Pukegnahu district for the purpose of interviewing the settlers with regard to a suitable site for a school. At the request of tile settlers they visited three sites on the Waihapa road., and' discussed the suitability of each. After considering the matter in all its aspects they were of opinion that of the three site's the one at, the corner of the Wingrove and Waihapa roads would best meet the needs of the district. They therefore recommended that application be made, to the Department for the erection of a school on the site chosen. They added that Mr N. A. Brown had generously offered to present the Board with an acre of land, and the settlers had guaranteed to find the money for , the purchase of an additional acre. j Mr Ballantyne stated that the site mentioned Hn ;the report, was. the same as : that? recommended by him two months ago. j Messrs Phillips and Christoffel waited on the Board in support of a requisition favoring the erection of a school at the corner of the Waihapa and Wingrove roads. The absence of a school was being greatly felt, and it was strongly urged that it 'should be provided as soon as possible. It was stated by the deputation that the settlers would provide two acres of cleared ground for the school site, free of cost'except for transfer fees. Mr Masters said the site was a beautiful one for a school. On the motion of. Mr Marfell, the report was adopted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 26 November 1915, Page 3
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731TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 26 November 1915, Page 3
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