CHILDREN LEARN LESSONS IN SHED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 11

CHILDREN LEARN LESSONS IN SHED

SCHOOL OVERCROWDED HEADMASTER SPEAKS OUT (From Our Own Correspondent) TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. The highest form in the Tau* marunui District Technical and High School is forced to take its lessons in the shelter shed, owing to the overcrowded state of the school, which, built to accommodate less than 100 pupils, now houses 126, with the prospect of further increase. In his report to the annual meeting of householders the committee chairman. Mr. A. T. Driffil. stated: *Oevrcrowding in the secondary department lias occurred to such an extent that the highest form has to take classes in the shelter shed. This is deplorable, and so far no action has been taken by the Education Board to eliminate the present position.” The headmaster, Mr. J. H. Lynskey, used stronger terms in his annual report. “I cannot use,” he said, ‘‘language sufficiently strong in condemning the Education Board’s action, or want of action, in this matter. It is time they were told in language they can understand that a shelter shed will not be tolerated as the abode of the highest form in the secondary department of this school. Winter will be on us at any time, and steps must be taken at once to right this wrong that is being inflicted on the children, teachers and parents.” It is understood that the Auckland Education Board lias applied to the department for a grant for the erection of a wooden class room to relieve the congestion, but the delay which has characterised the board’s actions is regarded in the gravest possible light by those most directly concerned.