OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS
IDEA FOR AUCKLAND AVONDALE SOUTH WANTS ONE “We hear a lot of eulogy from the about these open-air schools, but other experts are not impressed,” said the chairman of the Auckland Education Board, Mr. A. Burns, to-day. Avondale South committee, which had been authorised a grant for the erection of an additional classroom, forwarded a resolution, passed at the householders* meeting, asking that the room should be on open-air principles. “This may be an opportunity to try out the open-air school,” said Mr. Burns. “I don’t like to igno:-e it. It would cost about £2OO less than the ordinary classroom.” A member: But it needs move ground. The chairman said the trouble was that the site was a very one. Mrs. Nellie Ferner: The one on Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, is in an exposed position. The chairman considered that the modern design of schools allowed the air to be just as fresh inside as it was out Mr. H. S. W. King suggested that the householders might not have had much information about the open-air type, which was useful only in certain climates. Humid climates were not suitable. It was decided to refer the question back to the school committee and to get reports from Wellington and Canterbury on open-air schools.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 355, 16 May 1928, Page 11
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