EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 143, 11 July 1901, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The Boird met on Wednesday. Present: Mr. McAllum (Chairman), Miss Heywood, Messrs. Wade, Allsworth, Mackay, Kennedy, Faull, Hignelt and Adlam.

The Architect reported that some limber had bsen delivered a-"d work • ommenced at theDiirbam-road Fchool. Owing to the position cf the school, ib whs pointed out that but little s'in ciuld get in'o the building. He h»d consulted with the Inspector, and it; vps decided that as the window cm'dj <ofc be altered, an extra window should 'is put in, and he had given instrucions accordingly. The report was idopted. The Warea -Committee repirtrd that t' e fchool roof was in bad order.—The Architect will be instructed to attend to the ma' ter, and alfo to supply paint .8 r. quested for the shelter-shed. The B'rd-road Committea wrote urging the need for a residence at the school. Mr. Kennedy supported the urgency of the cas<\ Mr. Wade moved, and Mr. Higrett, econded, " Tnat the matter be placsd on the list of u gent works." Mr. Kennedy said he would like to <e3 something definite promised.— Ih *as 'poin v f d out than tl ere we*e several otber schools in a similar position, and the most urgent ones would be taken when the next building fund was al'ocited.—The motion was ca'ried, and [the Bird-road Committee will bj in'ormed that a deputation from the [(>avd is proce ding ti Welling'on to ndeavour 'o get a liirrer sum o f mmey grant, d *o the Board, out of which ra id ■ cea con Id b-> provid d.

T e Ri apiko C imrnit'ee wr.A' thi 1- - it h»l o 'in lis i u*. of which to contribu'e to «lv co toE a range.—K. furred 'o tlm Chairman toeoquire iuto. .

Mr Jnß ph Themas fo'\vrd c ,d his resig at,ion as teacher »t Franklev-rond, owing; to 'isbeinjjr qnir. d to a s.'st l is fatho'" on the farm.—The r. Mgniti'n was with regr t at th<» cirs utider which it is tsi dero ind Mr Thotms will be informed tint as soin as he fe-ls disposed to reenf<r tt eBo rd'ssirvicp, every facility vi 1 bs siven h'm to do>o. Mr E u rbe t B ownl'fl f q*wc|el his i-fsinrw ion as pupil teacher at the Diiflley-road school M is< M iv'an Oqop-r forwar4 e 4 hir r sig-ati 'n "-S te<eher at Pjhr-kur*, as li wis ii ab'e to g<t to her work oa iceount "f the bad ro\Hs.

M . K nnedy thought that as Mtss u:i:\'e c'reumstinces some al'owanee should 1 e made to hir.

M- 1 . Hignitt faid the resignation fi.u'd have to be acc pte). The posiion had bein a most unfor'uaate one, and he t v onght Mr. Keonely shou'd sea Miss Cooper and point out that if she wis willing another'appointment might be given her. The Biid-ro d Committee notified.

hit the tia-'hi-r was ill, and world probihly be unable to rfsumi dqti is f >r several days. —Matter left in hands if the Chairman to deil with. The St atford Committse rsked for an additional leaoher for the school.

Mr Mackay pointed , out that the headmaster thought that the assistant should have ability to teich ia the .s condary euhjec's. Mr. Allswocth moved that applicj-

ions be called for an additional teacher for Stratford Di.-triet Sihool.— Seconded by Mr. HioreS 1 , and carried The Toko Cormit'ej wroti asking for an ass : stinfc femile teacher to be appointed—Mh« Hieattie »ill ba appointed tq the positio" l , as from Ist July.

Mr. Themson, School it Pukearuh■*, wro ein refererce to h ilidays. Miss Breanan lud aiked 'o t allowed to keep the gchod open during the winter holiday so that s'oe could hav ) a longer holiday in the summer.—The request of the teicher re svin'er holidays was agre d 10, and the witter of summer holidays will be considered when the summer s are fit'd.

• The Pukeiruhe an! Uii<% Commi','eei will ba d pirmissioa to reduce the. midday ncess, The Chairman of the D tnb'gh-ioa ' Commit ee wro'e that he had been asked to draw avten ion to 'h" Inspec f o.'s report on tho pchoo', which di I not tally with fac's, eg the m ster, Mr Brownlee, to ik charge af er the mid"uaimer, not midwint-r, l:o'ida)s. -The Inspector explained th tt thirehid be n a clerical error in this case, and t l >e acl er had be in wrioten to. —A copy of the Inspector's r port on the lett.■<■ will be stnt to the Cocnmit'ee.

The Saliabiiry-roal Cemaiitt- e wrote in ra r erer:ce to th* examtra'ion rop»r\ —Tne In-pector also wrote on the -arre m£C : ter. —The teacher will be direct-id to cnd-sav ur to maks impr vjoaen in 'he r-suUs attained i i the sshcol. Th« Oka'o Committ-ae f rwardi d the following rrsilut'on, as a rep'y ti a lnt'e- from the BosdThat the Okato School Committe) is diss itUfied with t 1 e Inspector's answpr to the charge* made agairi-t him; acd that they forthwith denoanl an impartial enquiry, tWr grounds for comp'aint I hein» that upon the evid nee of the I children and fssi'tmt t'acher the words r -ported were ma J e use of; and also, to f i-t v 'r the application, furtl.ur.ol arges will be brou;ht : forward, viz., "(1) not hivingornmon de ency to u-e cammJn rourtrsy to either telphers or fcbolars ; " and (2) eiving Standard IV questions hedging 'o S anJmd VI.-M'Ssrs McAl'um, Allsvorth, Ad'atn, nnd ITgnetfc wer.i appointed a cowiiiitt e to iuvejtigat.e the m\tte-.

The Waihi atd Denbigh-road Chiirman notified thtt-, no committees ha 1 be n e'ected. —M*!" J. B. A'len wa-> appoin'ed Comm : ssionar for Waihi, and Mr. Fos'erfo Den igh ro d The Waihi <e cher f-rwardel an exp'anation in ffgird to the eitry of a chi!d*n age,in the regiter.—The exp'anation wis see p'ed, Me«srs. Bishop, Miles, and Neilfoo a'tf-nd d ss a deputation to ask for tip evab'ishment (of a school at Waitui, on t'.e jinc'ion of the Br'stol and Kn'intta-ioids, about five miles north of the Kinaata school. Th.re were 20 children of s hcol age who wou'd a'.te ;(l, and there would s l only b • aiiother 18 of schor l age. At prtse if the ch ldren w<re unable to get to school Tbe marest whig n ar'y four milrs from theK'ima a-road,and gome five miles away. The chi'dren on th • lis* - , were all within a radius of a mi e cf the suggested site. L. The Chairman su'd the matter had been ur.dtr co wid ration jr viously by the Boa'd. i AftOi- considera i n, it w«s reso've l on the mot'on of Mr. Hignett, s c mled by Mr. A<<bm, "That all necess iry j da'a ba obtained with reference to the application for a scko >1 ia the Waitui dis'ricfc, and that the matter be referred to the d putatim which isa})out to proceed to, Wellington in order that

an applict'ion may ba mads to the Ddparctnent for the necessary accommodation."

Tlie Inspector wrote in reference to five tuition at tlje Stratford Dislrict Hijli Scho.l as fallows: h'e paying pupils at the Stratford D stiic" High School.—As you are aware, pup-Is who p MS Standard "VI. With credit are allowed free tuition at a District High School. B-ifore this was graLt d by the Department there ivi r,j a*-, Stra'ford paying pupils who .-o pissed Stindird VI., soma of them passing excellency. The question arises wketuer thii-e pupils should have their fees remitted, and should be grntel free tuition. Personally I. think fo, aud I think that the Depirt-I meat would offer ro o' jot;'ion, Mr. Mackay thought the Board) fhould wait ti'l the parents come for-! ward and ask for a remission of fees. He doubte ' if 'the Djpartmeut would agree to paying for free tuition when parents could piy fees. Mr. AH?worth also fpoke, but thought the Board should defer consideration till nex; meeting.—Held over accordingly, 'I ha Board went into commi'te to dircuss let'era from the Stanley-road | Commit*ee and the Inspector re the teiche-, an! on res iming it was decided to «d pt a r coramendatioa that the Cha rman and Inspec'or be appo nted to enquire into tho ma'ter, and j report at a future meeting. j I The Pu l l c Health Officer wrote jia r. ference to the con'ition of the i Lepperti n School; t.he well should be J closed fir awhile.

Mr Fitill s id tha* 'ome years nga it was found th i wels at some of the school-i wjs bad o«jng ti wj<d in the soil through wlvc'i the wells were sui.k.

Mr Mackay moved 'ha' the results of th nn.'ly io.l tes>. s' ould be aslred for, fjtic irded by Mr Hignett, and carri. d.

The Oh*i rm in'n acfci in in closing the Norfolk-road fchod fir* a week owing t i the p evaUnc i i f measles was confiimed.

1 ThvFi ance Ci mr.ittee reported as follows: —With reference lo the report on the sire for the Technical Schcol in New Plymouth, a qurstion \yhijoh was referred b c!t to th>i Commit te, we hive ti report that th're aro o many conflic'ing intere:ts, and thore are so mmy difficul'iesin the way ofcarrying out a compile of techn'cal el'icctioo in New Plymou h and the surrounding district that, notwithstanding that the Board 13 anxious to arrange for suoh a s hool in New PlymOu'h simultaneously with that at St'a'ford, i l -, is at present doub' ful on what lin s to make recommendations. We ' herefore ask for further time in wh'ch to repor% A report from the with reference to the Conference held at Stratford is herewi'h bala r ce of the Board's bui'ding fund. £278 12s Qd, be app iitloned a; follows: -At chitec', 440; sh< ler sheds, 440; alvrti ins. 46 2s Qd ; apparatus ihonne), £SO; furniture, 482 10s ; incHentisls, 460; 4278 12a od. The fiirni'ure wai overdrawn 495 to 30 h Jim o , 1901. After ro'sulting fully wi h >be Inspector and the Arobit»ct, tho Committee poioted out that as the conditions at the various eohoola are not rqua' i f . is very difficult to Isy d-iwn any hard and fast ra'e on the su l j 'ct of blinds for schools. It was the e'ore r cmtnesded thit eich case bs deilt with on its merits in accordance with the rep >i t of the Board's Inspector. The Oommittei reg-et thtt after c ireful consideration they are unable to recommend any increase in th" capitition to the New Plymouth School Committee, as it is impossible to do so without takjng tin money fnm tho salaries qf teachf rs, or from the allowance granted to country who a r ' present (iive sufficient d'fficul y in meet ng thei" financial liabiljti a. Tho Ootnm tt e have couriered the question of the disposal of the 4100 allotted for the purpose ri giving instruction ti teachers mder the "Manual and T chnical Instruc'ion Aot," and Lave ns f mctei the Insp otor to prepare a scheme, nnd submit the fame to the Board with as lit'le delay as pwible. The Inspector reported on the r suit of the conference at 8 r-itford on the 3rd iist,, with repr sentatives from the principal local b 'di-s of the neighb urho id relative to theestablisbmentat Strntfo d rf Te hnicd ulasses, having i-pociil refer noe to the dairying industry. The gist cf this proposal has j already been pubPshed. T e following telegram from the Stratford Borough Couuc'l was reid, in connection with tbi<* subjiet:—The following resoluti n was passed at last night's meeting of the Oouccl, " Tha', fu v theSrat-fo-d F .rsne a'Co-operative A-tsccia ion surrendering the lease, the Oo incil is willing to transfer to the Education B mrd by way of exchange or otherwise f r the pu pose of a site for a trchn : cal ar.d dairying school, (area about one : acre) Municipal reserve, se tim 587, lying <o the north of the Patei and will «Ln givj ev j ry assistance in its power ti wards t s ablish'ng such ail institution ii S >a ford."

The Fiaaro Comaii t e'-t report was adopted, and the Oommitt e d f. r their trouble.

Mr. AlUworth said the disci jsure in the report tf tho fact 'hat th* furuit'ire account was overdrawn should explain tljfl, reason why the Board could not agree to the Central School Oommi teu's rfqu;et for additional capitation.

Mr. Mackay moved that the Board endorses the Insp ctor's r> conamendati'ins, and that the rep >rt and all in ciunectim th rewith bi forwarded to t' e Agric.il'ural and Educational D ipartmenta, with a -reques 1 . 'hit an eOort be made to get the idea carried nut.

Mr. Kennedy seconded the mo'.ion, whi h was cirried.

The B urd pissed % resolution expr -ssive of itsappr cia'ion of the Stratford Borough Council's ac'.ion in pacing a siti at disposal for a technical school Mt'.

Accoun s passed. Mr. Hignutfc gave notice of tbe following resolution: That thu Taraoaki Education Bosrd hereby plices on reco d its apprfcia'ion of tha able report of the Inspector (Mr. W. E. Sp nuer) on the educational progress of the di-to ct for the year 1900; and that the respective parag apbs of the having reforerca it> (1) fai'u-e to inspect all the Bchiols through lick of time; (2) small grants 'o school committ es for seta of scien'ific appliances for schoils ; (3) opening of Kindergarten schools in large centres of population; and (4) establishment, w.th the assistant e (f the Teachers' Institute of a small library of the be*t works on educ.tion, be ref rr.d to the Finmce i 'ommittee for their consideration and repot, Mr. Higne't said that tha Chitirman of tha Waitara hid told him there were only 89 children attenpiog out of 160 average, Tha

headmaster. wished the Board to know the position, as people were keeping children away through fear of contagion by typhoid feve'.—lt was pointed out that there need be no fear of contigioa if ordinary precautions were taken.—Mr. Hignett raid he would point this out to the Committee.---Mr. Wade thought it was a serious matter for the Board, which would lose money, and the school ought to be closed. The Chairman said the B :ard was not simply a commercial undertaking. It was suggested th*t the mos ; effective (■lire would be t# send the Truant Inspector round to look up absent children.

It was resolved that the matter of recovering overdue rents from school t-ites be referred to the Chairman, with power to act.

Toe Board adjouroed at 3.30 p.m.