EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 287, 27 April 1911, Page 7

EDUCATION BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Education Board was continued yesterday, all the members being present. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Finance Committee reported as follows: — Central.—The Board regrets that it has no funds available for subsidy or donation towards the swimming baths as applied for. Repairs to the teacher's residence were left in the hands of the chairman with power to act. Caretaker. —The Board cannot see its way clear to increase the salary, but recommended that he be granted a bonus of £5 for past services. Koru.—That the committee be authorised to have the furze grubbed on the road. Inglewood.—That the committee be authorised to have the necessary connection made with the borough drainage system. York.—That an application be made to the Department for a residence at the York road, and that the matter of easing window sashes, etc., be left in the hands of the chairman. Bird. —That according to the Board's regulations any money derivable from school sites must be paid into the Board's funds, but that the Board will reimburse the committee for any money spent, in fencing. Tariki.—That the crossing at tht Tariki school be left in Mr. Trimble's hands with power, to act. Tuna.—The Board will subsidise the committee £ for £ to the extent asked.

Frankley.—Subsidy of £ for £ will be paid the • Frankley school committee for asphalting. The foreman will be asked to report as to best means of increasing the kitchen accommodation at the residence. The question of a bathroom and wash-house will be attended to out of, grant made for the purpose. Geo.—The letters from the committee and teacher re lack of accommodation were referred to Mr. Young for his report. Bell Block.—-The committee will be granted a subsidy of £3 3s towards costj of fencing on receipt of certificate from (Mr., :A. 18,. Halcombc. ,B,oaxd will find the necessary>. irop posts,'.etc,, to erect fence atypgside t,he saleyards provided the committee dp tji'e J&bor. foreman will.be inductedto proceed 'wjth the erection of shea, 30x16, the committee having agreed to asphalt the.floor. fihama.—The.i-.cqmintytce is to be authorised to repairjne chimney a% the attended to ajLynce/j.,.;!,. , ~,,.;, j |, iK) ~„• . ; ,' J Durham —The - committee jwilb be. subsidised towards expense of removing outThe supply of-, gates ;was ; left Jri tlie hands of Mr. Kennedy wjth- power to act.

Korjjti.r-TJie alterations asked /for will be attended to by the Board.

T .Board sees no rea»pj}!|^!) .alteration as jce,guejjted by th*^ea(s%. ( -| _-,.,,. i. \„ '■•■', . .■■'. . future,tlie capitation for the' Central and w,jll phased as two ischoolg, ■■ report was, adppted;- after the cjaiusfls gating...tprthe Central- school captation and the fence at the Urenui sc|pol,.,fyad..been deleted; ■,. . " iiSomenJiscussion occurred' Over a clause 'Finance ; Committee's report: ;VEfaatOin future the.'c'apitatibn for the Central' alrrd Courtenay street schools be based as for two separate schools." Mr. Kennedy suggested that the clause should be amended! by/the addition of the words "and that the committee be granted-, an .additional £6 for last year." iMri, Morton objected to the clause in tflto, ; lje,, pointed out thftt the Central committee: evidently did not* disclose their full position to the BoardV "Reading their annual report he noticed receipts given'as £B7, whereas the Stratford committee gave its receipts as £2s.p.:ylt:was absurd to tiyjnk that the school £B7. ;;Hc was not disposed to make any grant unless the W(hple; position was disclosed. ' j,jilr. Trjmble pointed out that the committee had not been harshly dealt with, time ago a reduction of 9d per head capitation was made to schools connected with the drainage system. Last year when the new basis of capitation was arranged, this 9d "was not deducted, and this gave the committee a considerable advantage. He was pleased that the committee had to pay for water used, because borough councils were more likely to make a reduction to school committees than they were to the Board. He moved that the portion of the' report dealing with the Central school capitation be struck out of the Finance Committee's report. This was seconded by. Mr. Morton.

The chairman agreed with Mr. Morton. The whole position should be disclosed, then the Board would know how to help the committee. >

The motion was carried. V CARDIFF SCHOOL. Mr. Rogers reported on the improvements made by the committee to the Cardiff school grounds. The fences had been put in repair and fern, etc., cut, improving the general appearance of the grounds. The sum of £lO 18s 4d had been collected for the work by tile committee and £8 18s spent. The committee, however, was anxious to exterminate the blackberry off about one acre of ground. This would cost about £lO. A portion of this land would then be set aside for agricultural purposes, and he recommended a subsidy foi this work.—The report was adopted, and a subsidy not to exceed £5 will be granted the committee.

PROPOSED SCHOOL AT MOUNT MESSENGER. Mr. A. E. Sutton waited on the Board, as a deputation from the settlers at Mount Messenger, regarding the establishment of a school. There were fifteen children living over the statutory distance of three miles from the Urut'i school. There was a school site in the district on which the settlers would erect a building themselves if the Board provided a teacher. —The matter was referred to the Chief Inspector for his report.

DOUGLAS SCHOOL. Messrs. Cargill and Kennedy reported that they had inspected two sites at Douglas for a school, and were of opinion that the best site was a portion of Mr. Rae's property opposite the hall. Mr. Rae would sell about three acres. They recommended that this be accepted, and that the necessary steps be taken to acquire the property. The report was adopted, and it was decided to apply to the Department for a grant for site, school and residence. MANGOREI SCHOOL DISTRICT. Mr. Morton reported that as representative of the Board he had presided over a meeting of householders of the Mangorei School district held in the Lower Mangorei school on the 12th inst. for the purpose of sub-dividing the existing Mangorei district. The following resolution was carried:— "That the division line between the upper and lower Mangorei school districts be the southern boundary line ot sections 785 and 789 continued to the Mangorei river. Mr. Morton .recommended that this boundary line be adopted by the Board.

Ilt was the feeling of the meeting that the northern boundary Bhould be extended to include lands now in either the

Fitzroy or New Plymouth districts. A resolution was passed "That the I Board be asked to include the properil ties of Messrs. White, Gledhill, and Hale ;,' in the Lower Mangorei school district." I Mr. Morton had written to both the Fitzroy and New Plymouth school committee's asking them if they had any 1 objection to the alteration asked for, and, if so, to communicate direct with \ the Board. Neither of these committees had forwarded any objection. He fur- ' ther detailed the proposed new boun- \ daries. Mrs. P. Wells, Mrs. E. L. Nor- ! man, and Messrs. G. H. Herbert, P. ' Wells, and W. G. Stanton (chairman) ! had been elected as a committee for the Lower Mangorei school district, and the existing committee would control the remaining part of the old Mangorei dis- ] \ trict now to be termed the Upper Mangorei school district. Mr. White also waited on the Board in connection with the matter. The report was adopted. The northern boundary of the Lower Mangorei district therefore commences at the Henui stream, and runs easterly along the northern boundary line of part section 500, thence southerly along the eastern boundary line of the same section to section 770, thence easterly along the northern boundary line of section 770 to the Waiwakaiho river. JUNIOR CADETS. Major J. W. McDonald, commandant of junior cadets, wrote in reply to a request, from Tariki school that he regretted a grant could not be made for storage accommodation at schools for cadet equipment, as even a small sum voted to each school would aggregate a considerable expenditure. Major McDonald thanked the Board for its splendid help in offering to grant necessary leave to any of its teachers to enable them to attend the school of instruction. He also stated that he took it that the Board approved his suggestion that the use of apparatus should be discontinued in the physical training of girls and of boys who are not cadets. It was resolved that the Board was I not disposed to prevent the use of apparatus in the physical training ol school children.

; GENERAL. Mr. E.| Walter, chairman of the Douglas school committee, applied for a £ for £ subsidy- towards the establishment of a school library. He further stated that the ladies of the district had donated £5 12s '6d (with a further promise of 10s) towards the purpose.— Resolved that he be informed that the Board has ceased to grant subsidies for libraries owing to limited funds. The matter., of procuring typewriters for the typewriting classes.at the New Plymouth, Technical College was left in the hands of the director, with power to act. t .;' " ' The letter 1 from the Bird school committee asking that Miss Berry, who had been app'oMled' relieving teacher two years ago, should be permanently appointed ta'the position; was referred to the Inspector; ■. •■'•■■ Mr., JjOjSys'WiUosn, ichairman of the TaratsK-seitiolfcojnwittee,. intimated that at a mieeting'-bf.the committee on March 24, the following resolution was carried: "That this committee resigns in a body as a protest against the high-handed action of the Edition. Board in appointing a teacher to the school against the expressed wishes of:the committee." Mr. Trimble r.wap deputed to make arrangements with a,bouseholder at Tariki to carry on the duties of commissioner until a committee was appointed. The matter of finances in connection with the maintenance of worn-out buildings was referred to the Finance Committee for its report. Accounts amounting to £3471 were passed for paymenti