HIGH SCHOOL BOARD

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13937, 16 July 1919, Page 2

HIGH SCHOOL BOARD

Present:. Mr. E. N. 'Miter (in the chair), - Messrs. Lucas, Rowe, ' Derrick, Burns, Claxton, Scott and Adams. 'PARENTS' REPRESENTATIVES Messrs. E. F. Adams and J. lvuwu have< baeux nominated and elected -as the parents' representatives on the Board. The Mayor welcomed Ma\ Adams as a- u*sw member of the Board. CQRJtESPONDEKCE. The Education Department wrote - with, reference to the Board's application for a grant to the cost of improving and adding to the schoolgrounds estimated at £2000 saving that a grant oi half the cost uo to £1000 had been made by the Government for that purpose, and S at*X£ Val °f a furth6r «P*wKtu» of £1000 under the proviso to Sec. ,«b of the Education. Act. had b&m ; given. The works, were under stood to include the acquisition of and the levelling and laying out of the ground, and the necessary fenc- ; "H?. The grant would be paid , ™eiVt was shown that the works had .been carried out and the cost. i Progress payments up to half i!,<, , cost involved could be made at air time. To expedite the work, 'a Ground* Committee of Messrs »>i*,ton, Scott and Adams were appoint cd' to carry ou t the 'work. I . REPORTS. I The; headmaster reported that the school roll s tood at 150. Some 50 pupils had left the school owing t o the last train alterations, and fou.had left owing to the parents movmg to other districts. The town peopl© had been mo<t, ' iduringi the train altera tions, and all the pupils requiring board had been able to obtain temporary hom.es. Miss Blacker took up her duties at the beginning of the,month.'''. No reply-was received to the last advertisement for an assistant master at a salary of £250 a year, . and so they are stall short-staffed. Miss M. Polton, one of lasb year's best' pupils, had been assisting for about half-time during the past two weefks, and could; obstinue to do s o for a while. V ' ! Mr. Rudman recommended" that a suam of £.5 be voted to the Girls' game fund to purchase a few hockey sticks for 'general use, aaxd some 'basket-ball apparatus. • He had ordered some requisites, amd now t-hatt there was. some i.reasonabile: chance.;of obtaining- apparatus rror^r,,^nglan j d ) ,, /he;*/thought it ..'would) -tos i^yeU to consider .indenting some -niew apparatus to complete •the laboratorr equjipmeinitr With regard to the Peace Celebrations., he -said that he unler«t<>ot that the ss^^ wouldA part, though so far. .very little, information was available from the executive. He recommended that Monday be granted a school holiday. Mr. ,Claiton moved that Ihe ap preciation of the .action -of tiie people /of Thames i.m boarding the Hi?h Sbhjopl 1 ' pupils be recorded. ; Mr. A-diains seconded/ remarking that 't was> splendid 'the.way the people had come'f^Srward, wijth great in(ootaiveniencei to J3'li© Board was: wnder a very grea*: «»b----ligation to them. The Board'w-iU arran^e payments where necessary.... > . ; The Ghairmani; There have been no answers to tihe advertisement, for aiss'iistaint (master. iv Mr. • Burns i The* mem are not available. 'They are not Im the ''■.'■ :;"- v ■ j A donatdori of wa» dooiated to i the Girls' Gaaxtes Fund. I Referring' to the celebrations,' the | May<xf ©aiid that no headmaster had been, communicated with on account of the uncertainty of events,, but some had gone forward offering their help. Mr. Burns: How could the execu--tive let them knmv? They are not sure now if they are going to have a rejoicing. 1 The Monday holiday was granted on the motion of Mr. Sco£b. The report was adopted. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £521 ,5s were passed for payment. VISITING COMMITTEE-. Messrs. Lucas and Burns were appointed visiting committee.'