MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9166, 14 August 1908, Page 5

MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monlhly meeting of the Masterton School Committee was held in the secretary's office last evening. There were present Messrs R. Brown (chairman), A. W. Chapman, E. H. Waddington, C. Perry, J. Carpenter, H. H. Cork and Rev. J. N. Buttle. An apology for absence was received from Mr Jti. J. O'Leary. The headmaster (Mr W 0. Jackson) reported as follows: —Attendance.—Main School, roll 656, average attendance 569, percentage of attendance 87; Side School, roll 183, average attendance 156, percentage of attendance 85; Secondary Classes, roll 72, average attendance 66, percentage of attendance 91. The attendance for the month has been muchaffeclel by tr.e weather. On six half-days the attendance was less than 75 per cent, of the roll number. If the Attendance Regulations of the Education Department permitted such half-days to be considered "excepted halfdays," the record for the month would have been a good one. The absentee report contains a longer list of names than usual. It will be noticed that in a number of ca?es full attendance baa not been made in any one week out of the five dealt with in the report. ' Tenders are invited for the erection of the new class-room, | and the new entrance for the infant classes. The amount voted by the Education Department for the room is £350. The room as planned (22 x 24) will not cost that sum. If the new room could be made six feet longer, the new wing would then exactly correspond with the infants' wing of the building. This would permit of the whole school being modernised by roofing the portion between the two wings. Thus, at a minimum of cost, a large assembly room would he provided, and the school made up-to-date in its equipment 1 . In connection with the uroposed visit of the Governor of the Dominion, on Wednesday next, I have arranged for the School Cadets to parade in connection with the reception. The treasurer reported a credit balance at the Bank of £3O 9s 3d. The Rev. J. N. Buttle was ap pointed representative of the Committee on the Executive Committee! of the School Committee's Association. Messrs C. Perry, G. Townsend and E. H. Waddington were appointed visiting members for the month. It was reported that Mr Jas. Candy had accepted the position as conductor of the fife band, that position having been recently resigned by Mr F. W. G. McLeod.