WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10128, 26 October 1910, Page 5

WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING

(By Telegraph—Special to the Age.) WELLINGTON, Last Night.

The monthly meeting of the Welington Education Board was held today, all the members being present with the exception of Mr Buchanan. The financial statement showed a debit balance of £578 9s Id.

The Chairman reported that the Board was in a better financial positionji.than it had been for some considerable time.

The Chairman and Chief Inspector were reappointed representatives of the" Board on the Board of Advice of the Wellington Training College.

The Government notified that free school books were to be granted for all Standards up to Standards IV. Mr Vile pointed out that it had been the practice in the* past to prevent children 'taking free books to their homes. He thought this handicapped them in respect to f.ome lessons.

Mr Hogg was of opinion that instead of the Board making a rule on the - matter it should be left to the school committees and teachers.

Mr Vile agreed, and proposed to give notice of motion on the subject for the next meeting.

The Health Department notified that on account of the difficulty in dealing with certain children in Masterton, who were suffering from scabies, it was proposed making a short amendment of the Act including scabies in the list of inlectious diseases.

It was decided to ask "the Railway Department to extend the concessions to teachers to the boundaries of the Board district instead of making them available to the sixty miles limit only. Oh the motion of Mr Vile the application of Mr Coleman Phillips, of Carterton, for permission to hang a sheet of Moral Lessons on the walls of schools was re?pectfully declined. Ihe Chairman said there were some of the lessons on the sheet with which he did not agree. Mr Vile said one of the lessons urged upon children of Standard IV. was that they should not get into debt. He disagreed with such a lesson. The report of a Special Committee set up to deal with " the School Committee allowance was adopted. This reiommended that the ninepenny capitation be done away with, and that grants to schools be increased. The total increase will represent about £7OO over the whole district.

The lispectors reported having visited forty-two schools in the Wairarapa and found twenty-six satisfactory, twelve really good, and the remainder not so satisfactory. Leave of absence was granted to Mr C. W. Lee, of Martinborough, for six months, but without pay, and it was decided to transfer Mr Jenkins, teacher at Mangaone, to Waione.

It was resolved to purchase a new site at Kelburne for the Training College at a cost of approximately £4OOO, the Government having made a grant of that amount. The tender of Messrs Rigg Bros, was accepted for the erection of the new school at Pahiatua, and the tender of C. E. Clifton for the erection of latrines at the same school.

The Clerk of Works was instructed to make a special report upon the Eketahuna school, to see if it could be removed to a new site.