Cambridge West.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2227, 16 October 1886, Page 3

Cambridge West.

A meeting of the Cambridge West School Committee was held at the school on Monday evening. Piet-ent : Messrs* E. Allen (ulnuniiMi), T. Jones £*• Bailey, °T. W. Hick-, C. Jarrett, C. W. Cud worth, aud the secretary (Mr Hufh Fitzgerald). After the minute* had been read and confirmed, .ai application was lead from Mm Oowley, , i equating to be paid for cleaning the school monthly instead of quarterly. — The application was granted, but Mrs Cowley was, instructed to be more careful in'future about attending to windows and furniture, about which a complaint had been received from the head teacher. The head teacher reported re the exaraimtion, "lam glad to be able to report that I consider the school has done remarkably well considering the attendance. I believe there will be only three or four failures, and these owing to children only having made half attendance." The Board of Education, in reply to an application for a grant in aid of fencing the remainder of the school reserve, two acres, said that a sum of £12 would be granted on condition that the committee would clear and plough the ground, the woik to be let by tender, tenders to be invited and submitted, together with specifications, for the board's approval. — It was resolved that tenders be invited to clear and ptump the ground. — Mr Allen offered to plough the two acres, and Mr T. YV. Hicks volunteered to harrow it and get it ready for grass.— The offers were accepted with thanks, and the secretary was instructed to send the specifications for fencing to the Board of Education. The head teacher's quarterly report was received. He stated that the school had progressed somewhat, and had improved a little by a more regular attendance during the period prior to the examination. He drew attention to the fact that the school fund loses £2 10s per annum by irregular attendance, the same causing a loss to the teacher of nearly £100 in the last six years. He impressed upon parents and children the necessity of regular attendance, and gave instances of the ridiculous excuses commonly received for absence or unpunctual attendance. Me trusted that as thia was the beginning of another year the committee would draw up a circular addressed to parents, urging them to send their children more regularly to school, and that the parents would so become more interested in the important subject of education. The head teacher% report on the progress made by the pupil teacher* was al-o read. Accounts amounting to £7 0s Id were passed, and the meeting terminated.