SCHOOL COMMITTEES ASSOCIATION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 5535, 8 October 1929, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEES ASSOCIATION.

I FURTHER: METTING TO BE HELD j | A meeting of delegates of the Peninsula schools called- by the instigation cf the Pigeon Bay school Com mi-ttee was held at Duvauchelle on Friday when the following - schools -were represented:—Pigeon Bay, Du-[va-uchelle, Rcbinson's Bay, Takamatua, Akaroa, Le Bon's and Wainui. : Pert Levy and Puaha school com,mittees sent apologies. | iMr Geo. Mackay acted as chainr.nn cf the meeting. j In outlining the proposal the j Pigeon Bay delegates said- the circu- | hi.r letter forwarded to committees , practically covered, the whole of the i proposals, viz.: To support the policy of individual committees in matters of common interest and to ■ bring them into closer cooperation , and 1 relationship. It was pointed out that Country schools did not receive j the same treatment as that meted , out to town schools. The Ed-uca-j t;onal authorities were making" a de- ! finite move towards agricultural instruction i'n the Syllabus and' it was hoped the lull advantage of this would' be felt as its application meant :-o much to the country the expo, i ts of which represented !)5'7 of ihe whole. Individual- schools had nur.'c application for' dental- clinics on the Peninsula, and unless they com bii'i.d they would- not get much fur- j !h:'i'. It wa«' considered that as no count!y school coiriiiittees' associat- j ion was in existence the' Education Dc.pai tmenfc would l welcome such a 1 move and their views and opinions j ;"i certain matters-. ■Mr Ja.cobson spoke of the importance of secondary education and that an assoeialion might well assist in making this avail-able to a much larger number ol children who obtained j their proficiency. The isolation of ! the Peninsula, and its hilly country; made it difficult to get about. He.' said the Akaroa High School Board j had used their funds to help country' pupils to obtain secondary education by con! i ibuting towards their hoard- t ' big but ur.fortunately the Education Department were opposed' lo the con j * I i nuance of this support. M M l ' It. Odeli said- if an association well re forn ,?d ; the Education Departmen!. might assist in ihe way of * 1 ranspori. The association if formed '.vould' probably be able to arrange 11 f,:r 11 <1 ''Ual clinic in a central place, j Mr ,S. .J. Vegan asked how many i ■■"h'.ol coiii mi 11 cos t here were on the ' 'pninsnla. ; i\ The Cliaii mail said there were !-houl twenty in all and seven were i

re pres mi ted ai tli'- nvcimj; while <.\\o others had w; it ten favouring an association. Mr D. Wright said V/ninui Committee wore vfv favourably impressed with the proposals of the Pigeon "Bay Convr.ittee as they considered it would assist them to obtain many tilings which would 1 be of advantage to their schools. >Mr 'McMa'ster said 1 the Pigeon Bay :cmmi'ttee found the greatest di'fFcult.v in getting things done and he vas strongly in favour of the formition of an association. Tha Chairman moved a. Banks Penh nsula School Committees' Associat- , on be. formed: seconded by -Mr Mc- | /laster. ! Mr Helps said they had'.no author-' ty from their convnittee to partici-

•> pate in the formation of an associat- - ion at once. Their committee was greatly in favour of a dentali clinic • and- had' tried to obtain all informat- ! ion about establishing one. So far ' they had not got this- information. After discussion it was* decided to get all information possible in regard | to the establishing- of dental clinics jam! report to the next meeting. I pK-.ally it was decided' the delegjates present report back to their committees and favourably recommend: that a Peninsul'a School Comm. i-ee. Association: be' formed and '• that another meeting be held „ on ] KovenTbar sale day. | It was decided to write to the .committees not represented and ask ■t'on nf°H pa ' rtic! '- Date in the form «tion of the association.