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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 261, 4 November 1890, Page 5

The ordinary meeting of the Parnell School Committee was held last night. Aft answer was received from the Board of

Education granting the Committee's re-

quest for. monetary assistance in effecting a permanent improvement in the school ground by tarring and sanding it, the work' to bo undertaken during the more settled,

•Weather. A list of names of children who' had not madia the required number ef attend dac.ces" during the past month was sub-' mitted by the head teacher, together with the reasons why they had been absent,' some of them being of a most ingenious nature. Until science ahall have discovered fiome means whereby the. ever - increasing colonial baby will b& enabled to wile away the dull hours between sleep on Mβ own account, much ofy the want or knowledge displayed by suc-i cesabe generations may safely be laid toi hie charge. X-he names of the parents of those children who do not attend; , |re to be »sent to the Truantr '

Officer, who will Immediately take; a<*fcion. The examination report on the school was received. The percentage! of pastes was not hig\b, a result owing in at great measure to the r«ery irregular attend* ance of the children. A\ request for leave of absence from two of the lady teachers who; desired to attend the University examina-i tion was forwarded to the Board. Several! accounts were passed for payment, an«J after a little routine business .had been pa* through the meeting closed.