AN EDUCATIONAL BREFZE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 18, 22 January 1892, Page 2

AN EDUCATIONAL BREFZE.

Mr Grant was attacked at the Board of Education meeting this morning for his action in sending a telegraphic request to the Secretary asking for an inquiry into the conduct of the Newmarket School. Mr (J rant, stated that a parent waited upon him just as he was leaving for a coastal port, and complained of the infant classes at the Newmarket School having been placed under a probationary pupil teacher. He accordingly telegraphed, requesting that an inquiry should be held into the matter. Tho inspectors' reports upon the Newmarket School wore read, showing that the teacher in question was favourably reported upon.

Mr Lennox thought Mr Grant's action in asking that an inspector should at onco visit the Newmarket School was most irregular and should not be encouraged.

Mr Grant said the attendance at the infant class was 15 per cent, loss than in some of the other suburban schools.

Mr Lennox said he knew that Mr firant's daughter was a. toa'cher in the Newmarket) School, and that she was a very good teacher, but lie belioved her inoapabla of tittle- battling. For a member of the Board to go pottering about and meddling in the arrangements of schools was most objectionable. It was a piece of impertinence on the part of any member of the Board to be guilty of this kind of thing. If members were to go poking their noses into one school and another, it must greatly interfere with school management.'

Mr Muir coincided with these remarks. He did nob think it right for members of the Board to interfere with any school during school hours. The information that a member of M r Grant's family was employed in the Newmarket School probablysupplied the reason for the whole of this hubbub.

Mr Grant objected to such insinuations ; it was a most mean thing to bring it forward.

Mr Lennox said ho folb that Mr Grant's daughter would be incapable of tittletattling.

Mr Grant said he knew nothing about tho distribution of the staff in the Newmarket School until a parent waited upon him. Therefore he could not see why "these windbags " charged him with telling falsehoods.

After some further discussion tho subject was permitted to drop.