BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 297, 14 December 1892, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Executive Committee of the,Boatd of Education met yesterday afternoon. There SuS3_USSS a- I-ta ««*-«* ABotraoN of Boards of-Eduoation.-Mi-Huir gave sthe j following nofcicß of . mofci for Qoneiderationat next meeting of the Board of Education. »Thab this Board recommends the abolition of Boards of Education, that the' control of local educational affairs be handed over to-t-he Local Committees, and thab a graduated grant be paid to school committees;, approximate to the present, amount required to maintain the different sized, schools, and if carried, a ll P\f- .t, e-re/o l«fcion, to be forwarded to. tte.Minisbflr pf Education. *mpeo™ments. - Messrs MitelialUnd -Wafct; who'LacUnspected tho City schools recommended that improvements .estimated,to, cost £219 10s should be undertaken hi connection with WeliesleyBtree,b, .^hapel-screeb, Nelson-street, and Beresford-streeb schools.-The Committee recommended the- Boar/1. ,to.hayo.the work done. ~ ,

SpjpoL, vßrUiLMxes. ur. The following tenders were accepted ior .the erection and improvement,of school buildings : Helensville School,rA.-Bic.oft, £2047-; Waihi Scbectl, Donald; Mqßae,. £230 ; Woodbill, teacher's ihqase^E. Wrigley, £236 17s; Woodhill, repairs to school, E. Wrigley, £53\17a;, .Paeroa School, drainage and repairs,, ;Oor man,. £.45i 12s. Mount Roskill.—A letter was received from-the Chairman of the Mount Roskill School. Committee, stating thab at a recent meeting of b_a.Comraittee v owing to an appar,en..tamper,ing.with, the marking! on bhe examination schedules, a sub-Committee was appointed to investigate the matter. The-Gqmmibbqe* abated^ bjaab they would be '.glad if a aub-Gommittee of the Board wouldact with them. The Chairman moved that th c Mount Roskill Committee be informed thiat-they .were.ab ljberby to inspect the ex* anination schedule.of the. school at the offii a.c of the Board, and thab they be requested to bring, the duplicate schedule, in the I possession of the headmaster,. with tbeai if or. .comparison. Mr Muir thought that*, it waa only right, bhab bheßoard should meeb. the School Commibbee, but bhe other mcml 'ors of the1 executive dissented, and ther.GE lairman'smotion.was carried.

T_At 3hkrs" Union;— Dr. Laishley made a >xej bal. .application, to the Board that .ib should help forward the cause1 *4 if 'the-teachers/ by. contributing towards.the expenses of the forthcoming confereni le. He said-he was sure thab. the Railway .Department would grant a reduc-duction--'-i'Of..."fares or fre_e. passes,—Mr Cooper fahi ought ib was mosb unlikely bhab tha (DeparJbmant would do anybhiqg of the kind, and f lor his part he did nob see why ib should lielp in a matter thab was arranged by \ the teaching profession, simply forvtheir ihfci crests. The Department would nofc certain"; y be expected to do, ib in tho case of any \ other profession. He moved "Thab the-o!ommittee. regretted nob to be able-torecom-mend; the Board to incur the expense asked I as ib did not come within the-pnrpoße- defined by the-Edncation Act," —The motion .was carried.

B_-KIN TG A .ocou-T. — The Treasurer sbated tha* he had seen the different banks,with ;i_<9 objecb. to arranging if the funds of the Hoard could be placed to better a&varatag s. ' All the banks declined to give intewWfc <on current accounts. The Australian Batuka were not prepared to make special arrangements, but the others agreed tha* if the Board placed its mOney on'•iiS.dl deposit they would allow the usual 5 per cent., and also allow them to-draw against £.t for any overdraft ab 6 per cenb.—On the motion of Mr Cooper ib was agreed that no-alteration bo made in the lodgment of tho Board's funds there belng.no fault to find with tho, Bank of New Zealand.

Point Chevali_j_—ln answer to a letter from the Poinb Chevalier School Committee, complaining that-only tho names of 14 out of 24 candidates had been forwarded to them to select from, itJ was decided to inform the Committer, that the Board, adhered to their appointment), of a teacher, bufo thab it was not the facb that the whole of the namea had been sent to the City Committee. The Point Chevalier Committee; wore, however, ab liberty, to make a recommendation. -