CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 236, 3 October 1894, Page 2

CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE

A meeting of the City Schools Committee was held last evening. Present: Messrs J. Blades (Chairman), Farrell, Julian, Crowe, Fairs, Squirrell, and Dis. Walker and McArthur.

Changes.—The Secretary to the Board of Education notified the Committee of the following changes :—Wellesley-street: Removed, Mr C. W. Field, probationary pupil teacher ; attached, Mr E. A. Power, ex-pupil teacher, Miss E. 11. Clarke, third year pupil teacher, Mr J. H. Rendall, probationer, and Mr D. W. Murray, probationary pupil teacher. Napier-streeb: Mr T. R. Keesing, probationary pupil teacher, resigned. Nelson-streeb: Miss Adelaide Emson, firsbyear pupil teacher, attached. Nelson-street School.—The Committee decided to approve of the Board's recommendation to remove. Miss Hall to the Thames and appoint Mies B, M. Angove, of the Thameß, to the position in her stead.

Wai?t of Information.—A lobfcejv was received from the Board of -Education regarding the Committee's complaint of the want of information Riven in the Inspectors' reports on the failures in the various puss subjeots. The reply was to the effect that if the Committee had reason to feel difjaatisfied with the work of any teacher in the City Schools, the Board would be ready to furnish them with particulars of information expressing the Inspector's full judgment of-tjie school work of such teacher.—Dr. McArthur considered it was the duty of the Inspector to explain in his report to the Committee the reason for the failure of any particular pupil or pupila. —Dr. Walker said the reply from the Board was a snub on every School Commit-

tee in the district.—lt waß eventually ti* • solved to inform^ the. Board that the reply was unsatisfactory; and - to iequeab that the irifpraiatiqn sought tor be endorsed upo Q the reports furniahod' feb the^Committee. : School. — The In. spectorB 1 examination reporb on this Bchool was read, and .was considered fairly satisfactory. : The. roburna showed thab 995 I were presented ;• 634 were protienb, and Gig I passed,—ln Standard VI;: present 42, passed 28 ; SbandardV. : preeenb 68, pasaed 60 ; Standard IV.: present 136, pwsedSS; Standard III.: present 151, passed 1231 | Standard II.: present 159, passed 109; :~ Standard I-: presenb 95, passed 95.—Some ' dissabiefaction was expressed ab thelar^e number of failures shown in Standards IV", and VI., and in was decided to nak tha headmaster to explain the cause of the large percentage of failure in thoBQ classes, Scholars Over Regulation Age.—On the motion of I?r. McArbhur the Committes agreed to request the head-maetera of the - city schools to furnish a list of all the scholars over the regulation■■'.age who have attended their schools during the paeb quarter, ahd also those now attending, besides the sub.

jects taughb them.—The Chairman said he understood fchab in one or two of the Bchools some of the scholars were being taughb foreign languages; if this were so, the sooner ib was discovered and put a stop to the better. . «-