BOARD OF EDUCATION

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 21, 26 January 1898, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION

At a meeting of the Auckland Board of Education yesterday afternoon the following business >vas transacted after we went to press:— School Statistics.—The statistics for the quarter ending December 3lst, 1897, showed the number of schools under the Board tohave been 359, an increase of 3 since the previous quarter. There were 792 teachers, an increase of 21, sewing teachers 64, a decrease of 6 ; scholars on roll 27,683, decrease of 78; average of attendance 22,813, decrease of 339 ; working average 22,976, decrease of 314.

Tenders. —Several tenders were received for the erection of a school at Tatarariki. The estimate was £150. The tender of M. Matthews, £110, being the lowest, was accepted. Removal of Schools.—Mr Hunt, a householder at Te Kowhai, waited on the Board in reference to the request of the Committee for the removal of the school there, and objected to the suggested removal. The Board decided to take no action in the matter at present. Messrs Dunwoodie and Rowc of Onehunga waited on the Board in support of a request that the school at Onehunga should be removed to a more healthy site. A committee of the Board was appointed to visit the site with the architect and to report to the Board as to the advisability of the removal suggested. Junior Scholarship Examination.—Mrs Worrall complained that her daughter's paper on history given in the recent examination of candidates for junior scholarships had not been rightly appraised. A view of the paper was asked for. It was also complained that the child had been disturbed immediately before starting the paper by being questioned about her grammar paper which was supposed to be missing. Mr Petrie's and Mrs WorralPs sides of the question were heard. The Board decided to uphold the examiner's appraisement of the paper. The consideration of the second part of the complaint was deferred for a fortnight in order that certain supervisors could be heard. Grading Schools. — Mr Wright was granted leave to postpone moving his motion re grading schools till the first meeting in April. Point Chevalier.—When the question of reinstating the Point Chevalier School, recently destroyed by fire, came vp1 it was decided to increase the accommodation and to instruct plans to be prepared for a building to hold 200 children.