TOUTING FOR PUPILS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 210, 5 September 1928, Page 10

TOUTING FOR PUPILS.

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TEACHERS. COMMITTEEMAN'S COMPLAINT EDUCATION BOARD INVESTIGATING "It seems to me unfair that some teachers are touting round thg district i to increase the attendance at the Papa- 1 kura School at the expense of other i schools," complaincd Mr. J. W. Dixon, j who, with Messrs. G. Burnside and T. | St. Paul, comprised a deputation from 1 tho Ardmore School Committee that | entered a protest to the Education Hoard this morning against the removal of tho assistant from their school 1/i runino of the reduced attendance. Mr. Dixon did not think it was right Mini, paid servants of tho board should i"'iin touting and receive payment (or conveying children to school. He i aUo allied that the distances that the (hildrcu bad to travel to school were Incorrectly given. 'I ho chairman of tho board (Mr. A. Jii/1 ); If the figures are wrong lam afraid wo 'nave been misled. A Question of Loyalty. . Kit explained that the distances be- • vti cn f.lio two schools were supplied by lhn head teacher at Papakura. Surely tlin board could rely on its teachers for vitrification of the distances? Mr. Dixon: Wo would like to have an Independent check. Mr. Hums: Wo will send an officer of (.ho board out. We were relying on the ilfclamtioiiH made to the board. In passing, Mr. Hunirt pointed out that there wan a movement in the direction of ccii t. i'ii li nut ion, anil where it was practicable no alteration hail been sought. After flirt her discussion the board (Juciilcd to check the distances between the Ardmore and I'apakura Schools, and give the teachers of the latter an opportunity to explain the allegations of touting. The accusation of touting'was a very serious one, said Mr. Burns, and if it existed it would mean that the teachers were not loyal to their fellow teachers.