SCHOOL FOR DEAF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 18 June 1930, Page 9

SCHOOL FOR DEAF.

% . NEEDED IN AUCKLAND. PARENTS' FEABS EXPLAINED. EDTX'ATION BOARD SYMPATHETIC. A decision was made by the Auckland Education Board to-day to urge the establishment in Auckland of a school for deaf children and mutes. A deputation headed by Mr. R. G. Macpherson, president of the -Association for the Welfare of the Deaf, waited on the board, and said there was justification for the establishment of such an institution. The association had knowledge of 22 children, in the Auckland Province who were not receiving education because of their disabilities, while 23 others were attending school at Sumner. There was the nucleus of pupils for the establishment of an institute for the deaf in Auckland. Parents could be compelled to send their children to Sumner, and he did not think ix was fair that they should be parted from them in this way. Some were withholding information from the Education Department because of the | fact that they could not be near their children if they were sent away. The chairman, Mr. A. Burns, said the board would heartily co-operate with the association in endeavouring to bring about the establishment of the desired, school. "People hare not come forward with information asked by the Minister of j Education because they do not want to be separated from their children," he [ added. \ : 11