BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4177, 17 January 1879, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A meeting of the Board, of Education for North Canterbury was held *t the Nonnii School, at 3 o'clock yesterday nfternoon. Present, Messrs Inglis (chairman), E. J. O. Stevens, H. J. Tancred, O. C. Bowen, and Saunders. ' Th? business done by the chairman eiuca th last meeting was approved. A deputation, coueistiig of Messrs Cook aad PatcbJield, members of the JCaiapoi School Com. mittee, waited on tUe Board. The .deputation explained that they wore ia ■want of i'uiida.to do repairs to,the school iooa, %'he Chairman said the Board, regretted tint they .had no funds for the purpo-io. If they ; ~ could ehoff tbnt they hod made sulistanti.it repairs prior to the 80th of Jane the Board wonti pay the same oat of the incidental account, lbs account should have been sent in loner ngt>.Thu deputation said they wished to refer W their teaching staff. They had no teacher now in the school -who could teach, singing The Chairmail said the Board had a certain ' amount of money, and thoy could not go beyocfi the scale of teachers. . ...... , The deputation said they would like the teach, ing staff to be reorganised.' The Chairman said the committee had better put their ideas on paper \aad forward them to the Board. . ; . ' The deputation was of* opinion that unltss there was ia reorganisation the school would Jaw to close up. ,- ..., '"" The Chairman observed that what tkj seemed to want was that some salaries should ha raised and some-lowered. Thoy had better write to the Board fully on the subject. ' ■.. The deputation promised to do so, thanked the Board, and withdrew. In the course of a discussion Which followed, Mr Boweri said he could understand csijes where the.rules with regard to tho salaries of teachers might be modified. ■'- It was resolved to take no steps' with regard to the special matter under discussion until tie ' letter of application was received from Kaiapoi school committee. i The inspector's '■ reports on the foll<swi4g schools were laid on thp tablo .—East Chivstchurch, Bingsl&ni, West Christcmnvh, PhiltifiS town, Colombo road, Ashburton, Hillsborougli, ' and Kowai Pasa. \ ■ ': ','.:■. ■ . * — A letter was read stating that tho late committee of the Saltwater-Creek district refused to act tiU the end of th&rterrai and asking that a Commissioner might be appointed untfl tfe ■ election of the new committee. ■;•.-. Mr Bowen asked what was it nil about. Tho Chairman said the committee had ail resigned in consequence of the Board refusing to sanction the appointment of an incompetent teacher. • -T A letter was read from the;schoolmaster on the same subject. The Chairman said the election would take place on the 27th inst. It was resolved to appoint the Socretary of ft) . Board as Commissioner, and to give the holidaji asked for by the "schoolmaster, which would conj them over the election. A letter was road from the Akaroa committed complaining: of the schoolmaster insisting opts selling school requisites -to the children agoaiA the ■wiaheeof the committee. A letter was also read frdm-tbe schoolmaete excusing himself, on the ground that tfcs articles yi flueatioti could not be obtained from the committee, and that unless he iejt a Buppfy the children -would be kept back in their stu(ii£< The Chairman,.said they could only reply thai these matters were under the> control of tfee local committees. Agreed to. ' In reply Jo the comnritt§G paianother eubject, the Board resolved to reply that the control c! ■ the matter iv question vetted with them. The Chairman said the price required for the half-acre site at Kaiapoi was sow .£75. 14 had >r ■ been only J250 a short time ago. , ,-' Mr Stevens said it was an enormous price. ' b .Is was resolred to nuthoraa the eecretery |o offer jB6O for the land in question. A letter of thanke was received from Mr , *■■ Walkce, the head clerk of the Bo.trd, for an ip< crease c-f salary from ,£250 to The salary of Mr Walker, thedrill instraoter, ' was raised front .£250 to a year. Another letter was received from Mr Garrett, of Green- Park school, on the subject of a retfif ing allowance, and Btating , various rca ons why he considered the G«yernment should bo in , daced to reconsider its decision, among thens being the fact that he had often been seriously ill throu- b working , in the schoolroom. lh» Board decided to decline to ask tho Government to reconsider its decision. A letter was received from the committee at East Oxford, asking that the Board wooH recommend tho Government to grant a retiring allowance to tho female teacher at East Ox* ford. . :■,■; - : -.n 'J'he Board decided npt to forward the letter to Jshe Goyenunent, as they would in all probability not entertnn it. The tender ol J. Gee, for addHfoas ia ite school at Greenpark (-83i20), and that of W. H. ; Brown for additions to the school at Gobbie's .. Valley (JBi37), were accepted.;, , Tt3 estimates submitted for the repairs at the Biccarion school were egreed to> and! it wo& reiolveJ to call for tenders for tno aamo. ■ Additional applications were made fromfi&9 following placee for certain smaJl Jiaprovements ,_ to the school —Kaiapoi Island South, Lytteltots. Ottrifcon, YttJdburst, and Pretsbleton. It was stated that the amount requirea/o? Taldhnwfc would be about .£2OO, It was resolved to set Mr Cane to report upt© . the school at this place.-,, t . < • With regard to Lyttelton, it was resolve* t* ' postpone the consideratioarcl the application. ' v The application of Kaiajtpi Wand South w&s - granted; those of Prebbletdn end Carltoa post , . pon@d« ; The ph>ns of Mr Cane for tlio Irwell echov were laid upon the t&bs>, : examined, and ftp- . pwrpd* of, and it was ' iw\t& t« «»B '^