SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11692, 19 September 1903, Page 5

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

♦ KAIAPOI. At the last meeting of the Kaiapoi School Committee, the headmaster reported a roll of 440, and an average attendance of 400. It was decided to take proceedings against absentees. The High School roll included 25, with an average attendance of 22. The Board of Education replied that Committees were liable to employees for compensation for accidents, and premiums could, be paid from the incidental funds. Accounts amounting to £9 16s 9d were passed for payment. The report of the Inspector was flattering, and it was decided to congratulate the teaching staff. It was decided to vote, a grant to the boys' cricket club. The headmaster said he had invited the Bright Hours' Children to give an entertainment. Attention being called to a statement that Rangiora was the only High School in the district,' it was resolved to inform the Secretary of the School Committees' Association that Kaiapoi, only twelve miles from Christchurch, was the nearest District High School, and pupils of any age who had passed Standard VI. could attend free, and travel free on the railway. Requirements for the school are to be ordered through the Committee. Mr Keetley asked if the master had power to puii a child back in a Standard within three months of an examination. The chairman said the master had full power to put a child up or down in the classes. Mr Keetley said that being so, he would lay two complaints. Votes of thanks to ladies who inspected the needlework, and the chairman for attendance at the Association meeting were carried. WOOLSTON. The Wookton School Committee met on September 14th. Present—Messrs Cleworth (chairman), Thomas, Douglas, Gimblett, Cordery, Owen, Ravn, and Rev. W. J Gow. The Committee decided to pay lialf the Lancaster Park Swimming Club's account provided the Board of Education pavs the other half. The Board wrote that the walls would probably be distempered in the summer, and that it would pay half the cast of erecting a fence between the Woolston Bath and the School grounds. A voucher was received from tlie Board for £2 12s 5d for expenses re manual instruction. Tho headmaster's report showed the number on the roll as 491, and the average attendance as 429. The Woolston Borough Council will be asked for a full list of subscribers to the Coronation Bath. For the position of first assistant mistress it was decided to recommend Miss M. Mills. Messrs Ravn and Rev. Gow wereappointed a visiting committee for the month. The Committee will send a protest against the ■withdrawal of the franking privilege. The Committee objected to the proposal to convert Phillipstown into a main school on the grounds that it would be too near the Woolston and East Christchurch Schools. Exception was taken by the Committee to the statement made at the meeting held in connection with the Phillipstown School, that that School was the only one in North Canterbury whiah had not been closed through illness, the Woolston School not having been closed through the recent epidemics.