EDUCATION BOARD.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14029, 28 April 1911, Page 4

EDUCATION BOARD.

The usual three-weekly mooting I of the Education Board was j held yesterday, there being pre- j sent: —Messrs C. H. A. T. Opie (chair- j man). T. W. Adams, H. Langford, G. I Itennie, W. H. Smitb. M. Dalziel, T. j Boyd, and Dr. C. J. Russell, j The Buildings Committee reported j that a deputation had waited on them, ; and asked that tiie Gebbie's Flat ."school be re-opened, there being eighteen children ready to attend. The committee bad agreed to ask tiie residents to furnish a map showing where the children lived, also particulars as regarded their ages and the school they were at present attending. The report was adopted. The Buildings Committee reported that a letter bad been received from { the residents in the Glengarry locality, near Mt. Thomas, asking ior a school, j there lioint; ten children of school age. j The committee had agreed to reply 1 that the number mentioned would not j justily the Hoard in providing a build- j ing, but that if the residents themselves ! erected a .school tho Board would be I prepared t,» take it over on an aver- j age of twelve being maintained for a i year. The report was adopted. j Letters weie received from the Royal j Life-saving Society asking (1) that Board's ins* ructor.s in swimming shall hold a certificate from tho Royal Life- ' saving Society, and (2) that the Can- \ terbury Head Centre may he furnished i with a return showing the number d j pri:i-ary school pupils who can swim and | the mini!.ci' who cannot. It was agreed i to act in accordance with the sugges- ■ tions. ! A deputation from tho Willnughhy I school waited upon the Beard to protest against the withdrawal of a teacher, owing to an epidemic having temporarily reduced the attendance. } As it was, the school was now under- . staffed. The deputation asked that. ; at tho very least, the Board should i make a temporary appointment. The' Chairman, in rcpiy, said if the Com- j liiittee wished to get their ass: .tan*- : misticss hack they would have to ,vit | their best, efforts forward to bring up ; (he attendance. The deputation asked for exceptional treatment. The Hoard j would, however, place the matter he- ; fore the Department, and see what i could be done. Tho headmaster would. \ however, have to send in a medical j certificate. _ ( An average attendance of 3/5 ha.viuff i been maintained at the Midland Rail-| way school for the March quarter, it j was agreed to ask the Denarlment to sanction the retention of the mistress's services. _ ! In the case of Christchurch East, j the attendance heiiv apparently sufficient., it was decided to report lo the Department that the Rnard pronnsod to retain the services of Miss A. Lynskey. APPOINTMENTS. The following annointmonts were nirde:—Greendale side (Camla), Miss R. Mitchell, mistress /temporary): Lohurn, Mr L. G. Austin, master; Lyttelton, Miss L. C. B. Just, assistant mistress; Pigeon Bay (Kukupa), Miss 'VI. Tosswili. mistress (temporary); Prebbleton, Miss S. M. Foster, mistress. RESIGNATIONS The following resignations were received and accented: —Christchurch East, Miss L. "E. Snowball, assistant mistress; Horsley Downs, Miss E. A. Hampton, mistress, sole charge; Kimberloy, "Miss A. F. Morgan, mistress, solo charge; Linwood North, Miss A. F. Inkpen, assistant mistress; Mount Grey Downs, Miss C. M. Armstrong, mistress, sole charge; Teddington. Miss Lloyd, mistress; Annat, Miss Ruby Clarke, mistress; Lyttelton West, Miss F. R. Choat, assistant mistress; Rokeby, Miss' A. Aitkon, mistress (sole charge); Tinwald, Miss H. Lockwood. mistress.