EDUCATION BOARD.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16883, 10 July 1920, Page 11

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. Th: dnterburv Education Board met v-,!fnlav. Mr E. H. Andrews presided. * Vivo LemrnHteos repor, sta'ej that, the Department hao. agreed to increase tlic r-nliri/s of teachers at the Chatham Islands, and lu.d recommcr.de-I that the head tcr.ohcr of tit.- To. One school should supervise the two smaller tcnools: it was agreed to advertise ior a head _ ttiaciKr /or the T~ Or.e school, and to transfer .Miss McLauchlan to Overgo. Regarding the Department's request tnit tne Hoard snon o. exoress its views on the proposal to esta >- . li'h in convenient centres tor pupils who live too far way ironi a Ecl ]°°.'\,. th ; ° Board was recommended to reply that, it ;» not in favour <i the hostel scheme, as it believes thai the parents gen rr.: !! V wou.d object ; ps an initia. «c» '• ~w as sußgwtcd that the present boarding allowance ci os per week should be doubltu." Arising -°ni a letter frcm the lady principal ot the. Tiniaru Girls' Hi-h School, it was decided to recommend th.- Department to u. crease the boarding allowance from £10 to £10. The report was airecd to. i The Buildings Committee repcr.e-l In.lt the Department had £150 towards 11.0 erection <{ a school at Chanvcl torks that the work of shifting tbn, Marke me (Cheviot) school b- gone on witn, and tha ; tho Government be asked for an increased "rani; that, the Department had riada a. -rant of .€9OO for the teachers residence *t Rothcrham: I hat application be made tor a grunt (- purchase ,1. additional li acves for 7lio Ashb.rte-.i Main School: that tho Department had mad. grants of £1032 for tl. erection of the Kofcebv school, of £900 v >r the purchase of a residence at Hca.j.co.e of £UOO f= r the purchase ot a tchool Mtt on Lin wood avenue, and an additional -1.-i towards additions at Opawa; mat a larly in connexion with new schools .ha, the Department had estimated that grants would bo availabb for small movaolc rc.ideuces. The report was adopted. Tho report, of Messrs Opie and Bans■•regarding rep.hs 1o mid-Canterbury schoo Is was adopted, and it was decided thai the 'repairs be put iu hand. n-„„l, I Th 3 report of the Agricultural nical-CciUittee stated that Mr W. Martin and tho Chief Inspector wou d report a. he next meeting with reference to the P r °P°f d dairv science course of instruction for fescue" The Dcuartnient had approved ot a grant' of £13,000* for the erection of a Technical High School at Greymouth. The report was adopted. T>„„,,T a The following were appointed the Boards representatives' on the governing bodies oi technical schools in. the, d ' str^: -; Ak^ n Messrs J. S. Dodds, T. Levitt, H. Odel . Ash burton-Messrs G. W. Andrews, h. Galbraitb, F. Watt, 3.V.. M. A.Co.lms Christ church-Messrs C. H Op.e. J.P., A.'Pcvmll, G. E. Franklin. J .P.. W- »• . Eu s rld S' J.P., W. Hone?. McGregor W right, }\- - tl. Cooper, J.P.. W. «■ Gahasan. J.r. hairheMessrs T. Foden, Rev. A. E. J RLick JP Gerald ne—Dr. O. W. Hislop, 3it»» T.'sherrntt, T. Hughes, BI.A. .Kaiapoi -Mi-sw H. V/ylio, R. Dunn, F Thome. Plca«nt Point-Messrs J. Maze L Lawren.oii -\V. B. Oborn. Tcmuka-MessrsG . Avmitage. J.P., G. Thompson Saiider,. Timaru-Messrs J. G. Gow.M.A., G.^ Scaley, ,TP H. Jnncs-Jones. Waimatc—Messrs L. H. Hasall, W. Geddes, S. 1.. Fitch.