LANSDOWNE SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 4

LANSDOWNE SCHOOL.

/:'. ; .:' -3 •; "v/ ; -The" : staffing ■■' of -the; new/, school : ai /Lans- /; ■; dpttn'o.is/notlikely', to ter,''for the'list/of: mimes submitted;by,.the//:■ Wellington /Education':"; Board has not ..met/;;/ withithe entire.approval:.of.;tliei.school' com-:;/./ riiittee,'. which, /forV reasons /of.; its/bwn,; de>; ;,// : sires to place ;in 'charge .'of;the 'schoolVa.can- ■'/■': didate. who'; was ; not .even''in ■ '.the; : selected /V list.}"A; petition;bad/been•presented; by/the;';;'; residents '■ of■'Larisddwne:to, the/board;;pray?'-'-/.'•' ,ing -that'/Mr.': Jones, ; of .Te; Ore/Ore;,School,:;;.. should; be ,S headmaster l / of '//the//, school. ;• To';this':petitipri;.the;boa'rd replied;,'-'-that in.view; of -/the/superior /claimS'/of/other'./'' .applicants, on-various :gr'ou4ds l include:-Mr;: Jones /in /the/three 'names/but/bf ;// thirty-one - applicants•; for; /to; 1 ; /make; a:: selection; from///The/letter/stafed/;;;/ .thatj'it/would .take "care to safeguard.:the/ in-\>: .terests ;of,: Jones,'/ondvippinted -/out : that ;/. there' /could'/be ;• ho: loss;bt;/ salary /.tb/.Mr; -.;'-.., Jonea;for:; ! at4eaat:;aV:yeari^ahd:..thV: ; <>nl3r, : if: the'average' / '■}. reduced" from'[' sixty \to,-:twenty-'fiveH-a';-very:7-remote /poß.sibility-r^or • |for; yearsMilesa:the mean v average'.for-:tho/threat,;-, yearspfell,-'■ to .-thirty-five.';-; .The;>board ; would; /;,/ . under;.the:[Act' just coming; into?, operation;/ ■ use lits;powers; to ;n'piMirit:.'MrV Jones' to\a.:-.;;; schbo}: equal: to: the to ; : Ore: Ore /.should'.his ■'■'" position' -'Buffer/.-through///'tho/.opening/ji/otiV/ Lahsdbwtie, School.; /'//'i I '-';//;'-;'/:;/'; : ! ->-.V.K;;:// ;>Thb(Linsdowne.;: Committee j'iriet;;on"."';Mon- -', day/evening; -when';• consideration/Wto/given:;// to /the' board's/reply: to the.petition./TJiefbK/.-; : lowing-'resolution -wasAmoved,;byj the, chair-', h man:!Oli'^P./:Ii. I Hollihgß),;and;;cafried':— '";;■ :;/.!,'That;the"c'ommittee;regr6t6 ':itMs;u'nabl«.- / to - approve.;bf:the- board'sr,nomination'''/ for ','; position of headmaster j\' and; respectfully; re- : /;■ quests:the..board.to reconsider:sam&/.for ; the; ; '.'following reasbns,irjf(l).,-.That:.Mr'.'; Q.': Jones; 1 ;,: ; /who! has been 'the/ '. Schpblm'astbr.'in /the : : Lansr// j'-' doivne.district.forrMmbyeaVs'-past, has'/a;first'// claim /to/ the '<■• position";; : (2)'./that':'it: : is -thßr;';! Ainanimous/wish of tho.'parentS;"of ,the''child-;;'; .ron,''-:as.;expressbd -in : the./petition'now/before-.;•/; the /board," that/Mr/;' imposition. that thp/qualineaiions./of/.Mr. '.;/ Jones 'those of-.the.- first; nominee;/:;; of ■ the board, both/ hplding.-fi p.lv/c'ertlficateY/v/ (4) that the bbard/has/unihtentiorially/misle'd;// the: applicants; fprj;the;pbsitiori;by/a'dvortisirig : ;...; the attendance/at 200, ; ,whoh,;in;point,'of;fact;;;/; the; attendance 1 , is likely;; fbrsbme: years/;/: to .'come, to exceed.lQo;ahd, the board's [first//,:' valuable/to ;.him' /.: than: the Lansdbwric/sehpPl is likely tb/befbr': - / .some/years to.come.;.(£•)-that;Mr.: - Jones;- I 'the'/;■:■■: presentLansdowne.;schbolniaster,;knpwswhat- ■ // the.-.attendance; is -likely.to bey and is.; willing'". ;, ■-'{if.:accept/the position; (7)/that'if;'Mr.'' Jones'/v)/ is : pass'ed'oVcr, his/' ; pi;esent..position .at _L'ans-/ /. / dowhe/wjll ,be ruineaj: as most of -the children •..■; //. from his/present'sphool/arebeirig trtihsferred;.-' to the;npw;.school;.(B);tha't;Mr/-Jones is ;ehi;/;v . titled;to the promotion to the' liew; Lansdbwhe // School inasmuch as/he 'has toiled.'irv'.tho dia-;;//. triot for'somptime /at •cousiderablo/'/disad--;/. i v'antage/tb .'himsnlf,";"waiting/fbr ;aJV'improve-:-;;;"; ment. in the/district, -and now'that .'tho.'dis-':'. ; trict;has -improved, it'is/unjustUb'-depVivo/.^/ him/of:.it \ (9) that/the:.whqle;;of /the'/resi-;'; ~/ dents: of: Lansdo\vne,;;including':;thP; tec,' will bo. bitterly 7 disappointed":; if.'/'"-Mr;:;,// . Jones, is.rofused the:• position,':as/it'will mbari.;.-':/ ' his removal.■ from ..the districtjZ/which /every- - •. :orio is/anxipus to.avoid.";.;':;'-/;;;;:'; Hi:,//;-'-

;. .The other; appointments-were ,then.; dealt with,;,and the. following .woroyrecommended; board|fbr;thb ppsitidns : Btated:—First, /.mistress, Miss. (sole teaoherj'Mangatahi)';,second assistant;teaeherj'Miss.t.vßob-' inson; (relieving teacher,; at Lansdown'e) .-.:■■ v ■,' Applications/are.being: re-called; ;,;for : ; the position of.first.-'assistant mister;,;:,;..;>-/ V,-\ ;'fNotg.^TJri'der':thV;Educa^ibii'-'Act:.i;A'inend-merit A.oti;l9oß,..the,board has tho-option of forwarding'" a'vlist of/riot.: more /than'; four .names, 'of•/those .teachers considered' to '; ".be" best fitted, for. .the appointment, :or the nameof,oho' toacher only. r;,ln.:this .■instance/the. 'board:haseiv,eh the : .'committee the.,'choice-of three,■; and has • given -'specific. Reason*", why; the teacher-recommended'by-the committee'was" not"included in that list;';. V// .;/. .:■■■■■•.' ■'•■■; '■' "'.'-