PETONE DISTRICT SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 7

PETONE DISTRICT SCHOOL.

Tlio usual monthly meeting of the Petono .District High School was held last evening. There were prt'soiit: Messrs. D. M'Kenzie (chairman) > Taylor, Cox, Medhul'st, Macdonald, and Abrahall. The headmaster (Mr. W. I'oster) reported that tjje iniiuber on the roll tit the beginning of the month was 701, primary department; -18 secondary department. Admitted djiring the month, 19; withdrawn, 12. On the roll at the end of the month: 711 in the primary department, and 48 in Hie secondary. The percentage of half-daily attendance of average roll was £8 per cent, (primary) and 93 per cent, (secondary). The attendance of the primary department had suffered considerably through sickness, caused chiefly by the unseasonable weather. An improvement- was noticeable this week, hut tho school was still far from its normal condition. The attendance had eome at an important time, so far as; the children's work is concerned. B,r. Elizabeth Gunn, one of the medical inspectors, recently appointed by the Education D&partftent, visited the school on November 1 and 8. and exatnined CO children in Standard 11. The annual examination of Standard VI will take place on Tuesday, November 19. It was resolved to request the. Education Board to have the school rooms ttt the secondary schoot. put in proper order, repapered, and the windows and blinds attended to. The committee also suggested the jepapering of the rooms during tho vacation.