'EDUCATION BOARD. I

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 11 December 1912, Page 5

EDUCATION BOARD.

.' T .-{. MONTHLY MEETING. '' : Messrs. E. Leo (chairman), ; W. • Allen, ■ J. Kebbell, J. G. W. Aitken,.and A. W. . Hoggwere present at the monthly meeting of the 'Wellington Education Board ■ held yesterday afternoon. The credit balance in the financial statement presented showed a credit (on December 6) of £IU 3s. 5d., as against a debit balance of ~£705 Bs., on November' : 22-last. . The total authorisations;to November SO amounted, to .84382. 9s. The receipts for December and November amounted to .£11.256' Bs. 10d,, and the payments since the ,last. board meeting to .£1587 15s. 4d. The .Government: correspondence inclnd- ' ed, the nbtificatioii of a grant of .£376 13s. for. additions to the South Featherston > School; a grant of .£375 for the training, of teachers for the year 1913-14; and notification of the Government's approval,'bf the appointment of extra probationary , teachers from ono in 1200 (as at present) to one in 800, which .was approved by the board. ':•/.-•,. /PROMOTION OF TEACHEES. A: committee reported on the suggestions of the Education Institute that: (a) A local promotion.scheme should be devised, and,(b) that the proposals of the institute presented to the Education Commission 6hould form a substitute basis for such a scheme: ' . The committee reported ns "Approaching these questions with an • earnest desire that the board's method i of appointment should be the best pbs T sible in the circumstances, your com-, mittee has given the most - careful consideration to: the whole question in its various aspects; and it begs .report that, in the opinion bf the: com-, mittee, the adoption of the proposals of ■ the. institute would not, in the present circumstances of the district, lead to fair-; • er promotion than is obtained under the board's present .system of appointment;"; The report was: adopted without further discussibnj. V-;i"-;'- "■''•■' : '.' jNEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS. : . ■' -I . Consequent upon the erection-of a Dew Eohopl at Ngaio, it was resolved to define • the'boundaries of ...that"school district' and Khandallah. The.same .workvis .to .be done'.iwith regard ; :tq ,the Carrington and Tafa.tahi;,districts,'consequent- upon the erection-of'.'a.v new school'at jner place. :'■"■■ '. , ■ MlKfflEEE■;■;■•...,;.;... . Regarding the application for : a new school for Mikiniiki, the inspector reported that the district did not yet justify 'the erection of a new school there, yet warranted' the' authorisation, of. the .£6 grant'(per head per year). '•-..'. ' : - APPOINTMENTS. •Matters concerning the appointment' of pupil teachers and probationers were' left in the hands of the chairman and Chief Inspector, and. the question of admitting students to', the Training College was left to the Chief Inspector, and. the principal of the college. INCREASES IN..SALABIES.' ' ■The following increases in salaries of . members of ■ the head office staff were S anted:—Mr; Dawson, .£220 to .£230; Miss ICenzie, .£lls to £130; Miss Tregear (resigned), .£7B, £100 November, and December; Mr. Davies, draftsman, 4J170 to .£180; Mr. Powell, foreman, £180 to £200, and expenses 10s. per day when absent from home at night on buildings' inspec? tion duty,,with;actual expenses on day.of ",wturn. ■-.■■ .-■:■•; '■■■.■.-.-..■■■''■;■.■.•■■.■..•■■"■'■. WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE'S • ; REPORT. The following recommendations of the. Workst and Finance' Committee were approved:—lsland Bay, wire netting screens; Bideford, residence, new range; Makara, painting roof of school;, Brooklyn, annulment of contract; Mount Cook Infants', renewing asphalt channelsj;.P r araparaumu residence, ventilators) gutter's,' excavation, and metalling; Maranui,.part .boundary. fence (half cost); Hamua, grant for fenc- ' ing; Brooklyn, - asphalting girls' playf round; Kaiwaka;-tanb; Wallaceville, ad-, grant / Mastertonj expenses, teach-, , ers* spring, -school; Ngaio,. handrail :120ft. Mitchelltowh—That .the' clerk, of works prepare specifications on the lines of. the plans already'drawn. (Addition to school.) Island Bay—That question of in-' creased accommodation, be, deferred ; in. view of proposed provision on the new eite, South-Wellington. . Miniature' Rifle Range, Karori—That, consideration: be deferred.appointment be referred to the; chairman, and, secretary.