LONGBURN SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 274, 13 August 1920, Page 10

LONGBURN SCHOOL

NEW BUILDING KEQUIEED.

A request for the erection of. a new scliool at Longburn was placed before the Minister of Education (Mr. Parr) by a deputation yest?rdny. The- present school is over fifty, years old, and it is reported now to be. in Bucit a bad condition as to be 'beyond repair. The local people have been tureaKucirg to withdraw their children from the school. Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P... Mr. J. Barr, and .Mr. E. Tanner stated, the case on behalf of the district. Mr. l'arr, in reply, said he recognised that the Longburn School Committee had been particularly active in lmproving the scliool and the grounds, It deserved the attention of the Department. The old schools, of which unfortunately there were hundreds, were a most uiincult problem to handle. Obviously new districts where there were no^ echoes must, be attended to first. The-old schools must receive, attention in order ot urgencv. The Department's programme wan to remodel and modernise them wherever they were sound enough. Ten millions would be required if all were to. be r«bunt Much could be done>jmprovi™ the- lighting and ventilation in buildings where the timber was sound.Each Education Board had been asked; to supnlvthe Department with a scheme of woVk for toe years. Th<> Wanganm Board had already supplied this tmt some other hoards had not though the request was nu.de four months ago. He. was afraid that he would have to refuse to let them have more money if they Att not gve the information required. In such a business as this they must woil to a plan. The Wanganui Board th Mr C "Stid they would be quite prepared io take tne report of the.awhtect but they were not satisfied with Longlrarn's place in the Wanganui list of work*.