SCHOOL IN MORNINGS ONLY
Minister Gives Authority
HOT weather and the health of children — .«■ Authority has been given by the Minister of Education, Hon. S. G. Smith to education boards to keep schools under their control open on mornings only during February in the interests of health. He has sent the following telegram to all education beards in New Zealand : — “In view of the exceptionally warm weather now prevailing and the possibility of this weather having an injurious effect on the health of children in certain districts, I have decided to exercise the powers conferred upon me bv regulation and to give education boards the right during February to keep schools under their control open on mornings only from 8.30 a.m. to noon or from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., the rolls to be marked for mornings only. “In view of this arrangement, it is hoped that parents will show their appreciation by sending their children to school every morning, thus assisting to maintain the school’s average attendance.”
Primary schools in the Wellington educational district will open for the year to-day.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 112, 5 February 1935, Page 8
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