OPEN-AIR CLASSROOM
TO BE ERECTED AT LANSDOWNE.
, Lack of accommodation at the Lansdowne (Masterton district) school has been very pronounced for somo time past, and at. the meeting of the Education Board to-day the secretary (Mr. G. L. .Stewart) reported that he had conferred 'with the Government medical officers regarding the plans for an open-air classroom which it was proposed to add to the school. The estimated cost is £300.
The Chairman (Hon. J. G. W. Aitken) mentioned that the board had obtained the necessary grant from the Department.
In the course of a short discussion it was suggested that opeif-air classes were too much in the experimental stage for the board to commit itself to such an expenditure, and it might have a useless building thrown on its hands.
Mr. A. W. Hogg said he had several times visited the Lansdowne School, and owing to' its crowded state the addition was absolutely necessary.
The board decided to proceed with the erection of the. r.la.«. rr_.m_
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 76, 27 September 1916, Page 8
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