BUILDING AHEAD

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1927, Page 10

BUILDING AHEAD

HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS

IN HUTT VALLEY

COMPLAINT OF CONGESTION j

TT,St°t r^ PJ, dly is the P°P«lation in th'a Hutt Valley increasing that there is some uneasiness lest the educational facilities may soon prove quite inadequate. The need for larger accommodation at the Hutt Valley High School was represented to the Minister of Education (the Hon. E. A. Wright) this morniug by a deputation from the Board of Governors. It was pointed out that new primary) S," 1?,* 8" beinS Prided in the distuct that already there was congestion at the high school, and that the diflSZ t e- Sfw, th 6 would be eccentuatvW ?£ ci m& ™Ot new P"Pils »«« nr«p n f deputation urged that th» present accommodation should be dou-

The Minister stated in reply that the tremendous headway and progress that was going 011 in tl f e Hutf vluey was vkus ?'TV^ if ifc W not ob■nous to the Department it would be Sv 6 fa/ 8 th t I De Partment wa W S Boutin! ualiy facing the question of urimarv school accommodation there. P What had to be considered was the depK of the girls'school at Thorndon Ha supposed that to some extent the' Hut? at the l nt fer\ / ,beea n° hi«h school at the Hutt a lot of pupils, would havo come mto town. He admitted that if II 6 WV"* 6 t0 ' continue t0 g" to' the. Hutt Valley High School more accommodation would be needed. The • Mr- Wright said that if he had his build if/ c haa the m°ne?- h« ™*£ build ahead m districts where it was c early seen that the population wasTomodation for requirements at the moment. However, the Department had not been able to find the necessary money to do that. He would conS cer,?l r7" h WS deP"tmental offi: or c nouidtr e u trtoseehowt]ie^