THE SCHOOLS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 4

THE SCHOOLS

COMMITTEE ELECTIONS

ABORTIVE MEETINGS

Householders in the To Aro, Terrace, Brooklyn, and Hutt Central school districts were last evening afforded a further opportunity of electing committees, but in each case they declined to take advantage of the opportunity. The Education Department will now have to appoint commissioners to earvy on for the nextv twelve months. Hataitiii and Wellington South, which were left without commit■tecs at the end of April," wlieri the ordinary elections were, held, have, since elected committees. .'■•■-■ , , v TE ARO. "It is-impossible-to carry on with, one-and-eightpence a month, especially as that sum "is subject to deduction," declared Mr. L.: Hennessey, who presided over a-meet-ing of about twenty householders of the Te Aro district. Thisi he said, was the amount' left' over after paying cleaners wages. The position, he added, was ]ust as it was with regard to capitation, and nothing had been done. The schools had not suffered, he thought, from having no commitdeesf they were doing just as well, if not better, under the Board. ' There had been some tall- of appointing a commissioner •to act instead of a-committee: such a commissioner, whether lady or gentlcm'aiij 'would' be committee, secretary, and : treasurer all in one. ,'„■'" -Without- further discussion the follow-ing-motion 'was1-...carried unanimously: "That circumstances not having changed in any degree, this meeting reaffirms the .decision of householders of the district not ■to recommend any person to stand for •the school committee until sufficient capitation is granted." • That successive Ministers' should make promises about a new school for Te Aro on the Terrace site and not keep those promises, Mr. Hennessey described as almost a scandal." The present school was a disgrace, he said, aiid a menace to the children. The -Government, he maintained, could find the money for a new school if they wanted to: they found it quickly enough for other purposes. ■ A motion was passed unanimously protesting- against the-, delay in building cm the Terrace-site and reminding the Minister that he gave .a definite promise that the new school would be definitely startled well before the end of M 29. -'■■■■ v BROOKLYN. About, twenty-four householders attended "the meeting at the Brooklyn School. Mr W. H. Sadd presided. Up till/ 8 o'clock no nominations had been received, and on a vpte. being taken it was decided not, to elect a: committee. In view of the fact'that.'the school will be without a committee' this'year, n committee of. three members, Messrs'. W. H. Sadd, J. Glover, and'B. M.May, was set up to attend to the social ■ affairs of the school. The -Education Board was the subject of criticism-by the chairman, who stated that the Board' waited until the last minute: before advising that nominations could be received during the meeting. The original arrangement was that nominations should have closed last Monday, and he was not. aware of the change-until a few hours before the meeting. '.. TERRACE. 1 Nine persons, including the headmaster, Mr W. H. Clark, attended the meeting at the Terrace School. Mr. J. C. E.Tur- " ier, chairman of last year's committee, presided, and reported that in spite of requests since the first householders' meeting, no increase had been obtained in capitation. A motion that a committee.be 'elected lapsed for want of a'seconder and ; the final resolution of the meeting was that no committee should be elected: until ■ the school's capitation was increased. , i HUTT CENTRAL. '';';,, • Five householders attended the Hutt '.Central School meeting. The only nommi fttion received was that of Mr. E. W. Biggs. On the chairman calling for further nominr ' ations, a householder drew attention to the fact that another eight "victims" were .required, and there were but five eligible !. people present. ' No further nominations ■ivyere received, and the meeting lapsed. ', L • PETONE CENTRAL;, ;-j ! Seven people were present at the house: holders' meeting at. the Petone Central School last night. They passed.'a resolution refusing, to nominate anyone, in view 6f the reduction of the capitation grant.