EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 11658, 19 September 1901, Page 1

EDUCATION BOARD.

The following concludes our report of yesterday’s sitting of the Education Board;— The Oamaru Middle District Committee forwarded a recommendation that the fire brigade be made an allowance for extingui hing the lire at the school.—The Board had no power to adopt the recommendation. The Mosgiel and Hampden Committees forwarded replies concerning the number of pupils who would attend a district high school.—The information will bo forwarded to the Minister. A telegram was received from the Education Department, Wellington, stating that free passes for children attending district high schools would be obtainable as soon as the Railway Department could arrange for an alteration of its arrangements. The Education Department could not say when that .would be.—Members expressed their appreciation of the concession, and said it would double the number of pupils who would attend the district high schools.— It was resolved that the department be asked to .expedite tho obtaining of the concession. Tho University Council forwarded a copy of an interim report.—The Chairman and Messrs Pcatlie and Marshall were appointed to draw up a report. With regard to the Caversham School closets, it was resolved that the architect be asked to submit plans and specifications for closets for the school. Mr Stenhouse, Lawrence School, applied for additional assistance.—lt was resolved that the matter be deferred until the whole question of district high school staffs was considered by tho Board. A report from Mr Fitzgerald with regard to a petition for the establishment of a school at Taipo was considered. It was finally resolved that the application for tho school bo declined in the meantime. The Oamaru North School wrote pointing out that the present allowance was not sufficient to meet expenses, that the Comm.ttee Was running into debt, and requesting the Board to make the allowance adequate to the requirements.—Mr Mitchell considered that none of the committees were in receipt of a proper amount, and did not make ends meet. —Mr Sim, disagreed with this view, and if Mr Mitchell came out his way he would prove it.—Mr Mitchell thought that the whole question of grants wanted to be reconsidered, but agreed to the letter from the Oamaru North School being simply received. A petition for the establishment of a school at Warepa Bush was referred to the Warepa School Committee for information. A petition, signed by twenty-four persons at Ardgowan, was read, asking that a public school might be erected there. This was just fied by the number of children and the distance the children’s homes were from any other school.—The Secretary having mentioned that the number of children who would attend the school would be about seventy, and Mr Douglas, of Ardgowan, having been heard in support of the petition, the Board decided to request the in.'p'clor to report on the application when in the district.