MANCHESTER STREET SCHOOL

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3849, 4 October 1932, Page 4

MANCHESTER STREET SCHOOL

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT OF HEADMASTER. The monthly meeting of the Manelw'stcr street School Committee %vuIreld last night'. Mr G. J. Fitzpat rick presided and tlitir© were pn-.v-ni \fcydii nu'S S. MeOowall and Fit/, patric-k, Messrs J»«. Carnplxyll (■> -r<tn.ry). S. McDmvnll. T. S. Gelds no lb. E. P. Hosking, and P. B. Orsmond An apology mat received from Mr T. K. Hay. The headmaster. Mr R. 1.. Ale llroy .reported that for the post four weeks tile average attendance wa s 372.8, being 01.8 per cent, of the roll. It. wag explained that there bad been a. good deal of sickness, especially amongst the printers. Mr* O. TunniclifiV took up duty on September 6as relieving prohationarv assisrtant and Air S. G. Still commenced that, day as assistant niasf e r in place of Air Thomas- Mr E. H. Large visited li, e school on September 26 in eouneeti-m with agriculture and nature study. Dr. Elizalieth Guinn t&pont four days on nudiral inspection a.t- the school. The secrotary reported for Mr Uav that arrangements had keen made for proceeding with the work of laying down the basket hall area in bitumen, and it wa s expected a s tart would he made immediately. The inspectors’ report on their recent official visit, to the school wa= presented. It. stated that discipline was good, the work well organised nmd the teaching very fair to very good—The Committee congratulated the headmaster and the staff on the v pc.ri.