NELSON EDUCATION BOARD

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1939, Page 12

NELSON EDUCATION BOARD

BLACK’S POINT CONSOLIDATION

I PEI! PRESS ASSOCIATION. |

NELSON. May 15

All members, over which Hon. W. 11. Mclntyre presided, were present at the monthly meeting of the Nelson Education Board held to-day. Accounts totalling £10,499 were passed for payment.

The secretary reported that no reply had yet been received from the Minister of Education regarding the proposed consolidation of Black’s Point School at Reefton, or the committee’s request for a new school at Black’s Point. Tire secretary was instructed again to write the Minister on the subject as urgent, owing to the bad conditions at Black’s Point, school during the Winter months.

Several sports bodies and other organisations at. Denniston wrote the board asking to buy and rent various rooms in the Denniston school, which will be vacated when the new school is built. The Board decided to hold over the matter of disposal or otherwise of the school until the pupils were installed in the new school. The chairman reported the new school site at Denniston was now ready and the Board decided to call tenders for the new school and separate infant, classroom.

The secretary reported that owing to a fall in the roll number al Reefton school, an additional classroom is at present not warranted.

On the motion of Mr. Harkness, the Board decided to instruct the architect to prepare plans for the two new school buildings at Westport, providing ten rooms, including tt special class, at the northern end, and nine rooms at the southern end. The secretary and architect, were asked to meet the Rotokohu Committee regarding the scheme of ground improvement. The Alexander River Committee asked for a. grant of £3O towards the cost of stumping, clearing, and fencing the new school site. The matter was Referred to the secretary and architect to discuss with the committee when visiting Alexander River to take over from the contractor the new school just completed there. The Canterbury Education Board wrote stating that, if parents and residents were agreeable, the Canterbury Board would make arrangements for the conveyance of Punakaiki children to the Barrytown school.

The Cape Foulwind committee forwarded petitions signed by all rest dents in the district, protesting against the State school being consolidated

with Westport, and pupils conveyed to Westport school.

The resignation of Mr. F. Schackleton foreman painter on the board’s maintenance staff, was accepted with regret, the Board placing on record the 14 years of service he lias given to the Board. • Mr. W. Gaudin, assistant teacher at .the Denniston District High School, ,was appointed senior secondary assist-

ant to the Motueka District High School from eleven applicants. Miss Annie Blackadder, assistant at the Reefton District High School, was appointed assistant mistress at Upper Moutere. from six applicants,...