FALLING RAPIDLY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20380, 17 October 1940, Page 10

FALLING RAPIDLY

HIGH SCHOOL ROLL EFFECTS OF THE WAR MEETING OF THE BOARD “The school roll continues to tail rapidly, owing to the continued placement of pupils in junior positions with linns who have promoted their juniors to replace men called up," reported the rector, Mr. J. Hutton, to a meeting of Inc Gisborne High School Board of Governors yesterday afternoon. “To enable schools to carry on effectively," the report continued, “I would suggest that the department be asked to allow the grading of schools to remain fixed until the war period is over. This would conserve staffing and incidental allowances, and tend to counterbalance the disturbing effect of removing experienced teachers from the staff for war service. “Under present conditions we are likely to have both smaller staffs and less experienced staffs in many of our schools as time goes on.” Mr. Hutton made reference to school activities, including the fete being held to-day and the function organised by the old students on Saturday. Contact With Community “As a result of all its increasing activities, 1 am hoping that the school will increasingly make contact with the whole community at one point or another,” the rector added. “A successful school must at once assist the whole community in some form or another and derive encouragement and inspiration from it if it is to become a worth-while institution.” The old students were thanked for the efforts made in promoting the function held on the school grounds last Saturday, and the board decided to send a letter of appreciation to the Old Students’ Association. Reference was made to the callingup of Messrs. G. Burns and G. W. Langhorne for territorial service, and the board agreed to call applications for a resident master and expressed the hope that no further calls would be made on the school stall for some time. Cost of Living Allowance The Education Department advised (hat the cost of living allowance to full-time teachers, probationary assistants, training college students and student teachers was fixed at £l3 per annum for those over 13 years of age who were in receipt of a salary not exceeding £335; while juniors would receive £6 10s per annum it living away from home and £3 5s if at home. For those in excess of £335, the allowance would abate by £1 for every £3 in excess of £335, and where the salary was £335 the allowance would be £6, while those in receipt of £371 would receive only £1 and those with £372 or over would have no allowance at all. The allowance would be payable from August 12. Those present at the meeting were Mr. L. T. Burnard, chairman, Dr. A. L. Singer, Messrs. E. IT. Baker. T. Todd, E. Upton and IT. H. De Costa.