EDUCATION BOARD

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 93, 1 April 1911, Page 11

EDUCATION BOARD

The monthly meeting of the Education Board was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. C. M. Whittington (chairman). <). Ericksen. M. McLeod. W. Morgan. W. Hunter, G. F. Roach, and J- H. Sheath. The C hairman s statement was read and adopted. The report is as follows : — Appointments Made. —Miss Keys, assistant. Napier South ; Miss Orr. assistant. Tologa Bay ; Miss Hannay. assistant, Napier Mam ; Miss B. Stewart, sole teacher. Mangatoro: Miss Mclntosh, pupil teacher. Makaraka: Mr. C. A. Eves, headmaster. Tikokino; Miss Z. Ent ing. assistant, Tikokino; Mr. Murphy, assistant, Waipukurau; Miss J. P. Grigor, sole teacher. Kumeroa; Miss Symes, sole teacher. Makaretu South ; My. Olsen, assistant. Mangapapa; Miss Turlev. assistant. Te Hapara; Miss Sheen, assistant. Gisborne; Miss Epps, assistant. Gisborne; Miss G. Black, assistant, Gisborne. Resignations Received. Miss Dagg, pupil teacher. Woodville; Miss Symes, sole teacher. Risington ; Mr. Lindaeur. sole teacher, Hopelands. Tenders^—The Ti Tree settlers.

having guaranteed the sum of £lO and the necessary fencing, the tender of W. J. Roberts to erect a school 20 x 24 at Ti Tree has been The tender of Mr. A. Wade to make the necessary alterations to the Waipawa conveniences for £66 has been accepted.

Appointment of Commissioner. — The Makaretu School Committee having resigned, Mr. A. Jack has been appointed Commissioner until the annual meeting of householders. Conveyance from Poukawa. —Mr. J. Heron has consented to undertake the conveyance of children to Pukepuku from Poukawa provided that the children at present travelling by rail make use of the coach. I am awaiting a reply from the Department as to whether the Railway Department will decline to issue tickets to the Poukawa children in view of the available conveyance by coach. Puketapu School.—Accompanied by Messrs. Morgan and Sheath, I have visited Puketapu School, which the settlers have long reported as being unfit for use. I found that the buildings and outhouses have been quite neglected by the Committee. The conveni-! ences were in a dirty state, the j spouting of the school was block-1 ed with rubbish. No attempt has apparently been made to repair the damaged weather-boarding, and in i one room an aperture an inch deep J on the bottom of the skirting board' has been permitted to admit coH : draughts when a strip of timber I would have remedied this uncomfortable and dangerous visitor.: After careful inspection I am of opinion that when the Board’s: painters have completed the renovation of the school the bui'<«l : nus will serve their purpose as well as the best for the next ten years. f There is ample accommodation for ; the children in attendance at the school. t TECHNICAL COMMITTEE’S J REPORT. i The Technical Committee report- j ed (I) that no exemption for attendance of certificated pupil teach- : ers at Saturday classes would 1 e i allowed unless a graduate and hav-! ing the necessary qualifications ; > (2) That the Gisborne High School : be asked to lend the apparatus i necessary for the laboratory ; (3) | That certain schools were not tak j ing handwork. Inspector Smith ! was asked to report; (4) That the j terms offered by the Committee for i instruction to the Saturday classes should be adhered to. i FINANCE COMMITTEE. Ihe Finance Committee recommended that the question of supplying free school books should Le held over for a month. The question of school committee allowances was held over for the same period. Amounts to the sum of £10,037 5 - were passed for payment. I! was decided that in schools con- ; sisting of only one room desks of' the old type should be supplied, J but in others the deal desks of the Dunedin type. APPOINMENT COMMITTEE. , The Appointment Committee re- 1 commended that additional scholar- ! ships should be alloted; that one 1 month’s leave of absence be grant- * ed to Miss J oil, of Hastings, and three months’ leave to Mr. Hud- ] son. of Hastings, provided that he 1 finds a suitable substitute. Vr ' Ferguson. of L’mutaroa. who wr »te asking for two years’ leave of w ' sence. is to he informed hat the : Board cannot grant such an • x- f tended period, but on his return his application for another school ‘ will be favourably considered. The Inspection reports of several coun- ! try schools were adopted, and the’

J attention of the Committee is to < be drawn to certain statements of’ several reports. Some time ago it had been scat- i ed that the synchronous exam.nation at Waerenga-a-hika had e-*n irregularly held. Inspector Smith.,, after making careful inquiries re- j ported that he was certain there: had been no irregularities of uuy, kind. — R ere i vei I. | SCHOOL COMMITTEES CORRESPONDENCE. ; The following correspondence from School Committees was dealt with:— The X apier Main School wrote: plating that- the school allowances* were totally inadequate.—The mat- ’ ter was left over for future consid- i eration. The Waipukurau School wrote! asking for increased accommoda i tion.— Matter was left over to be* dealt with by the Education De-i partment. | 1 Makauri. —The Inspector is to re- i > port as to whether a grant is neces-l sary for repairs to tank, spouting, (gate and blinds. r Napier.—The matter of buy-! ; ing a section in Napier South , for the future erection of a school was discussed at some I length, and it was finally decided that the purchase of a suitable site

'should be left in the hands of the .Finance Committee. } Waipukurau.—The request for desks, chairs and apparatus was [ left in the hands of the Inspector Jto report upon. • Te Hapara.—The request for adI ditional outhouses left in the hands of the Northern Board. Opoutawa.—lnspector Smith reporter! that there was nothing in the complaint against the teacher. He had found his work to be verysatisfactory. The Education Department to be asked for a grant •towards supplying him with a reI sidence. ; Napier South.—The foreman's report that an extra door, skylight and jpartition were necessary was received. Mangateretere. — The Department to be asked to supply additional accommodation, as the’ school at present is much too small« to receive the number of pupils it does. Mangapapa.—The Education Department to be asked for a grant towards supplying additional acrommodat ion. Pukahu.—The Foreman to report on the need for alterations to resilience. Certain apparatus was granted. Pakowhai.—Foreman to report, on the need for an iron fence. Takapau.—Application for fence, shed and well granted. Mahora. —Request for a cupboard for cadet equipment granted.

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Education Department wrote stating (l) that the addition to Otoko is being carried out : (2) the male candidates will probably be compelled to take agriculture and female candidate s Domestic Economy for the teachers’ certificates: (3) Information was required concerning re-instalment of Havelock School—(the school is in a good state of preservation); charts showing the method of restoring animation to the apparently drowned are to be distributed to the different schools.—Received. Mr. J. Halsted, of Sydney, wrote asking for recognition of his book, ‘‘Notes on Gardening.” * It was stated that nothing could be done, as the book was not on the list for free distribution.

Inspector Schoer wrote concerning the unsanitary arrangements at the Petane School.—Received. GENERAL.

The following gentlemen were rc-appointed as representatives to the Waipawa Technical Association :—C. M. Whittington, W. G. Downes, and J. Pellow. The H.B. Teachers’ Institute wrote recommending that the holidays during a year should not exceed -50 days.—Received. After considerable discussion : t was decided that the question as

■ to whether a truant inspector should be appointed should be left ■ over for future consideration. i Promotions will be duly carried • out. and teachers of Standards V. and VI. will receive the benefit of the 1908 Act. i A letter from M. Dunstan, Makaraka, complaining that the school had too many holidays was receivi ed. —The headmaster is to be asked why a report of the holidays in accordance with the regulations was not forwarded. I Mr. W. Toomath. Port Awanui, I wrote asking the Board to pay j damages for injuries he received: while going to the school to which he had been appointed.—Declined, i as the Board, while regretting the: accident, recognised no responsi-; bility. The request of the Ngawapurua’ (settlers, near Woodville, for a new, i school was declined.