HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 158, 19 June 1936, Page 5

HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL

Monthly Meeting of Board

The monthly meeting of the Hastings High School Board was held las’, evening. Accounts totalling £l5Bl were passed for payment. The Education Department sent notification of grants of £l9 8/6 to repair damage caused by the storm ou February 2, £l5 for geography equipment, and smaller amounts for other purposes.

In connection with the appeal for funds for the assembly hall, it was decided to draw up a complete financial statement for presentation to the next meeting, and the matter will then be finally dealt with. It was decided to send letters of appreciation to Miss M. G. Fuller for her gift of a cup for the girls’ junior swimming, and to Mrs. E. S. Craven for her assistance in coaching the basketball teams. The staffing sub-committee’s action in appointing Miss J. H. Stevenson and Miss A. Black to fill the two vacancies on the domestic science staff was approved. Mr. F. C. Rush-Munro was granted three months’ leave of absence. The Education Department advised that pupils from the Clive-Whakafu district, provided they live more than three miles from the High School, shall be given free railway bus tickets. The offer of Mr. J. Stickland to arrange a boxing tournament by Parkvale pupils in aid of the assembly hall fund was left to the principal with power to act.