A TEACHER’S DISMISSAL.
‘ ‘ TEMPERAMENTALLY UNSUITED” SAYS DIRECTOR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, Wednesday. An appeal against her dismissal by the Wanganui Education Board was made by Miss C. R. Phillips tb-day. Miss Phillips was a teacher at the Rangiwahia School. The Committee complained alleging that the children were kept in an unreasonable time, that excessive corporal punishment was inflicted and that there was general trouble with parents. The Education Board contended that Miss Phillips was temperamentally unsuited for teaching. Mr T. B. Strong, Director of Education, said he did not know any teacher who had given the Department so much concern. They did all they could for her. Miss Phillips was not temperamentally suited for teaching.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1931, Page 5
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115A TEACHER’S DISMISSAL. Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1931, Page 5
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