SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10216, 9 December 1893, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Tl’o URiinl Die^'i'j i r . of fh<* Hfirewood 7J/jvJ wfja hold on ironday night; —Molt-h G. Wat-on (Chairman), 'C. Stanley, G. Stanley, M. Kemp, W. Wilkinson, oud B. Beid. Th<* master's report showed the roll number, to - be— Boys 52, girls 52, total 104; average attendance tor firtt five weeks of quarter" 85. The measles having broken out, the school had been closed for nearly n fortnight, but opened bn Monday with 37 still absent. Jt was derided to o!ob« the school for four weeks after tbo «’x*njination, A very heaity vote or thanks wes pa-ssS to Mr Wilkinson and tab other teachers for the way in which the lata concert .was carried out. A lantern cntertninraent-and the concert had added .£l3 t) the prize fund. •

The monthly mooting: of the St Albafie School Committee was bold on Wednesday j present—Messrs' T, Palmer (Chairman), T. C. Noni», J. M'Dicßve, 1-5. Owes/. (*; Capper, J. Brccker, end C. Chaplin, Hon, Secretary and Treasurer. An apology for absence was received from Mr 11, Morgan, The head master reported a total on the roll of 1576, with an average a' ter,dance of 465. He, and also two of the class teacher*, complained of the difficulties of obtaining good results with 20 per cent of absentees, i It was resolved to band the list of * "bad"attendants to the. police, with instructions to take action against) tho parents. Tho master a-ked for two liocliester lamps for lighting the schoolroom at the concert about to take place. It was decided to obtain them, aud to defray the expense out of the i scidontal fund. He suggested that tho school should close for the Christmas holidays on Dec. 22, It was resolved (hat the two schools should close on. Dec. 15 and open on Jan. 23. A request for leave of absence tid the ond of January wag received from Mr P, Allen, and a medical certificate wr.s enclosed. It was decided to forward tho request to tho Education' Board, with a I recommendation that it should bo granted, : It was resolved that the matter of tho purchase and distribution of prizes should bo left in the bands of Messrs Capper, Norris, Morgan and the Chairman, with the head master and the mistress of tha side school. It was received to obtain tenders for the supply of hooka, atid that tha prizea should bo distributed at three o’clock on Dec, 15, The Secretary was instructed to write to the Countess of Glasgow and i-'f. k hoi? to distribute tho prizes. The report oil the mistress of the side school gave tha number on the roll as 112, with au average 4 attendance of 93, She asked tint the fireplaces, which were falling otft, should "ha attended to during the holidays; that tha bell should be put in repair and some requisites obtained. The report was referred to the Visiting Committee, with power to act. The following letters were received t Prom the Education Board, refusing to * advance more than the .£5 already granted toward the expenses of tho side school ventilation. From tho Swimming Club with thanks for tho efficient manner in which their wishes had lean carried out in the bath improvements, From the Crescent Boad Sunday school, asking for the use of the cchool grounds for a picnic on Dec. 18. Granted. The sub-committee appointed to consider the supply of school bocks rccommended that the storekeepers should be allowed to continue the sale of books, and that the resolution of Sept. 2 dealing with this matter should be rescinded. The recommendation was adopted. Messrs Morgan, Owen and Chaplin were re-ap-pointed a Visiting Committse, and were authorised to carry out any repairs neceeeary during the holidays. Accounts to the amount of 235 4i Gd were passed for payment. Mr G, Capper, on behalf of the Bath Committee, said he was not prepared with a full report of the work done, but .estimated the expense incurred at 2332 Ifis. The Treasurer reported a deficit, with bills in hand, of <SB Is on the incidental account. He protested against the. way the Bath, Committee had noted, and resigned his position of Clerk and Treasurer to the \ School Committee/

Tho ordinary meeting of the Woolstoa School Committee was held on Doc. 4, all the members being present. Correspondence was received (tom tha Board of Education, allowing Miss Callahan six weeks’ leave of absence on account of illness, and appointing Miss Cottrell in her place temporarily. Prom the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, enclosing leaflet concerning burr weed* Prom Me Enutzeon as to hiring the schoolroom after school hours to teach shorthand. The headmaster reported that tho average attendance for last month was 453, and the roll numbered 577. There had been two gross cases of non-attendance and certain works required attention. He also asked leave of absence for two pupil teachers to enable them to attend the matriculation examination. Tho request was granted. It was decided to do some asphalting during the holidays. A holiday was granted on Anniversary Day, also six weeks', holiday from Dec. 22. Accounts amounting to 236 13a 8d were passed for payment, and tho sum of <825 was voted for prizes, the distribution to take place on Deo. 22.