ST ALBANS SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10269, 10 February 1894, Page 3

ST ALBANS SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The monthly meeting of the St Albans School Committee was held on Wednesday; present—Messrs T. Palmer (chairman), H. Owen, J. M’Oleave, T. C. Norris, J. Gibson, G. Capper, H. Morgan, J. Brooker and C. Chaplin (secretary). The head-master’s report gave the average attendance at the mam school since the holidays as 467‘5 out of a roll number of 583, Theie had been twenty children withdrawn and thirty-two admitted. He recommended Thomas Chambers aa pupil-teacher, a vacancy being caused by Miss Rosewarne having gone to the Normal, School. It was decided to recommend the Board to appoint Thomas Chambers to the position. A letter was received from Mr Lain?, saying that, through inflammation of the eyes, unless he could obtain further leave of absence, he would be compelled to resign. The Board having written that further leave could, not be granted (four months having been granted before the holidays), it was resolved to ask Mr Laing to send in his resignation; At the same time the Committee wished to express its great sympathy with Mr Laing in his affliction. The mistress of the side school reported the average attendance to be 99-6 out of a roll number of 117. A letter was received from the Secretary to the Board, saying that the Buildings Committee had inspected the side school, and would report to the next meeting of the Board. The Treasurer reported the payment of £23 19s for prizes, leaving a ■ balance to the credit of the prize fund of £8 18s. For bath alterations £32 7a 9d had been paid, which made a debit balance to bath account of £lO 10s 3d. He stated the balance to the credit of the incidental account to be £9.05.1d,, and preaentid bills to the, amount of £l7 3s lOd, whicii were passed for payment aa' funds permitted. A ballot was taken for the election of three members to the Board of Education, and resulted in favour of Messrs Mannings, Montgomery and Webb. Messrs Morgan, Owen and Chaplin were reappointed as a Visiting Committee, ard the meeting closed. *