OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17100, 24 February 1916, Page 9

OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.

v, i; .. -iTO:' THE EDITOR: Sir-. —-As Dr Thackery • M;P<, • takes special interest in - matters- connected with the public-health, perhaps he could be induced to look into the question .of tlie undue size of classes and the overcrowding of classrooms. If he could' spare the time I would suggest a visit to the city and suburban primary schools. If it is found that the conditions in any case' are injurious to. the health of the children or of the. teacher. then the Board of .Education, the Teachers’ institute and the Medical Association should-insist on having them immediately rectified and take such stops as may be necessary to enforce such a just demand. If the unsettled state of affairs owing to the war Tenders it impossible or undesirable'to incur the necessary expenditure for ex T tra buildings, then if no suitable makeshift can be made for the present I can onlr suggest that- children of' four and five years of ago, or older, should he excluded in the meantime,, so as to make more room for the other classes if it is found that more -Toom is-re-quired. . ' ... ' The first step is to ascertain the facts and then accent no excuse, but take anv further steps that may be necessary to remedv the undesirable conditions if such be "found to exist. Could Dr. Thacker see his way to take up the matter?—l am, etc.. ANXIOUS PARENT. Christchurch, February 22. -