SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17528, 11 July 1917, Page 8

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

. ' . ST-:ALBANS. ; • ' ;.;'. The St Albans School Coaunittee met on, Monday evening: present—Messrs E. H: An-;, drewe (.chairman), IV J. Macfarlane/J. Eci'oyd, S. Faulkner, G. E. Franklin, ■C. E.f • Green and T. P. Moore; Board of, EduV • cation wrote -regarding the. dividing fene«. v on the south side of tho school, requesting-, the committee to ii;t-tiview the owner : in respect to his share in the erection of a new fence. It was decided Io inibiru the'board, that the committee was of the opinion' th*t the matter should be left to the board.' - A- . letter 'was .received from Mr Gerald :Ander-: ■ son regarding the- war pictures \ entertai'i--. ment. It decided that this date July .21. . was unsuitable- in view of the fact ' th.«,t....-'. tho school fair would bo held early in-Aug-'. . ust..- Messrs"Faulkner',-arid Ecroyd.wereap-'.' pointed a Works. Ccn.mittee for the .month;; The- head master rci-ortod an avorage at-: '; tendance' for tho month ot 612 out of a roll' ' 3 number of 6c"?. Seveutcen scholars'had bee'a' ': adinittod and twelve had left. ■• -\-;.- -, ;'' : ' . t .~-.v * The Pibanui' School. Ct mmittee met > .68';.'' Monday ilialit: pre-ent—Messrs ' Patxick';.:(chairman,, Settle, Pye. Crosbie, 'Gib6,'i; : ' Smith, Holmej and Fletcher. Mr Mnlhol-H land was ekcled a member of the .comipJit,., t£e"'n pla-oe of l£r Webb, issigned.* A, dejm : '. tatiori from the • Presbyterian Church, con< : O sistins oi the Rev D. D. Rodger, and. Mr." Gardiner, vaited on tho committee and-ap-X-' plied for tho use of the Bkgh's Road School;,: on Sundays for Sunday school, teaching, The. request was acceded to. The Board 'of. cation wrote statiug that Mr Mayre had; ' been deputed to examin.-- the schools^•' also ; that the sum of £'29 Qs Tl had been placed:.,, iii the bank to tho credit cf the coraniittw. ,j Instructions were received as ( to kow'tha dental allowances were, to be' cspecded; '■ Tp;:'.' Board of Educaiioi wrote on behalf of. the r:;; Agriculiural Department, i equostiag what quantity of land could bo obtained'oh • the school grounds for crop-gr.oiving; pur--• poses. It waa decided to reply thai lhw» are nearly threo ccrei. The Sopietyfor the Prevention Cruelty to Animate: wroi*': --, donating four' prizes for the best'.e6sayi <&i ■" kindness to aiiima|s. -Th« offer l -Ira's; accepted' . with thanks, and' the head master -was ;r»c T ;v - quested to. judge ■ the essays. , Tho: ;hifcd ■ jnaS" .',• , tor reported tho roll numbC'r'.afctheiMMa.;; School for tho quarter ended June 20 to be ; , 268, and the average sttwdauce, !14> the Bligh's Road School roU numbor , was 149 and the average f-ttendance 4 1 *-; ~: The head master stated that the at^no* o **' which was low for some time at both was now recovering its noixnal averast*>" lo * j , tailing 240 at the Main - Schupl UfteywggP A committee was appointed to meet Mr«i, » H. Opie. chairman-of the Education;BwcV; at tho Bligh's Bosd School,'-ftr^.-the ;pxpt**< ; of considering the bvst iwans ■-« j. the paths af,that school. rnittees were appointed for the School, Messrs ■ Fletoher and CrbsbmLßbSai ;. | Road School Messrs 'Patrick and; P«e«- i\:tS

SUMNER.' , : .-! '■:••■ ■'.- •'■'■"' The Sumner School Coramitt**- mat. }gs3m night: present-Mr D. Lumadeff (cHvmsn),, _ Mrs W. G. Eobsrts and Messra-G. Ajoadtr. C. Benjamin, G. Newman »niW,aJwWfc v ;ri Correspondence was received tora'W.SgMr >v t*r of Education expressing a hor» tl>at»wa ■. " School Journal" might bo /etanied. i» Board of Education wrote stating that J* . a-chitect would inspect the infant ropm. IB» board also forwarded infonn'ation .rajativa *> incidental expenses and stated, that iU of the water rate would be credited.to tM , ccmniitteea accouni The head maater am m rfort showed that for the quarter ended Jpa» r< ■la fl» roll had reached 233. The average w»( *, m«. ' Fortv-nve had been admitted and ew;;;;-:S had 'left. Dr Baker bad visited th* . I school and had addressed'the; parants, MM&3 1 vards receiving a. h«arty vote of : taariks. Oa I m the recommendation of the AVorks : Cbinjnitte« , l iH waa decided to trim the front fences. *&■;:; S appointment as carofaker waa.cte* ':" • firmed. A vote of sVinpa+hy- .waa .paSs&i,: ruembers standing,, to the ReV W. Jt ■ Wil-.,; j liaras, a late member of the School-Commit-..;; tee, on the loss of .hi" iho head manter to interview.Mr an estimate.of' the cost ft furthejt pSs*,."'i.gxound improvements, >. ■'• , , i.'. . . v" ■;'.'