EDUCATION BOARD.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 111, 13 May 1902, Page 4

EDUCATION BOARD.

The monthly meeting was held yester i, day. Present —Messrs Seymour (Chair- J man), Macey, Redwood, Duncan, Par- J ker, Chaytor, Fell, Litchfield. \ Accounts were passed for payment. TENDERS. The following tenders wore received for the purchase of the Board's stock ( of school books and materials:—F. ' Paine £110, E.H.Penny £120. j The Secretary said that the face value of the stock in hand —the selling ,■ price—was £292. But a deduction of about £50 had to be made on account 1 of books that would never be sold. 1 Some books had been on the shelves 12 • years. The largest customer, the Borough Boys' School, had dropped away. The tender of Mr Penny was accepted. This action means that the • Board goe3 out of the book-selling business ; but it was stated that cer- ' tain articles—not for sale—would be ■ kept in the office, such as maps, inks, > chalk, and kindergarten apparatus. i BLENHEIM. ! • Oh the recommendation of the archi- ; > tect, it was decided that Messrs Garnham & Jordan be asked to continue the arrangement providing for the care of the windmill. j The Truant Officer reported good ; • attendances at Blenheim, Springlands, 1 and Grovetown. He reported that children in advance of the First Stan- ; ■ dard were attending the Redwoodtown ' side-school. It was resolved to inform the teacher , that the Board did not wish the side- ' school to be open to such pupils. The Blenheim Committee recommended that the Redwoodtown sideschool be continued. A resolution was passed that; the attention of the School Committee be - 1 drawn to the excessive cost of the Redwoodtown side-school, and that it be asked to recommend some means by which the cost might be reduced to reasonable limits, otherwise the Board would be compelled to close the school. The application of the Truant Officer for an increase of salary was granted, Hie advance being from £13 a year to £15. The Blenheim Committee reported fcbat, in accordance with the Health Officer's requirement, they had arranged for the introduction of the system of earth closets, a trial to be made for one month. The cost would be £2 10s a month. The action of the Committee was approved, but it was resolved to recommend it to extend the arrangement over three months. The Committee recommended the Headmistress's request that a number of forms be placed on the playground. —The question was deferred. An application was received from Misa E. Foley, a High School pupil, for the appointment at Black Rock, Sounds.—Granted.