Householder's Meeting.

Manawatu Herald, 26 April 1892, Page 2

Householder's Meeting.

17s Od, which would leave in hand £6 19s sd. The quarterly average attendance during the yeur was a3 follows : —

The average daily attendance for the year was : — Boys, 80*39 , Girls, 8925; total, 169 84. The number on school roll was as follows:— March 31st, 1892, boys, 113 ; girls, 130 ; total, 243. March 31st 1391, boys, 115 ; girls, 126 ; total, 241. During the quarter ending Slsfc March last the sohool was closed 20 days, equivalent to 5 fall weeks, in consequence of the prevalence of diphtheria in the town. During the time the school was opened many children remained away from fear of infection, otherwise the attendance for the quarter would have been very much larger. The highest attend" ance for the quarter was as follows : —Hoys, 100 ; girls, 101 ; total, 201. In December last the Committee received a notice from Mr Herbert Woodham, resigning his position as head-master, and in the following month Miss Prendergast resigning her position as first assistant mistress. • The Board submitted to the Committeo the names of candidates f<r the position of head master, and the names of candidates for the position of Ist assistant mistress. Tbe Committee selec ed Mr W. 8. Stewart BA , as head master, and Mis Marion Me'hsh as Ist assistant mistress, and the Board accepted the selections made by the Coin* mittef. The present teaching staff consists of :— Mr W. S. Stewart, headmaster ; Mrs M. Me'ish, Ist assistant mis* trrss ; Miss Ballantine, 2nd assistantmistress ; Mr Wm, Stansell, 2nd assistant master ; Miss J. Bay, Ist year's pupil teacher. During the present year on the recommendation of the Committee th Board have expended upwards of £20 in repairs to the sch ol and the school house, aud the com* mittee have laid down gravel at the entrance to the school, and the premises are now in a fairly complete condition. The Board having agreed to supply 100 rails for repairing the fence', tbe Committee have undertaken to do the repairs. We cftuld further recommend to tbe incoming committee to put up a new shelter shed for thebojs, the Board having agreed to contribute £ for £ towards its cost up to £7 10s or £15 for the whole. The Committee recommended the incoming Committee to expend the sum of £3 in repairs to the school desks and compete the gymnastics apparatus. Mr Williams moved that the report be approved, tnd this was carried. The meeting then proceeded 'o the eloction of a Committee and Mr H more's uame was further added to fioso alreidv nominated. Messrs Gibsou and Jenka were appointed scrutineers. Upon ths voles being c unted it was found that W G Robinsou had 17. E. x. Thynne 16, J. T. Ray 15, W. J. Little 15, J. Walsh 12, C. Honore 11, B. Spomm 11, J. R. Stausell 7. i. P. Williams 7, and £?. Caws' on 6 voto3. Th* chiirman declared the first seven duly elected

The statutory meeting of the householders was held last night at the Schoolhouse. Tiiere was a very good attendance. Mr Bay was voted to the chair, and he explained the nature of the business, and read the following rep#rt : — REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR YEAR ENDING 81sT MARCH, 1892. The householders of Foxton having failed to elect a School Committee at the annual meeting last year the Board of Education for the District of Wanganui inserted a notice in the Manawatu Herald on the 4th of June last requiring nominations for persons to serve upon the Committee to be sent in on the 18th June. Messrs C. Honore, W. J. Little, J. r. Ray, W. G. Robinson, B. Spelman, E. S. Thynne, and J. Walsh were the only persons nominated, and they accordingly formed the new Committee. The first meeting of the Committee was held on the 11th July, 1891, when Mr E. S. Thynne was elected Chairman and Mr J. T. Ray Clerk to the Committee without remuneration. The powers of the Committee are practically very limited. They may recommend teachers to the Board for appointment and may also recommend the suspension or dismissal of any teacher. The Board has the so'e power to appoint or remove teachers, but no appointment, suspension or dismissal of a teacher can take place until the Committee have been first consulted. The Committee, however, may suspend any teacher for immoral conduct or gross mis behaviour. A teacher is not at liberty to relinquish his engagement without giving the Chairman of the Committee, as well as the Board, one month's notice of his intention to do so. The Committee has a School Fund, which consists at present of £25 6s a year granted by the Board and payable in four equal quarterly instalments, The amount is calculated upon the average attendance at the school. This Fund can be added to by voluntary contributions for general or special purposes. The School Fund is used for cleaning and warming the sohool, supplying school apparatus, and doing incidental repairs to the school buildings or furniture. About two years ago a portion of the School Fund was contributed towards the expenses of a school treat on the understanding that an entertainment should be got up to replace the amount spent. The entertainment did not realise sufficient for this purpose, and the loss to the School Fund was £7 17s 3d. As the expenditure was unauthorised, the Board refused to remit any further monies until the deficiency was made up. From that time until last August the Board retained the grant to which the school was entitled, and paid out of it the expenses of cleaning and firing. In August last the Board, on the undertaking of the Committee that they would make an effort to wipe off the debt, resumed the payment of the grant. A concert was got up under the management of Mr Little, a member of the Committee, in aid of the School Fund, and resulted in a profit of £6 Is 6d. The income of the Committee for the last year amounted to £45 11s Id, including a balance of £13 13s 7d which had accumulated whilst the School Fund was administered by the Board. This accumulation arose mainly from the fact that no regular cleaner was appointed by the Board and the cleaning of the school was more or less neglected The payments made by the Committee for the year amounted to £27 13s lid, leaving a balance in hand on the 31st March last of £17 17s 2d. Against this balance there are outstanding aooounts amounting to £10

— — o j — ~ — Boys Girls Total June, 1891 78-41 86 50 164-91 Sept. „ 80-49 88-74 169-24 Dec. „ 80 86 95-76 178-12 March 1892 82 5 86 160- 2