CENTRAL SCHOOL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 94, 21 March 1931, Page 10

CENTRAL SCHOOL.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —A letter signed by John C. Young, in your issue of yesterday, set out very clearly the advantages of building temporary premises on the school grounds, in place of, as suggested by the education authorities, housing vailous units of the school in scattered halls throughout the district. As one of the parents concerned, I am heartily in agreement with the writer. A corrugated iron building with wooden floor would cost little more than rental of premises along with the necessary alterations to fit them for classrooms. The advantage of having the whole school under the capable supervision of the headmaster would, I feel sure, produce better results educationally, while the morale of the school w6uld be unbroken.

The disadvantage of separated units in unsuitable surroundings, the greater distances for young children to travel, the lack of playing spaces, lack of suitable conveniences, cost of transporting the school paraphernalia, and lessening of the school esprit de corps would make even the temporary scattering of the school hard to build up again. On the contrary, the great advantage of carrying on the school work in the school grounds, while the necessary alterations are being made to the brick building, are too obvious to require much stressing. A suitable temporary building would not take long to build, and when done with, the material could be sold. Used corrugated iron is saleable at good prices. _ I trust that those in authority will favourably consider the building of a temporary home for the school on the present spacious school grounds.—l am, etc., H. FINDLAY WILSON. Palmerston North, March 21, 1931.