EDUCATION BOARD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 8

EDUCATION BOARD

The Wanganui Education Board, at its monthly meeting, decided to seek departmental advice as to the need for an insurance policy to cover accidents which might arise when school grounds were being used by pupils on Saturdays and holidays under the supervision of" either committees or home and school associations. Mr E. F. Hemingway presided, and southern members present were Messrs L. J. Carmine, 1. W. Mudford, W. B. Tennent and W. H. Brown. On the suggestion of the ManawatuOi'oua School Committees’ Association, the board decided to recommend the Education Department to establish teachers’ 'training colleges at Massey and Lincoln Colleges in order to. provide trainees with an agricultural background. The board received from all branches of the Educational Institute approval of the principle of Saturday school in order to allow leave on an ordinary school day on special occasions to teachers of remote country schools. The Manawatu branch suggested that the number of such days per year ' be increased from four to six. Approval was given to a request fiom the Health Department that the board should issue to schools a postcard on which head teachers will send weekly notification of the nunibef of eases of specified infectious diseases, namely scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, mumps and ehickcnpox occurring in the schools. The board received a letter from the Wanganui Head Teachers’ Association in the matter of parading their pupils on the streets or in public places. This stated that, though these parades had been not more frequent than perhaps once a year, the headmasters were very perturbed at the use of time for work in no way educational to the pupils. The association requested the board ■ first to seek the opinion of the Headmasters’ Association when approached by any body wishing to use the pupils fo'r any public purpose. The board took note of the request. An assurance was given by the chairman that the Oroua Downs mental clinic was high up on the priority list. A tender of £315 10s for the painting of the new infant block nt Foxton was accepted. The architect (Mr E. R. Hodge) reported that the work in connection with the erection of the new infant block was now showing signs of nearing completion. Mr Hodge also reported that the new out-office building at Oroua Downs has been prepared at the board’s workshop and is ready for despatch to the site. Mr Hodge, in the course of his report, stated : “The work in connection with the erection of the new dental clinic at the Palmerston North Intermediate School is proceeding very slowly. I have now served, the contractor with notice that if it is not recommenced and completed within tho time limit which I have stated the board will take such other st(T>s as arc necessary to complete the job. I have also notified him to the effect that the penalty clause of £1 per day will be imposed as from the date of notieo.” Among staff changes notified in addition to those already published were the following: Leaving board’s service: Miss D. Baxter, assistant mistress, Kiwitea; Miss E. J. Walker, assistant mistress, Kopane. Appointments: Mr C. 11. Short, head teacher, Colyton; Miss H. Grant, assistant mistress, Milson's Line; Miss K. C. Chaney, assistant mistress, Fitzherbert East; Miss L. E. Dellar, sole teacher, Awahou South; Mrs G. M. Wilton,’ assistant mistress, Manchester Street. War appointment: Miss K. F. Toogood, sole teacher, Mt. Biggs.