OVERCROWDED WEST END
URGENT DEMAND FOR MORE SCHOOLROOMS.
West End’s grievance against the Education Board was again vigor, ously ventilated at last night’s meet, ing of the school committee, whet the headmaster (Mr A. W. Thomp. son) called pointed attention to th» lack of accommodation at tij schol and the urgency of demanding that the Board should proceed wltt the erection of additional classrooms, ’’At present the classrooms ate overcrowded,” he said ‘‘and in wea. ther sucli as we had yesterday, I can. not entertain the idea of keeping children for any length of time In the cold and draughty quadrangle.” The committee discussed the matter fully, and it was pointed out that many parents complained of their children catching colds through being compelled to sit in the quadrangle which was never intended for teach, ing.
It was decided to ask Messrs Blr. nie and Durward, the two local repro. sentatives on the Education Board, to visit the school to-day and see tor th. inselves the state of things. Aa urgent message is also being sent to the Board to-day, asking that tht work be gone on with without delay,
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2672, 5 May 1925, Page 4
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190OVERCROWDED WEST END Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2672, 5 May 1925, Page 4
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