CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5981, 18 January 1881, Page 6

CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

■ SPECIAL MEETING, v- . ;' A special meeting of the Auckland City-: Schools Committee took place last evening 'at the Nelson-street School-room. Mr; iW,;?Gorrie, Chairman of Committee, Present :, Messrs. C. B. Andrews, F. H. Hewin, McMasters, ■ Schmidt, Thwaites, and Wright. i

Proposed Conference with Education Board.—The Chairman read a letter frohr the Board of Education suggesting a conference in reference to the matters'at issue between the Board and the Committee regarding Wellfesley-street' "East School,, 'and', .desirin; to know if 10 o'clobk a.ni.7 :On Friday next, at the offices of jtlie Board, would suit the ' conveni-" Jence of the members of the committee. •Mr." Wright moved and Mr. Andrews se- : ! conded the following motion : ' c That' .the Board's invitation to a conference be accepted." Carried.—A lengthy and desultory discussion ensued as to the ; course of action to "be taken ' at the proposed'conference. Messrs. Wright and Thwaites were opposed' to any change-being made in-the curriculum of-i the school as..'well' as .to ; its projected altered management .Ultimately the folj lowing resolution w'as carried; on the motion: : of Mr. McMasters, seconded by Mr He\vin : "That committee";, shall niaintain -ithe, position it has held from the first—namely, that we have no objection-,to ytlie use ofithe Wellesley-street • SchooL' as ; a practisingschool,: providint-,, alwaj's, that the control oyer it, giyen to the local committee by. .the Act shall not be interfered , with or disturbed in any way." • ' CoRRESPONbENCE.—The following ? letter, from the J 'onehuhga School Committee, in relation to the above subject, was read by the Chairman :—.'.' Onehunga, ,17th, January, ISSI. Sir,—l am directed'• by -the committee .of the Onehunga Public School to convey to you their sympathy with your difficulties in connection with .the-Central; Board of Education; and also to suggest the , desirability ■ of a Conference of local school' committees to consider thp action of the Central Board: generally.—Yours faithfully, C. C. Fleming, r Secretary.—The; Chairman of the City East School.'/ .' A resolution was carried acknowledging receipt ...of i letter, thanking the Onehunga .School .'Committee for its sympathy, and approving of its.suggestion for a conference ,of committees, which would; be rewmmended to the attention of the incoming committee.

Nomination op Can DipATES.j-7-The Chairman stated that it would be better to postpone the nomination of candidates for the approaching vacancies "at the Board till next meeting. He • niight state, however, that Mr. H. H. 'Lusk positively declined to accept nomination-'for 'a seat'at the Board.

Beresford-street School.—Letter' read from Board stating that. as Mr. Bruce's services are already at. the disposal of the headmaster of Beresford-street school, the Board do not way to . appointing him assistant-master "under" .first section of clause 45 of the Act, as recommended by the committee. _ .'. .

The Public, Schools and Teachers' Examinations.—Letter' read from Mr. Worthington, headrmaster of' : Wellesley-street East School, stating that a great many teachers would 'go np. foi''examination' on the 24tli"and subsequent days, consequently few teachers would be left to look after the city schools,' which re-opened on the same date. He suggested, to prevent,the disorganisation 'of the schools which would ensue, that the committee should " recommend; to the Board the desirability : of extending the school holidays to tlio 31st instant, and thus obviate the difficulty: ' The Chairniari stated that last year' the' committee had recommended teachers' examinations should be held during the vacation, in order to avoid the clashing which necessarily ensued. On the motion of , Mr. - McMasters, the receipt of Mr. Worthington's letter was ordered to be acknowledged, but that ,the committee did not see their way to make any recommendation. ■

Wellesley-street East School.—Letter read from Mr. Worthington, Head-master cf Wellesley-street East School, acquainting the committee that the school had carried off three scholarships and 22 certificates of proficiency, and forwarding list of successful competitors. —It .was resolved that a letter: of thanks be forwarded to Mr. Worthington, 1 congratulating him on' the result of the' examination for scholarships' and certificates: of proficiency,' so far as his school was con-! cerned. , Meeting for Election of New Com-; MITTEE.—It was resolved., to advertise the. meeting of householders for the election of the new school committee in three successive issues of the daily papers, previous to the election.