BOARD OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10900, 3 November 1898, Page 6

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Phe ordinary meeting of the Auckland Eduation Board was held at the Board's offic®, Victoria Arcade, yesterday, Mr. *■ Jobb,, chairman, presiding. There werejU .resent: Messrs, J. Muir.K.^rrell.B.Udy , J. Bagnall, S. Luke, J. H. Wright Finances: The Board's balance; .to J* vere: Education fund, credit. £82j5 4»« L nd building fund, £1053 S., 7d: told ;9333 9s 9d. The Girls' High School credi tood at £5867 18s. , , School Statistic: The school statis ics fo parter ending September 30, 1898, sho»« he number of schools (indudmg « h» chools) in the district to bo 3fe, an * ,f six; and the teachers, including 319 mub Liid 473 female, to be 782, giving » » :roase of four, three being males anl on emale; these being exclusive of 71 SOWm| jn roll numbered 27,954 including , ,oy S and 13,458 girls; a decreaa.in to« if the boys pf 221 and girls of 162: to al tie no*, 383. The average a tendance t** ras boys 12,050 and sir %i2' while 2,993, showing a decrease of 216; wi^th, vorking- average was 23,357 a decrease c !46. It was mentioned that it was usual thd here should bo a slight decrease in attendant luring the term in question. Chairman's Report: Among other routo natters, the chairman's report staled tta .ieut.-Colouel Banks had intimated that M instructor in military drill .could not h .pared for the present to visit «*°° ls - J} , ? 1 hat resignations had been received from Mis J E. M. Algio, teacher Onewhero school; tliss J. Stewart, assistant teacher, ie Kopun chool; Miss V. Bjoek, sewing tocher )nouriao North school. . Selection of Teachers: The report of to Teachers' Selection Committoo reconimendui ,hat the following appointments shoiwl & luthorised by the Board:-Mr. A. Short, i> emnorary charge of Hikurangi school til ind of year; Miss J. C. French, to temporal; iharge of Hobsonvillo till end of year; Alls if. A. Robb, to be assisant teacher Moun toskill school, as recommended by the Die riot School Committeo; Miss D. J. Gresham K-pupil teacher, from Huntly to Taupir chool; Miss A. O'Meara, pupil teacher, Iron \ T ewton East to Newton West sohool; Mis Hay B. Robertson, pupil teacher, to Now narkot school. . Tlio committee have ex imined the 20 applications received in an iwer to advertisement for tho head master hip of the Hamilton West school, and re :ommended that the names and qualification >f the undernamed five candidates bo sub ratted to the School Committee for tliei ■onsideration: Mossrn. J. CamphaJl, T. fl Chapman, J. Elliot, E. C. Purdie ,nd W. H. AVorsley. That applications fo he headmjelerehip of tlio Kauacranga Girls chool (Thames) bo invited by advertisemen rom teachers classified Dl, 02, o ligher. That school committees be cousultei a regard to proposed appointments t4 Driving Creek (second assist<uili) of Mis ■'. G. Aicken (after tho holidays); to T< iopuru (assistant) of Miss B. E. Broadfoot o Onewhero, Messrs. J. J. Keanoy, A. Me Jregor, and F. Harris. Tho committee con idered tho letter from the Newton Schoo Jommitteo, dated October 25, asking fo he names of all applicants qualified fo ,he assistant-mastership of tho Newtoi West school, and recommended that th committee should bo asked to select an os sietant from the candidates whose names hav been already submitted to them. The cor mitteo have furnished to the Auckland C Schools Committee the information v

for by them, regarding the candidates for ihe position of assistant-teacher in the Wclleslev-

street sohool. The report was adopted as read. Pupil Teachers: The Teachers' Selection Committee reported as under on tho motion of Mr.,Muir, to the effect "That the class designated ex-pupil teachers be not omployod by the Board, and that pupil teachers who have completed their term of apprenticeship and obtained certificates shall have their names forwarded to school committees when suitable vacancies occur:—l. In regard to pupil teachers employed under tho regulations dated February, 1897, the duration of their engagement is already definitely settled by clause 7 of (lie said regulation, viz. • Pupil teachers will be engaged for a period of not less than tinea and α-half years, and m every case the engagement of a pupil teacher shall terminate when he or she has completed a full year in the status or rank of a fourth-year pupil teacher. , 2. In regard to pupil teachers employed under regulations dated prior to February, 1897 your committee recommend: (a) That all those i pupil teachers who will then have served I three yearn or more beyond the completion Of their apprenticeship of throe years be notified that their employment'as p, lp il teachers will cease at the 31st December, 1898, and that their applications lor re-en in order of precedence according the ewYfi in order of precedence according to classifi j cation and length of service; (!) and hi the same rule be applied (in ro a ion) to al other such pup,l teachers at the end of each ion S* The Cl '? irm,n m °™l "he adoj . Mr. Luke opposed,ho°d-as;rors^;:L-ii2

Slips lid aleo a large nuroteoHi^' 0 f°° k> as smm mm Children's Flower Show tk '"> Auckland HortioiZrPV 60 -" 5 ' 81 * of sK"ate an l ■is? onirrst us ? the cto ">n in general and aStZT mstruc - and adopted ° ncult ™ l ™c 8 were ™ read from the se Sry W^ 0 " 'ranch of the Now ZoaknJ w/ r Wailwto titute asking that th . 1? fdueational 1,,. r'^owK 1 * adopt hat country teacC m 1 L^ 0, ' 6 "' so -hance of promotion with T I" equal t was decided to forwwHt T tGachersopy of the report ofX th .° '' riui a ''holo Board appointed t T mttee o{ «> ■fa into eJSS ViS? , 1896 ' t0 elecbng teachers for annnint means 0 ' Ten for : The tender of fMr J B - C1 »Ppel] f 153) for the erection of» u i ? ha PP e " «PeiTion, and placid ' fu me a keene, »romot lOll within re a c h „(1 " B Venues °' ervmg tethers, thatall n , B ard ' 8 *> 100 Pupils and over luve't 018 avera 'bservmg B il cnce ft ;Xntinr> memberi he meetng and W :? optlon was put tr '% supporter OSt, tho m °™r being t £ » the desirability nf h ° presen ' schoo « the Waihi oomm Mhoo1 ' rB S wth, offering on b»h,K C r ° P ° rt; W «k °"w*»«choslSildSi ° f -, the resi dS y°uld guarantee thS ft^n , , 1, " 12 "" ime school, decided U,at th» P , be a fu " emm* itself to a ™'*, e B ° ar(l could no >e a full-time s chool?WhaK hat U Bho or reported that the esWK^" the '""pec n the district W2SS ment ,ofaZo fat provißion should t %/*? n W«« ren, decided to build . i °, for 40 chi hat the Governmen 100 '"l to S «pense,aM large propS ear half th, *ere natives; ICaMiIS ° f . the ch 'l*e fat th, school beto a6ki n "ons, decided on SS'mS' Pr ° ° ad "an. who uonsiderjf o °n ° the ChS

r ~ j- „ c Teite for teaoher'e house, re recommending.* sue ed MaunUj conoenl commendation « r^ova l of the gd]oo in ?,^° qU rred to the local committee; building, rewrea x for additional acoommo. ? n fo Tt eS»er classes, referred to the datlon - /J tec and the chief inspector tc Board's ™'™L Onehunga, recommendCo "ltTne P bu ding to accommodate 20C g that L nrpcteil on "the new site, recomchildron be m*"*" .building to be the -firtteW at a leus of the scno d future dftto,Opan». Education stating from the school would be handed over S'teßoTrf th S e site Cing been pM; to the JJoaro,w ba ]f. acre sites for from one, aseem a .a fMm the second! pa , l deeds; Slot teacher's Ue, decided to prect he house on the site recommended by thetrchitects; Waihi, for extension of school b "i!Stri£.lH.l Exhibition: A commutation was read from the Exhibition i Xri inviting the co-operation of the Board* assisting to make he opening of the Exhibition a success by taking part in the mwenion prior to the opening ceremony on Cember 1 It was decided that the members should take part.