SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 14

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

THE COMING ELECTIONS. NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY Nominations for members of school cornmil tees will close on Monday evening with (he respective chairmen of the present committees, while the elections, wherever necessary, will be held at the annual meetings of householders, to be held on the following, Monday evening. In cases where the number of nominations exceeds the number of seals on the committee, an election will be held, and where the numbers are equal, all the persons nominated will he declared elected. Where the number of candidates is less tjian the number of seats to be filled all the- candidates nominated will bo dulv e.icled, and t ho vacancies will lie filled appointment by the Education Hoard. I he number of seats on each committee has been fixed on a basis of attendance at the school. Whore the average attendance at a school has been for tlio preeedlrig year less than .100 the committee consists of five members, in cases where tlio average attendance has been between 100 and 200 pupils the number of members is fixed at seven, and where the a verago attendance is over 200 the number of seats is nine. Every householder living within a school district is qualified to vote at an election, and in cases where either husband or wife is possessed of the necessary qualifications both are entitled to vote. Parents or guardians, wherever resident, are also permitted to vote in the district in which the child attends school, or to bo elected to the committee for that school. CORNWALL PARK SCHOOL. SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WOHK. A steady increase in the number of pupils at the Cornwall Park District School is shown in tlio annual report of the committee, to be presented In (he meeting of householders on April 22. The report states that the roll at the close of last year stood at 600 pupils, the staff numbering 13 permanent teachers and three probationary teachers. During the past year the first portion of the new infant block had boon erected, and was officially opened last December. This building had relieved the congestion at the main school, but it was still necessary to retain tho temporary building previously in use, which would probably bo necessary until a fourth room was added to the infant department. Of the 49 scholars in the sixth standard at the close of 1928 all gained certificates of proficiency, while one, Richard Aldis, had won a junior national scholarship. Tho school had again won the Anzac Banner, for essays written by a team of six pupils. This was tho third time the school had won tho banner out of four attempts. During the year the school was also successful in the Flag Cup Essay Competition. Interest in sports had been well maintained. During the year tho committee had continued the work of improving the playing area, and had given attention lo the' drainage of tho ground, improvements to footpaths and fences, and Ihe children now had a splendid playing field for all games.