NEW SCHOOLS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1675, 6 April 1904, Page 2

NEW SCHOOLS

WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD EXPENDITURE. Proof of tin? wide range and exactir nature of the demands made on tm Wellington Education Board for new school buildings is given in tlie anw report of the chairman, Mr F. Brad' , 'Hie points ■ iout that exceptional demands c o:r sidditions and new buildings had to be mot during the year. 44 the Worser B <y' School, necessary ad itions were m: ie"nt a cost of £503. '.Brooklyn had a doll number of 145 in excess of the accommodation and ' two additional roof-ns were er there at a cost of £7037. T 1 wetone Sclioolhoiuse, whi'ich has nov b’--en practically rebudt a cost ‘ci £ 2730,' provides convenient and aclequ y r-,oin for 895 pup. d. Toie Hutp' Sci ; -. 0 ; property having b eu,. taker by th- Ro tough Council for street a: 'W :>t movements, the Boat hfad ?c« u* a site elsewhere and refefc.. mgs, The site cost £650 anal f 3 buildings £2610. At the Epu-fi •' a new building Infs been erefevad at a cost of £Bl7. The* school has now 115 children on the roll with an average attendance of 91. The new building, just completed, at Marital, has cast £578, not including fencing. The demand for increased accommodation at Levin has been met by the erection of the new Central School at a cost for building alone of £1628, to~ wardis which the Government has contributed £SOO. The Board last year purchased a new school site at Wadestown at a cost of £6OO. New schools have been erected-at ECoroeka, Rangokokako and Maungaraki, the coist of which wag met by special grants. During the year considerable improvements have been made at Cross Creek, Paikakariki. Tokomaru, Pongoroa, Poirirua, Clareville, Kaiwarra, Roseneath, Kilbirnie, Pahiatua, Mount Cook Infants’, Thorndou, South. Wellington, Clyde quay. Masterton arid Newtown, and a new site has been purchased at Carterton. The Board is well satisfied that the buildings constructed have in every case been urgently required, and that good value have, been given for the expenditure, but it regrets that the absence of an adequate special grant for new buildings and extension's has prevented other works of smaller magnitude, but of considerable importance, from rccoivinaany attention. c ’