OVERCROWDED STATE SCHOOLS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10669, 19 January 1911, Page 1

OVERCROWDED STATE SCHOOLS.

; r (Per Press Association.} Dunedin, January 18. At a meeting of the Education Board ■to-day reference was made to'the overcrowding in schools in and around the ;city- and in-a lesser degree in the country schools, especially in the infant departments. Applicatipns_were received from North-East>jValfey,v : Al-' bany Street, and Fprbury. Schools.: for increased accommodation. 1 '.: i-i- ' : = i\ On the motion of seconded by Mr decided that the Ministehripl'jEdjwatipn be requested to visit t£e;?:SehOplsi>iii, company with a deputatiqri;v;>.pf : - i ' : :tha Board members, and in: thee ieyent;«oi his being unable to att^njj^he-In-spector-General be requestodijo'/cpme:;In the course of the M'Kinlay expressed the opinion that the time was opportune for the erection of separate infant schools. The Hon. T. Fergus, the of the Board, said the overcrowding was so serious that the Health Officer would be justified in turning one-third of the children out of some classes. The minister was perfectly aware of the conditions prevailing. The whole trouble was confined to the infant classes, there being plenty of accommodation for the higher classes.