Education Board.

Otago Witness, Issue 1805, 25 June 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

Education Board.

The monthly meeting of the Education Boani, held on the 17th, was attended by Messrs Fraer ''chairman), Begg, Clark, Fraser, Green, Key Dr Macgregor, Dr Brown, and the Hon. T Dick. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Finance Committee made the following recommendations: — That the Brighton Committee's application for assistance in erecting a playshed be declined ; that the undermentioned ■sums be granted to the following school committees for completion of buildings : — Lowhimi, £6 : Puerua, £12; Lawrence. £15; Blueskin, £22 10s ; St Batbans, £12; Waipori, £3; that, the of £10 be granted for completion of th--present building at Purekeriki, and that a new -.chool be erected and the present building converted into a teacher's residence-; that the cterl> of works be instructed to carry cut the work ai Fairfax as suggested by him ; that the janitor-, pottage at the Union street school be remote i f o the corner of the site, anc 1 that the Board contribute half the cost of completing thbuildings; that a new residei.ce (in wood) bn tirovided in the Kakanwi >!istrict; that rhp application by the Macandrew Road Sehnp. Committee for assistance in filling in a ditch be '.eclined ; that the works recommended by the irchitect as necessary to improve the school residence at Ravenshourne be carried out. Also hat the following tenders be accepted : — Port ' Mifilmers. painting, J Smith, £5 16s; Wai'ahuna Gully, additions to residence, J. York, t!25 : Awamoko, additional classroom, -J Waugh, £168 10s ; Incholme, new buildings, D. Smart, £319 18s; Oamaru North, additional flassrnoras, Wilson and Roxburgh, £588 Report adopted. RESIGNATIONS. The following resignations were accepted • — W. C Allnntt, first assistant, Lawrence; M. H head teacher, Brighton ; Alfred Howorth nead teacher, Bald Hill Flat. APPOINTMKNTS. Tho following appointments were made : — C. H. Graham, head teacher, Heriot, vice Pilling transferred : C. R Bossence, first assistant, Port Chalmers, vice Turpin resigned ; Jane Cnmpbt'll, first assistant, Ravensbourne, vice 1 iib'-on promoted ; Alice Forsyth, pupil teacher, <'in-ur.iham, vice C>ld«r resigned. KORTII-EAST VALLEY. Messrs I. Gropii, T. Short, and G. Calder, 'nember«. of the North-East Valley School Comn'ittcc, interviewed tho board and requested :h it additional <--ehool accommodation should be novided They agreed that the building was ». h*»»d«-omc one, but said it was not large enough, and among the instances they gave was •hat tome of the children had to be taught in 'he passages. The committee were prepared •o hand over £25 in aid of the purpose, and they hopinl the board would subsidise that sum. They pointed out that the recess to the back of the bmilding could be roofed in. There npro 425 children attending the school. A committee, consisting of Messrs Fraser, D'ck. Gre^n, and Dr Brown, was appointed to report on the application. WATHOT.A. A letter was read from the Rev. Mr Hall, chairman of the meeting of householders at whu-li Mie local committee wa.= elected, hi rca .' ' *o 'he charges made of illegal voting at tl at meeting. The hoard resolved not to interfere in^ tho matter until further information wa? obtained. PAivns'o or kuimmnos.? The Secretary (Rev. W. J. Habens) to Uw

Education Department, forwarded th<-. fallowing yircu'.ivr . " I aiu instructed by the Minister for b-lucation to say that he has observe 1 in some of ihe annual repo.-ts font in by the boards reference is made to the rvpamtiuj: of old hchuols as an item of expenditure of money g: anted by vote for public works.' It i= to be distinctly understood I hut moiipy }^i unt«jtl must only boused t'ov th : acqu Mtion of achuol ?it<;h, erection of new school b iil ling 1 - and thi 1 extension of old school building-, tor any fencing, outbuildings, and fur.iitr.ru required for new .school buildingb and ext-'iiMuiii, and for such expenses as those of conveyancing, plans, supervision of workh, &o." Mr Dick thought it was abburd that school buildiiiji were to rot away tor want of paint. This circular was muuited as " received. " ALPIIAUKTICAI. UKUIbIKR OF TKAOHKttS

Mr Fuas'-R move. l the i evolution standing in his name as follows : — "That an alphabetical register be kept of the teache.rs in the board'--seiviee. The inspectors to keep this regi"-tei po-ited up after every examination, adding thereto their opinions, briefly expressed, with regard to the progress an i capacity ot the tvacher Thi.-, record to be open to the teachers themselves, who will receive official intimation of every entry agaiust their names, and may add the same to their own note of the record, a copy of which they ca'., when applying for a vacancy, send to tbe b'jkrd to be checked at the olnu.;

and sent in to the committees. The entries by Vi" injectors to be made contemporaneously with the submission ot the eonfi lentinl reports to the board, so that the boml can satiety itself of the justuu&s ot the entry " He said it was advisable that they should have something of the sort ; they had nothing of the kind at present, and he understood that the inspectors had no objections to his motion. He thought the board would agree that it would supply a want, as at present when they received a report censuring """any teacher they had no means of referrmg to any record. Under the system proposed no mistake or injustice would occur in connection with any teacher. It the teacher's progress wa-. good it would be noted, and if there were any i sport adverse to him he would receive warning The board must remember that twice lately they had dealt with teachers, and twice t rouble hail arisen therefrom. Dr Buown seconded the motion, and in the dt-jcushinn which ensued it was remarked that tbe system advocated by Mr Fraser was something like the old " character book," excepting that teachers would receive warning when complaints were made agaiust them. The motion was carried. TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

Dr Macuheuor stated that he had been surprised at the large amount ot the members' travelling expenses for last year, according to Mr Bcgg's statement ; but he had since learned

that of the period referred te, sis. months bad

been calculated on the old basis, and only the jjemn'ning six months under the present regulation as to expenses. Mr Begg said he had simply asked,the secretary for the returns for 1885, and had been supplied with the figures he had used. BOARD'S MKSSENGEII.

One hundred and seventeen applications were tor the position of messenger foi tht board's oiiice, at the salary of 30a per week. Mi E C. M irryatt was appointed. ACCOUNTS.

Accounts to the sum of £12,165 12s 2d were passed for payment. Se.veral matters were dealt with in committee of the whole board.