HIGH SCHOOLS CONTROL
PRESENT SYSTEM UPHELD. The proposal of Mr W. R. 13rugh that : control of the Otago Boys' and Girls’ High schools should be handed over to the Otago Education Board, that the Board of Governors should be disbanded and a committee elected biennially, gave rise to another prolonged discussion in the High School Board on Thursday afternoon. The chairman, Dr Fulton, presided over the meeting. The special committee set up to consider Mr Brugh’s motion reported as folio ws: We have considered Mr W. R. Brush’s motion regarding the control of secondary schools, and have decided that we am unable to recommend the board to agree to the resolution proposed. Mr Brugh and Hon. D. T. Fleming dissenting from this decision. Tile report was adopted after a spirited and interested discussion, Messrs Brugh and Fleming dissenting. Mr Brugh, in informal discussion, afterwards said that he would table a motion providing a different constitution for the High Schools’ Board, and making some provision for women members.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 6
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