DISTRICT SCHOOLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 2

DISTRICT SCHOOLS

' DEPARTMENTAL GRANTS MAINTENANCE INCREASES < M ~ • w •*.. ... A TARRIED WOMEN’S POSTS number of grants affecting schools inLthe Gisborne and Wairoa districts v,-cj'e the subject of correspondence retched from the Education Department at the monthly meeting! of the Hawke’s Hav Education 'Board in X a pier on Friday, prevision being made on a mote liooial scile. too, for the maintenance of school buildings. , , , , , Grants for additional shelter sheds at To Karaka and Xuliaka were approved by' the department, and a fuel Mied , \Vftipiro Bay School was sanctioned. j' p grant for maintenance of htnhlings h>r The current vear was increased fnun £4668 to £7688. an increase of £3020. the board expressing its thanks to the -'hitister for this much-needed release ol funds for works which had become urgent. In respect of the employment ot maryiffl women us teachers, the department inquired what- policy the board was following at-present, the letter pointing out ilrnt "the Education Amendment Act. 1322-33;'had given the boards the right to 1 * refuse ‘married--women’s applications, while the Finance Act, 1931. had given bdjirds power to terminate; in certain circumstances, the engagement, of married women! teachers. The board decided to reftlv that the policy outlined by the two Vets mentioned by. the department was still being followed, and that married wsmen' were being employed only m rapes of urgency -arising out ot the present, shortage of single teachers. \ WABIA SCHOOL CHILDREN Regarding representations which lia\e been made- to the Minister-for the conveyance o’Csehbol children of-the Waima. ,/arra to the Tokomam Bay School, the department asked the board for a report. ; Chitlining tho representations, the letter stated that the parents claimed that,,for sejfen months of the year, while the freezing works is in operation, mobs 01 wild out-back cattle traverse the road, that dozens of sheep-lorries constantly work the road, and that from 60,000 to ICAOOO sheep are driven over it to the wtijks each year, while the fact that the road is along the sea-front, with a steep bauk .on the seaward side, and passes ovsr six one-way bridges, also tends to make its use by children as pedestrians dangerous. The letter pointed out that noijjnally the distance, would not warrant Alter-conveyance of children over 10 years of s»ge. The board decided to secure a report on the matter, and to ask for favourable consideration of the parents request. 'jjhe department also signified its , approval of additional grants to finance extensions of the teacher s residence at , Manutuke, and to cover the rental of a horse-paddock for the school, cost- of employing additional , assistants until the end of the year at Te Hapara and Bartlett’s was approved . by rthe department. The board was ask£d to arrange for the calling of tenders for the purchase of the old school building at Port Awnuui. £ S ? MATAKAOA SCHOOL, (

litters relating to the closing of the MaCakaoa School were received from the department and from Mr. L. T, Hughes, school commissioner, the department’s letter indicating that the school had been closed for want of a teacher, and that tho majority of the pupils wore nov£ attendin'* 'the AYharekahikn. - Naf iviSchool. The commissioner forwarded a householders’, -resolution ,to. line cfTcct thafr no children of the Maiaknoa area be aent to tho native school, and . that the ’ hoard bo asked to find another teacher as soon as possible. Tho letter also‘stated that eight of tho Matakaoa pupils -live more than three miles from the native school,- and asked whether transport arrangements might be made as an alternative to reopening Matakaoa School. The matter was, referred to tho senior inspector and the. board .secretary, with power to act. In tlie-inspectors’, reports, commendation •- was expressed regarding the standard of work done in the Tiniroto and Tuai schools, the board directing that letters be dispatched to tho teachers in charge, conveying the effect of tho inspectors’ comments. The board welcomed an announcement from "the New Zealand Education Institute concerning its-plans for organising a teachers’.cauip. in Napier during the coming, summer holiday period. An indication was given that the hoard would .be glad to associate" itself with the proposal. - > - 1