BOARD OF EDUCATION.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2740, 4 January 1882, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

i • ■ ■■•' •• ■ l ' > ■ The ordinary meeting of the South Canterbury Board of Education;, was held to day.: Present —Mr H. Belfiold, (Chairman) - Messrs E. A; Barker, M. Cray; and, S. Goldsmith;;, . i HIGH .SCHOpL EEPRESENTATIVES. The minutes • of, the ‘ last meeting ; having been read, the first business taken, was. .the appointment. of, repfe-, schtatives on the.Higli School Board, of* Governors, and''Messrs Belfield and' Barc’aj', tlie present members, were reelected. ' ANNUAL ELECTION OF COMMITTEES. , It was resolved that the annual meet-' ing of householders for the election of School Committees in the district be’ held' on the 23rd, inst. at 7J30 p.ml the place Of meeting to:bo the schooPhousesoih those districts wheie school houses.are in existencfc, and in new districts-at : places to be notified. ; . NEW'SCHOOLS. ■ Mr McKerrow, chairman of the new school district of Seaview* waited upon the Board to ask for a certain concession. ; The Committee had offered on certain conditions to build a master’s residence themselves: provided ' the ißoard: would 1 build a school, as well as provide a site. At tho'ast meeting the Board agre'ed to vote £2OO for the erection of a schoolroom, but .the IpwqsH tender received for-the building was $223, the difference, £23, the Board had asked the committee to pay. Mi; McKerrow urged that the comm|fteo liad been at great, ex'pense; they had already contribhf:d£loo to procure a site, and were prepared to build a house for tlie . master,. and they Imped that tlie Board would not.demand ‘ the extra £23 from them'. Ho had gone river the plans with the Secretary, and found-that by using stone piles inst .ad of concrete foundations, and by utlit; modifications, the cost could boa, good deal reduced, and this reduction being made, and all the circumstances being taken into account, the Committee thought the Board might well bear the whole cost.

■ Mr McKcrrow also asked whether, if the Committee inti up a master’s house

they would be allowed rent for it so soon as the school reached the numbers that would entitle the master to a house or lodging This question was answered in the affirmative.

On the motion of Mr Gray it was resolved to increase the Board’s grant for the building by £lO, and the modifications in plans to reduce the cost, as suggested by tho Committee. A letter was read from the Gapes’ Valley committee, requesting the Board to reduce theplans in certain‘dirdctiohl, and then undertake the, .whole cost, as the committee would • have greaT difficulty ..in ,raising, any further contxibur tions.

The secretary stated that he had been in communication with the committees of other noVv'districts with'reference to reducing plans in some cases, or the intention of other committees to subscribe the difference between the Board’s grant of £2OO for each building,’ and the lowest tender £223. . ;, After a long discussion, it was .resolved—“ That tho Chairman be authorised to accept tenders for,schools! 1$ Rodcliff, Gapes’ Valley,, Makikihi,, and Sea view, Reducing theplans so tbaf they do not cost the Board over,£2oo each, except in the case of Seaview,t.,fer which a special arrangement was made. Mr Barker expressed great’ disgust at the high cost of such buildings as were called,for. ;He suggested that a reduction in tboi cost might bb obtained,by lining, or, at any rate, ceiling the buildings with canvas and paper, instead of timber or plaster. TEMUKA SCHOOL,' ' "’' * ' Sir Mclntosh, Head MasteF’ol; ■ the Temuka-school, •soraetime'agomet'Wvtth an accident wbilc engaged;- in his own business, and was absent from duty three weeks. The. Board had provided, ,a substititnto for Wo’weeks at an expense of £lo4s‘6d. ' rlt v>yftß resolved •, that under-;thq circumstances, Mr Mclntosh should fe required to hear, that expense. ' : ' POINT. ' . The attendance at this school hayjng fallen .’off', during. the ; last quarter tq •%. number 3 below that entitling,tho echoof .to its present staff, the Committee wrote to ask that.no steps should, be -taken toi reduce, the staff,as the fullingnff was due to the prevalence Af sickness ’and ’edniS .pulsory vaccination. '-'iff ■ It was decided to take no.stops in'the* matter thi'dquarter. ;• J.-St; ; . OUAKI BEIDGE. ... . tf i. The committee of the aided school at’ OraH Bridge having appointed ”'Mfj , Dotiald Macdonald teacher of the sWptft* the appointment, was confimed, subject* , to tlie report of the Inspector at the first examination. (^ .. , ■ waxho. . "■ ii. eAn application {for £3. for shingliiig/ at the Waiho school was received.’ The'T Board granted 30s. t : south oeaei'. ’■ The,Committee of this school wrote that,g,piece of plaster had fallen down ; in, the.school, and asked forbe effected. £1 was grgqted for the* work. ~ ir ’'’ ’ APPOINTMENTS AND EEBIGNATION. I The secretary :stated that several appointments hkd'been maide since Ihst meeting^and. thaf Miss Haase, Mispress,,, at the'Timara side'school bail fesigned. WAIMATE. . ‘ In accordance with notice given at a previous meeting by Mr Wakefield, Mr Barker, in the absence of Mr Wakefield, moved < that a, fesolution passed some-;-* months ago, on the motion of Mr Steward, to place £SOO to a separate account for the erection of, new buildings at Waimate be rescinded. ' ' f . The. Chairman stated, that, the reason,, the motion was brought forward by Mr ’ Wakefield Avas that* tol ’ “earmark:* Certain sura for a particular work which,, could not be carried out’for a year was ’. a raistetke. Th ;;.‘~"v w«e wanted for immediate purf . <■. ■ h, n" '■ * of its lying id; ■ Trv;. ’ 1 ‘ doubt that if tit; <: _■ ,• the Board v/ou i .....kn ■ !' y ear -TIM ' ■ ’ 1 Mr Steward, who - '.rsaid he wouhi 'hi- >«. .. .■ , ■ . opposition to ho ».;•••-./.* -,ot ■ out that : ? ]■ n-'H ; : - ; makin? and p ' . • • \ ;;; Board;,>yould p. abater ”i; i'a : the''Sum SpeohlCC!. J 1«: W'!.:'.! ;i o i 'the'’rbScindinL- oh m “■’order to enf.!"v t!.- f.ii- ' Waiiftafe'A vee;. by .; i; 1 which mip i, . ’ , -;v \ composed tc -.aCS;H. V - .i.d a sort of re-: ;■* ’ -y.'-,-.-- . ; .. be kept, ant > itw- ;! -v. .. ,u----ment —“ Thai, as tuc ra j ’for the Waimate school {building Tund. is not immediately required, the resolution directing its being pldced to a , account iu tho ! bank bo rescinded, and, that in lieu-.thereof.iit,..be,.* resolved that the Board’s officers bo ' directed to open'' a 1 ’separate account ; ,in the Board’s books, under the heading | ‘ Waimate School Building Fund count;’ and that; |he said sum of £SQO| .j be credited thereto, and that on this Being done the sum of £SOO be set free to be ,applied) to;other;ipurposes, f \yith the understanding that it shall be replaced out of next year’s vote.” ; The. amendment, .seconded by''Mr Goldsmith, was carried.

i SCHOLARSHIPS. , . , •The report; of; the I Committee appointed to consider the regulations for ••’ the granting of the Board’s scholarships. was-received and read.' ' tn*.: - ! - The Chairman •’ explained what were ’ a considered' unsatisfactory/ the present sj stem,'' v and : pointed ‘ but that some alteration, was really necessary, in the system. The next scholarship examinations would take place in a couple of months, * and it; was important to decide whether ! ahy new regulations should be-mado to apply to these, pr to postpone their ... application till nest year. ' i | ' ; Mr, Steward said that, for several reasons it would be' inadvisable to bring now, regulations .into, force, so shbrtl|' l befbre an oxamihatibb, atid'lf' they were not brought into force at otoce, the committee’s recommendations w mightTjo^furtherconsidered than"3eal“* : ' ing with them now would allow. The great fault of the present system . was, that Junder it the- parents often received the money, and no part of it was spent : uppn ; advancing the .child's r education, the, child: beingvallowed'tol. remain at the: primary school, where, if ; i higher education was imparted, ■ the ■ ■ teacher received nor enumeration for :; ‘; the extra'work. ' ; V*

. After &’long discussion it was decided to ; allow the old regulations to remain Jf in'force for the next examination, with . thfc mentioned in the fol- ; lowing resolution, proposed by Steward,, and carried, the mo.dificatWn'! being suggested by the chairman .ton! remove to: some ■ extent' the defects of the present- system—“ That pending an entire revision of the scholarship regulations to bo made at nest meeting d the Hoard, the following regulation lie adopted in reference to the scholarships to be awarded in March, 1832 ‘ That the holders of scholarships inClasses A devote ;' of the scholarship money to the payment of the public school teacher underwhom they study during the year, as required by the .let (provided they do not attend

ft High School), and that holders of scholarships in Classes 0 and D shall continue their education at a High School.” Mr Barker gave notice that he would mote at next meeting, when the scholarships regulations came up for revision, that Class D scholarships bo thrown open to all comers. TENDBBS. A tender received for the Timaru school building was received, hut was considered too high. Fresh tenders to be called for. accounts. Accounts were passed for payment §nd the Board adjourned.