Southland Education Board.

Southland Times, Issue 5048, 4 October 1884, Page 4

Southland Education Board.

.03 ii ft A '^m£ ,:,;;.*■ ■- r • A . - \ f l>3BD DOT. _ Tlle c :; meeting was ; attended \ctxairinan ; (Mr •T.M. ' t ; TO&lo^^B&l&feyj ana Tarnlmll. ■ ~ ? /■ ® a *A^fiSSiliflF' ! sEroin tee'EdjaMtionDejjarttte'exami^ationß for would tak© place at welisnai time* 'next' "year, bat afterj* jthjit be asked to alter the «ijtf&&gn ctbTejclast week . in. January toi a few days before (Christmas. The Minister «iwtemwfie,that!Bnchia; change was desirable, bat the alteration could not be effected The Southland High Schools Board's re-** to "arrange with j Jnspector--tJammell for ttie examination of their schools was granted. ' ■ : . : h The following -tenders were accepted: — : West Plains, -shelter shed, j Mr Campbell, j Lid 19s ; Kennington, schoolhouse, Thorn and Bough, L 158.; ... ;;/-■/. ' The resignations of Miss Agnes McNeilage (ilorth School), and Miss Fanny j Bethane (South/School), were accepted, j The following appointments were made: ; — Hedgehope, Mr W. Hay, temporary ; teacher ; South school, Miss Joyce, vice Miss Bethnne resigned, and Miss Rout, pupil teacher, vice Miss (Hlmour, resigned ; Kin'loch, Mr W. W. Brown, temporary teacher; Flints Bush school, Mr Duncan McNeil, of the Eldershe school, to take charge during the two months' leave of absence of the teacher; Dipton, Mr Clark, Portobello, to take charge during the six weeks' leave of absence of the teacher, Mr Christie. It was decided to transfer Mr Andrew McDonald from the East Forest Hill school to the Grove Bush school, and request Mr Quentin Campbell, of Timaru, to accept. an appointment to the former. The carpenter was instructed to prepare plans and specifications for a number of small works at Gutnmies Busb, Chatton, Gore,*Dipton, [ Wyndham, and Fernhills, Instructions" we're issued for the construction of two porches at the South schboll, Invercargill, and for gravelling the grounds of the three town schools. The applications for the Thornbury and Clifton schools for small works were granted. It was decided to support the petiiion of the settlers in the Mokoreta district to the Dtmedin High School Board of Governors, for 10 acres in section 26, block 4, of that district, as a school site, the site on the Village reserve not being convenient. '""The application of Messrs Balneaves and Co., Mataurajfor a lease of section 5, block .9, Mataura, was granted. A request for the establishment of a school at Mabel Bush was referred to the Grove Bush Committee.

7 If was resolved to inform the settlers at North Hillend and North Wairio that the Board cold not at present establish o^-' 'in their districts^ oU t0 be taken to connew school district at Colac.

Consideration of the request from the Invercargill School Committee for additional accommodation at the Central school was postponed, pending the receipt of last quarter's return of attendance. .. The Half-Moon Bay School Committee were granted permission to use the old school building as a shelter shed. - The Inspector reported on the application of the householders at Mabel for a school there, and recommended that the re* xjuest be granted. There were 44 children of school age not at present attending the Grove Bush school, and there was a suitable build' ng conveniently situated on the education reserve. The distance between the applicants' homes and the Grove Bush school ranged from three to five miles. — The Grove Bush School Committee reported on the same application. They considered that instead of a boon the " establishment of a new school would be a calamity, as there were not a sufficient number of children to support the two schools. The distance between the proposed school and the existing one -was 2^-, miles. The committee urged that one good strong school was better than two lifeless ones, and suggested that a good teacher at the Grove Bush school was all that was required.

Consideration of the request was postponed for six months on the motion of Mr Shanks, so that it might be seen how the present school would suit the requirements of the district under the newlyappointed teacher. The Inspector reported on the charges brought against a country teacher by the School Committee. — The Board concluded that the charges had been in the main substantiated, and resolved to give the teacher three months' notice that his services would be dispensed with.

A teacher complained of a neglect of duty on the part of one of his pupil teachers. It was resolved to inform him that it Was a matter he should not have brought before the Board.

The application of a number of settlers for the establishment of a half-time school atOteramika was referred to the Executive Committee, with power to act.

Accounts and salaries amounting to L 1450 Is 9d were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned.