WHANGAMOMONA SCHOOL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 6, 23 August 1911, Page 5

WHANGAMOMONA SCHOOL.

The Chief Inspector reported at yesterday’s meeting of the Education Board on the application for additions to the Whangamomona School referred to him at last meeting. 9be number of buildings in tho township ai the present time was 30, seven permanent dwellings and three shops having been erected during the past twelve it onths. He understood that tenners had jvst closed for bank premises, to bo completed by the end of the oar. At the end of the June quieter there were 63 pupils on the roll of the schooly with an average attendance ot 45, while the present building provided accommodation for only c'O. As the railway works approached Whangamomona it was expected that thcie would bo a further increase in the attendance. It was quite understood that the present high attendance t< a certain extent depended on the families connected with the railway construction works, but still, when the line was open to Whangamomona and the construction gangs -away on ahead, the township being the sectional end would for some time be tiro headquarters of a considerable railway staff. The inspector felt confident that for some years to come tho district would require a larger scnooi building than the one at present in use, and he therefore recommended that application be made to the Department for the addition asked for. Application for additions and for tho erection of a teacher's residence will be made to the Education Department,