EDUCATION BOARD.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1736, 6 September 1919, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING.

The monthly meeting of the Canterbury Education Board was concluded yesterday. A deputation from Prebbleton School waited upon the board and asked that the new school should be ereoted on a different site from that on which the school stands at present. —It was de : ci'led that members should inspect the sLe. A letter was received from the Education Department approving the board's action with regard to the appointment of organising teachers at Hokitika, Greymouth, Ashburton and Geraldine. Dr H. Chesson wrote stating that he had condemned the headmaster's house at Spreydon'.—lt was decided to send Dr Chesson's letter to the department with a strong recommendation that the building should be condemned,* pointing out'that repairs would cost about £2OO. ' , The Education Department forwarded a copy of a petition signed by the parents of 306 children attending the Opawa School, protesting against the proposed new site. The Heathcote County Council wrote, strongly urging the board to reconsider the question of the site. A deputation from the school committee, consisting of Messrs Turner and West, waited upon the Buildings Committee, and explained the reasons why the site chosen was the most suitable.—lt was decided that the chairman and as many members of the board as possible should attend a meeting, of householders to consider the rnatter.