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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3899, 10 May 1937, Page 4

The proposal to close the school at Wharepuhunga in order to bring about consolidation with the Korakonui school is meeting with considerable opposition in the former district. Recently a meeting of settlers was held, and the proposal endorsed by a small majority. Thereupon the Auckland Education Board was approached on the matter, and the secretary has 1 now replied that parents with children attending the school or with children about to become of school age are alone entitled to vote at such meetings. This attitude, it is contended by a prominent local resident, is grossly unfair, his contention being that all settlers, especially those who had been instrumental in getting the school established at Wharepuhunga, should be given a vote. Further representations are to be made on the subject.