S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1952, 5 October 1889, Page 1

S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

; The inqnthly ,meeting of thq Board of Education held pn'Thuraday. Present, Odldaciiith (ohairnlah),; TMbof, 1 Peki’p'diiit, Hdwelli Jadkaoh,! Banket)' and Rev. G. : Barcliiy. l L ' j Tke,chairman , ptated; that i,during the month; jf ne pro visional appointment .vhadj bean Washijyke.Mt H. Smith, itbjfjd.taacheri at Geraldine, had resigned,. He/regretted; to'havdTo inform the board that/ the late/ sdle : had. done at rations places that would cost Something 51 likb £2OO to ■make.!goodv " ’'-T' '■ i; A Tetter, w«s received from "Mr A.; McLean, Waitaki, re the site of the Waihao School bought about ten -years ago (2 acres at £2O ah acre) and not yet paid for.! The board have been endeavoring to get' the transaction corhjpleted. Mr McLean wrote enclosing an account for { £6C)/ i(£4o and interest for ten years), 'and s would thank the board to * hand; a cheque for the .same to the Ladieß’sßen.eyolent Society at Waimate, when th© bpacd, coaid ,)iave the! site surveyed and transferred without further delay.—The chairman said; he had sent the cheque to Mr -MoL'dah, ‘ as it whs necessary to 5 have' his receipt. The receipt had not come to hand yet.

A reply was received to the board’s re-commeudation,-that the. Geraldine School be raised to the-status of a district high achord, /stating that; the Minister ’did not thjnkvthat the 'circumstances warranted the creation of the school/ into a district high schqol.—Mr Barclay desired in the most public and emphatic manner to express his disappointment, with that 'decision. In His opinion it .was exceedingly short-sighted and injurious, ana the Minister who been guilty of this refusal, whoever he was, was unworthy of his office, and it was to be hoped he would shortly baa his portfolio. ’ That decision was quite ~out ,/pf' harmony/ with the interests' of;education, 1 find in ..opposition to the spirit of the Education Act. 1 The architect repWrted that he had been out to seelthe daraagedone by the gale of September9that Kingsdown, St. Andrews, Upper Otaio, and Tbmuka Schools,. and taken tradesmen to each to .effect repairs. He had. obtained tenders! for repairs at Pareota. The St.- Andrews School, of' brick,, was seriously damaged.' The :wihd, acting forcibly upop the roof, spread the feet of the rafters aaid forced the front wilTfrbtoi its : pefcpen'diii<ilar/ to ; such *an extent that it was a question whether, it was safe to hold school in tha buildirig, especially in windy weather. The whole, wall would hkve to he /taken down and rebuilt frorh the foundation. The faulty construction bf ‘the roof and the weakness of the wallon account of so many small windows had both tedded to produce the result, ■ ’ , ■ The chairman understood 1 the cost of rebuilding the wall would be about ' £SO. Mr Howell thought the Government ought to, 1 bhd’ would,' render assistance in a special emergency“like this if they were; asked.'* ; *' ’’ "* ‘ ’*‘ Mr Barclay said;they certainly, should. There hbd'been £8&,000 veted for school buildings and the 1 Government did not distribute it all—and then thty boasted thaT theyTlad saved so much. They had. no business to do anything of the sort/ Aj man might, as!whll starve 1 his^family/and; then boast of saving £-1 a week. A good many of the buildings were going to utter ruin and .it was jnq j true .economy to withsld iiecessary exponditHre. He would recommend that strong representation? be made to the I Government that great expanse had been occasioned by the gale, “ over which the board had no control," and that; they may be cal led upon to. reinstato;the .buildings, ns the board had no funda.for the purpose. It was resolved—“ That in order to effect considerable .repairs, rendered necessary bv. the extensive damages to several s school buildings wrought: by ■ the late gale, in South Canterbury, the Government be, earnestly requested at once to place a special grant, for reinstatement of walls, roofs, etc., to the credit of> the bofci'd, assessed idamnges at present £< —.l’ Tbe St.- Committee were authorised to hire a building for bolding school in temporarily, ; Two tenders were received for fencing at the Cave, £2B and £39, but the board; decided to give the committee.£B for fancing and plain gates. Tbe building account was stated to be overdrawn'£sl2, this amount including the £2BB “earmarked ” for new buildings at Geraldine. The inspector handed in a number of reports, among them l being one re tha Wdimataitai School. The failures were 38 per cent, and the passes 33 per cent. It was also stated that the ages of a number of, the children ware wrongly stated ; the children, according to the registers, were growing younger instead of older. It was decided to ask the committee for an explanation. Mr Barclay reminded the board of the passage of the Bill authorising the sale of certain reserves and buildings at Geraldine. Tha, Bill as passed was not in the form in which it ftas drawn up, but he was not aware yrho altered it, and there was' no' use in discussing that now. He moved ■ and it was carried, that as tbe necessary legislation had been obtained re the Geraldine reserves and buildings, the board take steps te have the reserves and biiildiligs and also ascertain by tender what the' properties are worth.— The Rev, Mr Barclay and Mr Pearpoint* were authorised to take the necessary; steps fo carry out tho resplution.-r-lt was resolved that the thanks of , the board bp given to the : members for. South Canterbury, especially to Mr Buxton who had charge; of The Bill, for their action in having procured, the passing of the Act. re Geraldine Public Schools site.

’ ll Tha appointmentof Misa Mahan to the Waahdyke, and thoj iselection of Mr; Kalaugher for Timaru and Mr Greenfield for Mount Gay,, were approved. t i Matters in cosnaotion with the Timaru! gchool were deferred for a'month, A lettecifr6m the Educational Institute,! suggesting alterations in the pupil, teachers' Syllabus, waS referred to a Committee,' the Rev. Q. Barclay and the inspector, to confer with the committee of the’institute on the subject. 1 / A letter was read from "the Temuka Committee with, rejpepf to., ( )jeeping‘bn..a; pupil teacher. It pointed out that the Tow average w&e duo to the dapiag® caused lately to the school.buillioge. The beard. decided that the regulations must be adhered to. , The. Geraldine Committee asked the beard to conseat to the appointment of a pupil teacher without salary for the present, paylto begin at the end of the year. The board had no objection to the assumption ef a pupil teacher into the school on the conditions proposed, but no guarantee is to be given in the meantime, as to who may be the teacher ultimately appointed. Msttors not affecting this district were also dealt with, and the meeting terminated.