JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10940, 15 May 1926, Page 3

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

MEETING AT

. In accord with the. resolution passed by the Canterbury Education Board recommending the establishment of a Junior High School at Geraldine, on condition that the majority oif schools interested be consulted in the matter, the chairman (Mr A. M. Fyfe), accompanied by Mr T.. Hughes, Mr F. R. Flatman and committeemen visited Woodbury on Monday evening and.-dis-cussed the situation with the committee and householders of that district. Mr J. Fifield, chairman of the Woodbury Committee, occupied the chair, and there was an attendance of about thirty.

The chairman called upon Mr A. M. Fyfe to give them all inform ition available, and his remarks, which placed the situation clearly before the audience, were further emphasised by Messrs Hughes aid Flatman.

Questions were asked and weresatisfactorily answered, one gentleman being supplied with quite a list of questions. Mr Markham, chairman oi! the Orari Gorge School Committee, after the position had been put clearly before the meeting, informed them that his committee had already passed a resolution favouring tha proposal. A similar favourable resolution was passed by the Woodbury residents.

The speakers were accorded a vote of thanks for coming out and showing the possibilities of the scheme so clearly, and a vote of-thanks to the chairman terminated a very enthusiastic meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting the visitors were hospitably entertained to supper by Mr and Mrs Marks.

In accordance with the wishes of the Canterbury Education Board, the chairman of the Geraldine School Committee, accompanied by Mr T. Hughes, chairman of the Board, and members of the Committee, have in the past few days attended meetings in connection with five different schools, all of which have, expressed themselves as favourable* to the establishment of a Junior High School at Geraldine. This nlay be taken as a fair indication pf the feeling in the district.