Education Board.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11817, 14 November 1901, Page 1

Education Board.

The Board mn on Wednesday, there hems; present iMY McAlliun (chairman), Miss lTcywood, and Messrs Hignett. Faull, Kennedy, Mackay, Allsworth, Wade, and Adlam. The architect's report on .several minor matters was adopted. A number of matters referring to repairs, etc., were discussed with the architect and dealt with. A great deal of purely routine business was transacted The Salisbury Road Committee

wrote re enlargement of school. Mr Mackay thought this committee had shown a very liberal spirit in this matter, both by their patience in waiting so long, and by their willingness to bear a considerable portion of the cost of the alterations. The Chairman explained that claims were put on the urgent works list and dealt with in order of priority. It was resolved that as soon as the building grant was received the Salisbury Road Committee's claim would' be carefully considered. Uruti School Committee will be informed, in answer to their request I for a subsidy towards cost of ere&tion of horizontal bars, etc., that the Board in no case subsidises such work.

On the Committees' recommendations Miss Isabel Blackett was appointed second female assistant at Stratford, and Mr Robinson teacher at Rowan Road.

The resignation of the teacher at Kaimata was accepted. The head teacher at Fitzroy wrote

in answer to the letter of his committee to the Board, which had been forwarded him for an explanation. It was finally decided to leave in the hands of the Chairman the matter of effecting a transfer of the teacher.

The teacher of Stanley Road wrote re his transfer, enclosing a petition; from a number of settlers in the district asking that he be 1 not trans-

It was pointed out that some of the names on this petition had previously appeared on a former one asking that Mr Hill be removed. After considerable discussiion it was resolved that the Board could not re-open the question', and that MiHill be informed that he must comply with the Board's instructions re transfer to Huirangi, failing which

lc receive notice of dismissal

A deputation of Toko settlers waited on the Board in connection with a petition to the Board for additional school accommodation at Toko. The settlers were willing to* guarantee the cost until L the next building grant was received. The deputation explained that there were 100 children attending the school, which was only built for 70 children. After long discussion, in which the deputation very fully explained their case,

Mr Mackay moved that the documents re enlarging the Toko school, and the proposal to erect an infant school in the township of Toko be referred back to the Board's committee (Miss Hey wood, Messrs Adlam and Hignett) for their further consideration. — Seconded by Mr Wade, and carried, Mr Kennedy being the only dissentient.

The Okato teacher, Mr Mclntosh, wrote in explanation of certain portions of the Enquiry Committee's report dealing with the Inspector's reports on the school work. The School Committee also forwarded a resolution stating their "dissatisfaction with the report of the Enquiry Committee, and further stating their opinion that the report dealt unjustly with Mr Mclntosh.

The matter was refei % red to the Chairman with power to act. The Carrington Road Committee were granted a subsidy, not to exceed £3, towards a library. The Inspector recommended six pupils from Ngaire (Harry Morison, William Walsh, Margaret Morison, William Treeweek, James - Coleman, and Thomas Walsh) for free tuition at the -Stratford District High School.

The*^inance Committee reported as follows : — Your committee beg to report that they have fully considered the matter of monthly meetings, and after- carefully reviewing the business of the Board are of opinion that fully 50 per cent- of the items 1 upon the order paper are of routine nature, and consequently dealt with according to precedent, or necessitate a rer ference to the officers or a committee of the Board before the Board is in a position to deal with them. This estimate does not involve any_ items which would commit the Board to any expenditure until the decision of the Board has-been arrived at, a 8 your committee recognise the soundness of the principle that the Board alone should control such expenditure. We therefore adnere to our recommendation of the 80th September last, that in future, instead of fortnightly meetings the Board should arrange to meet only once a month, and that an executive committee should be appointed to deal with financial and other special matters. Pending the passing of the Teachers Salaries Bill, which is before the HousJr, and which involves the whole question of revenue and expenditure, we are not in a position at present to report definitely on the larger question of the general expenditure of the Board, with the object of making further, reductions without impairing efficiency. For the same reason we are also unable to make any recommendation with regard to the application of the Stratford School Committee for increased capitation. We would suggest that theso questions be, referred back to your committee for further enquiry, when the exact position of the Board is definitely known, after the passing of the Teachers Salaries Bill. Messrs Faull, Kennedy, and Wade objected to monthly meetings and leaving a certain amount of work in the hands of an executive committee. — Miss Pleywood was in favour of monthly meetings if it was understood that the Board sat, when it met, until the work was done.— The report was adopted, Messrs Adlam, Faull, and Kennedy voting against. Other matters, were dealt with, accounts were passed, and the Board adjourned.

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