EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143675, 20 December 1911, Page 6

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETJNG. Tin* monthly mooting of tin? Taranaki KoiiC.alion liuard wars hold at tin* hoard's on Tuesday. Hnwiu: Mcsms. Jl. Trimhh* (chairman), (*'. .\. .Adlain. J. AV. Honors, A. il. I!;tlcnndjf, Rev. Mr. M'.mhur, \V. M‘L. Kennedy, and A. Morton. '\‘\\o Chairman repaired as follows: — ! have the honour to report that the inllmvin" iiuuu*r> have boon attended to sinco thi‘ la-?t. nn rtin" of tin* ooard : Oco. The purvey of the Mte having been completed mid the m the Natives interested in th** block bavin" Ih < n ohtainr I. application lias boon made for a y,raiu lor the school and leddetiee. I’ukca.ulu’.—The site for this school ha v lll ri been surveyed and all iieeoeary form.-. having been eorrploted, apphea- ! lion ha> heeti made for a lor tile i school a nd residence. j Warea.- An application .has hern I made i-\ the I>eoa rt nn*m tor n "rant : for tile improvemrhl of tim residence. >t ra I lord. •• Tin* fonndanen stone el lie l neu building wan hud hv Sir .!r>eph Ward on Mmidaj. XWinher 27. Tiie Stravised Sehool Committee made th.e arraipvuienK, uii;eh were very complete. Injlruood.—Air. W. W. Tlmmns de-elii’-ed to lake up the appointment oi a.si.stant of tliis seheol. so 1 decided tlmt it would hr- best to invite tresli applii ations for too vacancy. !?•;.*.'k, <-rl tint th" elmirman’.s report Ik* received ;ind adopted. RADNOR HOAD. The Clminiuni reported; On Novcmher 27 I met. at Mtrall'ord. a deputation from the .-eltleih on Radnor Hoad, with ivleremv to their request that n sehool may he enahliahed on that road. It .seems to me that this is a ea.se in v. Ineli the children mi"ht to he conveyed to the Midhirst School, hut the simi allowed hy the Departrnent. which would amount in the whole, to Gs (>d per day, is quilt* inadequate when it is considered that some of the children would have to he taken rive miles, thus making ior the double journey in the morning and evening a twenty-mile drive. A lew of th" children at present go arrows the paddock* to fVnihroho. The nearest school is Denbigh, which could ho easily readied if the Derby Hoad were opened. Proposals for opening it have been made several times, hut so tar have failed, owing to want of unanimity among the settlers, and also because it iia.s not been found oossibhi to obtain n subsidy from the (iovornment. Nevertheless, those settlors whom I mot nviii confident that the road will eventually bo opened. A\ e dipoussod the question of the erection of footbridges across the HiaUau and To Popo streams, hut in the opinion of the deputation, oven if these bridges wero erected the road itself would be too wet for the small children) to go along, excepting in very dry weather, Under these circumstances, I recommended tlmt a temporary school ho opened in a largo room in Air. John Vickers’ house, which can bo obtained at a weekly rental of ss. This school would be closed if at any future time the Derby Road should bo opened. The Chairman said ho did not like making that recommendation, because lie considered that the children ought to be con roved to the school, but it -lid not seem likely that the Public Works Department would make the road. .Mr. Kenuedv thought they should apply to the board for a grant for the school. They had tried to got the road opened up. Mr, W. ILBnllnutync suggested they should make a further attempt to yet the Department to make a track’. He understood that a six-foot track, with swiny bridges and ditched on each side, could be made for an expenditure -at C7O. In his report he had put the,estimate at ClOn. fie suggested that if some members were in V l . eHingtoii they should interview the .'niiliorities. If this was done they would know in future how to act. Forming such tracks would obviate the necessity of having so many small schools. Children would yet bettor tuition in larger schools with more competent teachers, It was resolved that the report be, received and adopted, and that application ho made to the Department for a grant for the school. TECHNICAL CLASSES. Mr. Ballantyne, director, recommended the following amounts for payment to instructors:- -I). K. Hutton, teachers’ classes, Stratford, CP; J. Thomas, teachers’ classes, Stratlord, .€ t 10s; V’. .1. lloatlov, teachers’ classes. Stratford, i’ l Ills'; F. ,J. I Icatley, teachers’ classes, New Plymouth, Vi ss_; Mrs. Faina, dressmaking, Opunakc, .Co; Miss Dempsey, dressmaking, -Vow Plymouth, Eli- .Miss Dempsey, dressmaking, Tariki, £(i; Mr. Hutton, third term, drawing, Oil 8s; Mr. ,1. It. Sullivan, commercial Fuglisli. ids; Air. Cray, incidental expenses, Opunakclds Id, In addition lie recommended that a bonus of till be paid to Mr. Tyrer. superintendent oi the Strut ford Classes, ,a bonus of til) to Mr. Sullivan, superintendent at Xew I‘lyinniiili, and a bonus of till to-. Mr. Fred. BowlerHu connection with the instruction ol the rural classes. Stratford. 11" also considered that Miss McDonald and Mr. hjnudford, destructors in cookery and woodwork respectively, arc de-erviiig of higher remuneration for their services, and would advise that from .January I, 1012, .Miss M’Donald’s salary be raised to ,tli() and Mr. Snndford’.s to .6185 per annum. It was resolved Unit the payments recommended by the director he agreed to. Mr. Healley, technical organiser, wrote: —I have the honour to submit through the director the report on technical organisation since last board meeting. Since last meeting Chief Inspector Brown visited Xew Plymouth, and, in conversing on technical matters, the possibility of (lav classes in commercial, domestic.’ and industrial .subject* was mentioned, 1 append a circular to lie sent out to schools in order that the board may know what support would ho forthcoming. A full report on theagricultural classes and on technical matters will be submitted through the director at tho January meeting of the board. It was resolved that the organiser’s report be received, and that the circular recommended lie printed and circulated. WAIHI SCHOOL.—A COMPLAINT It was resolved :—“That the boards’ committee's report on the inquiry held ip the Waihi Sehool into the complaint made against the teachers by the parents of children attending that sehool he received, and that the recommendation he given effect to.” The complaint was that the teachers had inflicted undue punishment, and it was resolved to transfer the teachers. ’ MUSKER’S SCHOOL. Air. C. Barnitt, secretary of tho committee, wrote forwarding a copy of a resolution passed, entering a protest against the action of the board in taking over tho Alusker’s sehool site, as it was against the. interests of education in that district. The Chairman and Air. Apex had been appointed to attend tho next meeting nf the hoard, Tt war, decided that the Masker's School Committee be informed that the

board has already dealt with the matter referred to and secs no good reason for re-opening the* question. UFO SCHOOL. Mrs. Rreroton, teacher at Oco, wrote as follows ; “Tho (lon. T. Mackenzie, .Minister of Education, hold a meeting hero to-day. Mr. Mmlford, chairman of the S( hnol Committee, and myself, • happened to he discussing the prospecI tivc school ami bewailing iU non-ap-j peaiance. Mr. Mackenzie told us to | write to your board and inform you | that if you put in an application for a I grant for the new school and residence at once, bo would pass it before the election. Might I urge upon the boaid tlie w:V-dom of doing t-o immediately on receipt of this. We are all suffering cNcc'eivdy from headaches, for reasons before stall'd. .Mr. Hikcku is away just m>w. hut 1 understapd from what Mrs. Hiknka tells up that >he ami her two ■-istens have smiled the plan made bv the purveyor. Mr. Stuart. Even if this is noi so, (be application for the grant must be made al once and will be passed all Hie r- imei The Hon. Tlionns Mackenzie said -o. Tim Chairman ‘••aid that he had kept the letter bark till after Hi* 1 elections were over, a-- b.. did not wish school niatter.s to be mixed up with politics. .MISCLL LAN Ea('S. Mr. A. Cole’s application for the tramier of Mr. J. Falconer';, lec-se was granted, provided all the papers were in order. It was decided that in answer to the request continued in the Toko School ConimitleeN Idler of the sth inst., the hoard will grant tie* committee the. sun; of L 7 IDs towards improvement-, to the school grounds, it was resolved that the letter from the chairman of the Kent School Committee asking for the improvement of the school fireplace be referred to the overseer. The following teacher* were granted leave of ab.-cncc, which thev wen* compelled to take owing to illuiYs:- Miss Fleming OVc-i End). Mis llaily (Vest KiiJ), Mis Hall (Midhir.-O, The followin': resignations were ae-ceptr-I Mrs. M. Bower (OkanL Mrs. Curtis (Ivina), Miss M. Hutcheson (Midhirst). Miss E. M, Rirchell (Tarakawa). -Miss E. _si. Gilbert (Office).