PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16115, 25 April 1918, Page 4

PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS. flic Education Board’s overseer reported to Wednesday’s mooting of the board as follows: Inglewood.—The additions are completed n( this school, with the exception of the paint work. The additions and alterations to one. porch entrance, and a teachers’ room at one end of the long class-room, were also carried nut. Tarata. —A new tank and stand was erected ; a concrete door was put in the slicker sbed anil general repairs were carried out. The committee found the shingle for the concrete We have a number of repair works still to earnout at several schools. Owing to the urgent new work, we have bad to bold these over, but during the next mouth we shall lie able in clear tliom up. Plans.—Plans arc completed for a new school at Kina to replace the present building, and a new school at Arawhata Road. I also submit a new plan (or the pioposed school at Vogeltown, and a further plan for the Nonnanby school. As shown, these plans are partly on the open-air system, and a special feature is the equal and proper lighting and ventilating conditions in all the class-rooms. 1 propose to put in a new kind of sash frame, which, 1 think, will he a great improvement -in school windows. General. —1 here arc several matters referred to me which I would ask permission to hold over. In regard to the Patua School stove, I would recommend that permission .be given to the Carrington Committee to have this stove for their school. The matte)- of the Patua School building requires further consideration Pimiho.—Both tanks are worn out at the residence, and will require renewing; a few small repairs also need attention. Rahotu. —At the residence the range requires renewing, and also one tank. The matter of boarding in the verandah is receiving consideration ; provision has to ho made to prevent blocking ont the light from the room adjoining. Ono of the school tanks also requires'renewing.