TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

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

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

i 1 MONTHLY MEETING, i ■■ . ~ i ’ The Taranaki Education Board met j on Wednesday. Present; Messrs. R. Masters (chairman), S. G. Smith, H. Trimble, P. j- White, E. Dixon, C. A. Wilkinson. M.P. TEACHERS. The following resignations were accepted:—Mrs. Jensen, head teacher, Raupuha ; Miss Olsen, sole teacher, Niho Niho; Mr. Jones, bead teacher, Mokoiu (from April 30) ; Miss Chapman, assistant, Hnvrera (May 10); Miss Breen, sole teacher, Radnor (April 7). Leave of absence was granted to Miss Campbell, pupil teacbor. Central (one week, owing to illness); Mr. Ammon, sole teacher, Mavan (to attend Territorial camp). The chairman reported that he had made the following tempoiury appointments; Awakino, Miss Jl. Woulto. sole teacher; Stratford. Mrs. S. \V. Dyson, assistant ; Okaiawa, Miss Hammond, assistant; Mete More,' Miss G. Walker, sole teacher (from April 1); Oeo, Miss C. Murphy, sole teacher (April 4); Stratford. Mrs. J. Jones, assistant (April 8); Radnor, Miss P. Xicliolls, sole teacher (April 9); Waitara, Miss A. Warren, assistant (April 15). AG RICULTUR A L INSTR UCTIOX. I It was derided;—That Mr. Browne’s application for a motor-ear in lieu of a ! bicycle, he held over until the effect of j (he appointment of the additional in-' .struelor is seen. That as no satisfactory application has been received for the position of assistant agricultural instructor, the committee confer with the director az an early date as to the possibility of rearranging the agricultural work. In the course of a short discussion, I the ehai rman said he considered the time had come when the hoard should confine its attention to teaching the boys or girls how to farm, and leave the Agricultural Department to teach the farmers. There was an undoubted shortage of instructors in New Zealand and at present it was impossible to got anyone to fill the position. The board would have to meet the evrector of agriculture and cut out some of the outlying schools or as some members suggested, the central schools. Sufficient salaries could not be offered : for even as it was he was quite convinced that at the end of the year the hoard would show a loss in the matter of agricultural instruction. Ho felt, however, that that loss would bo amply justified. Mr. Dixon said flic education bourns would never have taken on the work with the farmers but for the failure of the Agricultural Department to deal with it. FRANKLEY SCHOOL. The senior inspector reported that according to tJic iiijoiiu..ouu there appeared to exist the necessity for a new school at Ararimu East, as long as there was reliable assurance that practically all the, children (15) of school age would attend. With reference to the proposal to add to the Frank ley school building there was, tinder present conditions, a need for this, chiefly because there were throe teachers. Before consideration was given to the proposal, however, regard bad to be, directed to the effect of the establishment of a school at Vogeltown. including all the standards. It was possible, that the latter would reduce the attendance at Frankley. ’ The board decided to hold over the matter of additions to the Frankley school pending a reply to the board’s application for a grant for the erection of a school at Vogeltown. GENERAL. Various matters at Mangahumo, - Korito, Mangatoki. Pembroke, Ohura and Waitaanga were referred to the overseer. ' The matter of removing the Okaluiknra school to the other side of the. river wa.s referred to the Auckland Education Board. ! The secretary was instructed to oh- | tain the necessary information to enable the inspector to report, on the necessity of a school at Mate Matoonga. The action of the following committees in closing their schools on account of diphtheria was approved:—Lincoln, Piikengahu, Otakebo and Kapimi. The reserves committee recommended that Mr. G. Tippins he. offered the lease of the Vogeltown school site at £1 per annum, the hoard to resume possession at any time if required for school purposes.- Adopt rd. ft was reported that the .school clocks I ordered from New York had arrived, j and that two clocks were missing. A j claim had hcm duly lodged against the shipping company lor the value of the j clucks in question. I The truant officer (Air. G. Pascoe) re- ! ported that lie had sent out 66 irreg- I ular attendance notices to parents of children attending primary schools and ■ had visited £4 schools. There was room for improvement in the attendance at 1 the New Plymouth Technical night classes, and eases were being attended i to; lie had sent out 10 notices to par- j . outs. j The hoard accepted the offer of the I Ohangai committee to contribute £lO i towards the cost of a shelter shed on | condition that they put in a concrete \ floor at their own expense. The hoard I will reinstate the Pungarehu shelter, providing the committee, contributes £5. The shelter-shed at Okato will he repaired by the board.-t-Thcsc shelters were damaged oy the recent heavy galo.