SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT CHRISTMAS
SUGGESTION TO ALTER PERIOD AVOIDING FEBRUARY’S HOT WEATHER Speaking ;it a recent meeting of the ('ominitlee of the Maim gomen t of the Te Awamulti High School Mr A. S. Brisk said he had been approached' bv a number of parents who had expressed the desire 1o see if something could be done to have tlu> Christmas school vacation altered. They based that dosin' on the fact that very hot weather prevailed during the month of February and it wa,s suggested that t ('ll days or a fori night be observed at Christmas time and then back to school for the month of January, with schools closing during flic month of February. The chairman. Mr W. G. Parker, said such a scheme would only be practicable if it had Dominion wide observance. When asked for his opinion. Mr Rochfort said he considered the idea advisable and he could set* nothing against it. Tt was decided that tb • committee should approach the balneation Board, suggesting that it would be an advantage if the Christmas vacation could be arranged so as to have two weeks at Christmas time and the other four -weeks during February. Tile Board is to bo asked to take the matter up with the Education Department to see if the scheme could not he arranged on a Do-minion-wide basis.
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Te Puke Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 21 March 1947, Page 1
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