PETITION FROM THE PARENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1779, 29 November 1883, Page 2

PETITION FROM THE PARENTS.

The .lotion of tho Ccinibi idge School Cnmmitt'je in n*<s<iid to tho lc-nuidclling of tho teaching &tiifr of the High School ha.s elicited the following petition from the (Micnta of clnlihon attending the .school, via. :—: — io the Chairman of the Hoard of Education,

Auckl.ind. Sii,— We. the undersigned, h.iving children .ittLiiJin^c tlic Cambridge Hifrh School feel that tlu> C imbrulße School Jommittee are not carrying out tin* wishes ot the heads ot families having children attending the :aid High School in re(.oinmendinsf tin* lemoval of Mi X D. Stewart, whoso abihu as a tea'-hcr we consider has been thormighl} pio\cn by the manner in which the district school has advanced ' under his tuition. We would therefore respectfully request that Air btowait b'j retained in his piescnt position. [Here follow the signatures of the majority _of thepaionts having children attending the High bchool.] Anotlicr petition of an opposite character, piomolcd on behalf of the committee, is in com of hignatiue. \

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