CLASSROOMS CRITICISED
PREFABRICATED STYLE The Hawke’s Bay Education Board decided to express to the Education Department the opinion that where additional accommodation was required it should be of a permanent nature and not of an unsatisfactory prefabricated type. The chairman, Mr G. A. Madison, pointed out that the prefabricated rooms were little cheaper than a first-class structure. General amenities were lacking and the rooms were not conducive to good work. “It would make a good hay barn,” commented one member when referring to a prefabricated classroom at one of the board’s schools. Another member said it would not be any good for a hay barn because the roof would not last. Another description was “glorified fowlhouse.” Mr Madison said the floor was laid in sections and he was told that in a little while the wind would come through. He added that only 13 hat pegs were provided for 40 children.
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Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22459, 21 September 1944, Page 3
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