Better Pay for Teachers: Proposals Deferred till May: Special Schools: Council Declines to Sanction Scheme: … … … Mentally Defective: Scheme for Gradual Erection of Special Schools: Sir George Kenrick, chairman of the Education Committee moved that special schools be erected at King’s Norton; Anglesey Street, Aston; at or near Lichfield Road Aston, at Greet, at Small Heath; and at Mount Road, Handsworth; and that the committee be authorised to proceed with their erection gradually, so that the provision of special school accommodation for the added districts will be spread over a period of ten year. Mrs. Pinsent seconded and staid the schools would have to be provided sooner or later. Public opinion in England no longer tolerated the neglect of children, and if the Council did not decide to provide for them today, they were simply postponing the day when they would be obliged to do so. … (continues) …
Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive.
Referenced
GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949