Duty to the Blind: A new departure was suggested by the Higher Education Sub-Committee: Mr. Cary Gilson, who brought forward the matter, said it concerned the education of the blind children over sixteen. … … Questions were asked as to the selection of the children and Mrs. Pinsent explained that what would probably happen would be that the Blind Institutions would recommend certain children over 16 years of age who were deserving further education and of these, the sub-committee would select three. … … … Secondary School Extension: The Sites and Buildings Sub-committee recommended that, subject to the approval of the City Council, and the Board of Education, a site containing 1,522 square yards be purchased in George Street West, at a cost of £1 per yard, as a site for a school for mentally defective children … … In reply to a question, Mrs. Pinsent stated that the accommodation in the school for mentally defective children in George Street West would probably consist of five classrooms, which would take eighty or ninety children.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949