THE PROJECTED SCHOOL FOR DEFECTIVES: — At the meeting of the Birmingham Education Committee, held at the Council House, on Friday, Mrs. Hume Pinsent presented the report of the Special Schools Sub-committee, who said they had considered the memorial referred to them by the Committee respecting the proposed purchase of a site at Kenilworth with a view to the erection of a boarding school for mentally-defective children, and were of opinion that the purchase of a should be completed. They were of the opinion that the memorialists had formed a wrong impression as to the character of the school it was proposed to erect. When erected it would not have the appearance of an “asylum,” but rather that of thoroughly good dwelling houses, which would certainly not diminish the value of the houses and land in the neighbourhood of Kenilworth. A long statement followed regarding the accommodation required for defective children in the city of Birmingham. After a great deal of discussion, the report was adopted with the exception of the part relating for the provision of the boarding school at Kenilworth, which was for the present not approved.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949