Education Committee: Children Under Five in Elementary Schools: The Proposed Exclusion: … Mrs. Hume Pinsent asked whether it would not be possible for the infants in the poorer districts to be admitted on a half-time rota. Such a system would be more beneficial to the health of the children than that they should attend for the whole day. By the adoption of that scheme, they would be able to keep in touch with all the children in the poorer parts of the city. Alderman Pritchett approved of Mrs. Pinsent’s suggestion but would like to extend it and enquire whether it was not possible for the parents in those districts where children under five were admitted to be asked whether they preferred their children to attend school for half a day or the whole day. Councillor Freeland, in reply, said the matter had been very carefully considered, and the committee thought the suggestion was the best way out of the difficulty. Regarding Mrs. Pinsent’s suggestion he thought they would be met with the difficulty that they would get no grant. Mrs. Pinsent: Would it not be possible to ask the Board of Education to reconsider the matter? The resolution was carried.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949