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985 EDUCATION (Note: This report was presented to the Council at its meeting on \2th Decem ber, 1952.) EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 4th December, 1952. Present: Councillors Brown (in the Chair), Adkins, Alien, J.P., Bailey, A. C. L. Bishop, Buckle, Collins, Duff, Gange, J.P., Leigh, J.P., C.C., Lovell, MacRae, Mason, Mrs. Milner and Sheldrake (Representative members); Messrs. F. W. Coppin and C. A. Lillingston, Rev. H. Eland Stewart, and Miss D. E. Hunt (Co-opted members); Mr. J. Barrow, C.C. (Appointed member); Mr. J. Rostron, Miss A. Robinson and Miss D. E. Ross (Members of the Youth Sub-Committee). PART I.—RECOMMENDATIONS. RECOMMENDATION I: Education Estimates of Capital Expenditure for the Year 1953/54. Your Committee has considered, and is in agreement with, recommendation I of the report of its General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee of 4th December, 1952, relating to capital expenditure for the financial year 1953/54, details of which are set out in paragraph 61 (2nd December, 1952) of the report of the (Education) Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee. Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: That the items included in the estimates of capital expenditure, amounting to £52,365, for the financial year 1953/54, in accordance with the details now submitted, be approved and submitted to the Middlesex County Council. RECOMMENDATION II: Education Estimates on Revenue Account for the Years 1952/53 and 1953/54. Your Committee has considered, and is in agreement with, recommendation II of the report of its General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee of 4th December, 1952, relating to the approval of estimates of income and expendi ture on revenue account for the financial year 1953/54, and revised estimates for 1952/53. These estimates show a net expenditure for the financial year 1953/54 of £1,248,375, as compared with the revised estimate for the current year of £1,176,470. Your Committee recommends that the estimates be approved and submitted to the Middlesex County Council. Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: (1) That the Education estimates of income and expenditure for the year 1953/54, totalling £1,248,375, be approved, and submitted to the Middle sex County Council. (2) That the revised estimates of income and expenditure for the year 1952/53, totalling £1,176,470, be approved, and submitted to the County Council. EDUCATION 986 PART H.—MINUTES. 554. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Committee defers, until its next meeting, confirmation of the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 19th November, 1952. 555. Report of General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee: RESOLVED: That recommendations I and II of the General Purposes and Finance Sub- Committee of 4th December, 1952, be received and, in so far as the same require confirmation and are not otherwise dealt with in this report, be confirmed. (Signed) CHARLES BROWN, Chairman. EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 31st December, 1952. Present: Councillors Brown (in the Chair), Alien, J.P., Bailey, A. C. L. Bishop, Buckle, Mrs. Nott Cock, Collins, Duff, Gange, J.P., Jordan, J.P., Leigh, J.P., C.C., Lovell, MacRae, Mason and Mrs. Potts (Representative Members); Messrs. Clair, Coppin, Wharmby and Rev. Eland Stewart (Co- opted Members); Messrs. Barrow, C.C., and O'Loughlin, C.C. (Appointed Members); Messrs. Symper and Rostron (Members of the Youth Sub- Committee). PART I.—RECOMMENDATIONS. RECOMMENDATION I: Grammar School Accommodation. Councillor MacRae, having moved a motion in the terms of recommendation I of the report of the Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee of 2nd December, 1952 (printed in the appendix of this report), Councillor Gange, J.P., moved and Councillor Bailey seconded, the following amendment, which was negatived:— That recommendation I (Grammar School Accommodation) of the report of the Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee of 2nd December, 1952, be referred back to the Sub-Committee for further consideration. Whereupon it was Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: (1) That the report be received; (2) That the Middlesex County Council be asked to approve the re organisation of the Downer Grammar School as a three-form entry Boys' Grammar School on the opening of the new Secondary Grammar School for Girls at Clamp Hill; and (3) That the Education Development Plan be amended accordingly. RECOMMENDATION II: Harrow Young Women's Christian Association: Grant Aid. Your Committee has considered and is in agreement with recommendation III of the report of its General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee of 4th December, 1952 (printed in the appendix of this report), relating to a proposal that a supplementary grant of £100 be granted to the Harrow Young Women's Christian Association during the financial year 1952/53. 987 EDUCATION Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: That the Middlesex County Council be recommended to approve the following supplementary estimate:— Amount: £100. Purpose for which payment is required: A supplementary grant to the Harrow Young Women's Christian Association for the year 1952/53. RECOMMENDATION III: Old Weald Special School. Your Sub-Committee has considered and is in agreement with recommenda tion IV of the report of its General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee of 4th December, 1952 (printed in the appendix of this report), relating to the proposed renovation of the former Harrow Weald Junior Mixed School to enable the building to be used as a school for sub-normal children. Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council : That Middlesex County Council be recommended to approve the following supplementary estimate:— Amount: £800. Purpose for which payment is required: To meet the cost of repairs and redecorations at the former Harrow Weald Junior Mixed School to make it usable as a school for educationally sub-normal pupils. RECOMMENDATION IV: Membership of Youth Sub-Committee. Your Sub-Committee has considered and is in agreement with recom mendation VI of the report of its General Purposes and Finance Sub-Com mittee of 4th December, 1952 (printed in the appendix of this report), relating to the appointment of a representative of the civic life of the District (suitable by reason of special knowledge of the Youth Service) to serve in place of Mr. R. S. Alien, who has resigned for health reasons. Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: That Mrs. D. H. Tupper be hereby appointed a member of the Youth Sub- Committee to serve thereon as a representative of the civic life of the District, until reappointment or the appointment of her successor. RECOMMENDATION V: Middlesex Borough and District Education Officers: Salary Scales. Councillor Bishop moved in private session a motion in the terms of recom mendation I of the report of the General Purposes and Finance Sub-Com mittee of 31st December, 1952 (printed in the appendix of this report), relating to salary scales of Middlesex Borough and District Education Officers, which was carried. Whereupon, the Committee having resumed in open session, it was upon substantive motion Resolved to RECOMMEND: That a resolution in the following terms be passed by the Council: That it be recommended to the General Purposes and Finance Com mittee of the District Council that the Middlesex County Council and the Executive Committee of the Middlesex Excepted Districts Association be informed that the District Council, as the Divisional Executive for Education for Harrow, do not regard as satisfactory the proposed revised salary scale EDUCATION 988 applicable to the District Education Officer (namely £l,350x£50 to £1,600 per annum inclusive) but considers a salary scale in the region of £1,450 to £1,750 per annum to be more appropriate; and that the Council, as Divi sional Executive, should support, in principle, the Executive Committee of the Excepted Districts Association in its endeavours to secure more appropriate salary scales for Borough and District Education Officers in Middlesex. {Note: Councillor Gauge, J.P., voted against this recommendation.) PART II.—MINUTES. 556. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 19th November, 1952, having been circulated, be taken as read and signed as a true record. 557. Exclusion of Public and Press: RESOLVED: That, pursuant to the Council's Standing Order 14 (as applied to the Standing Orders of the Committee) the Committee do go into private session during discussion of the matter referred to in recommendation V of this report. 558. Report of Youth Sub-Committee: RESOLVED: That the report of the Youth Sub-Committee (2nd December, 1952) (printed in the appendix of this report) be received and, insofar as the same requires confirmation, and is not otherwise dealt with in this report, be confirmed. 559. Report of Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee: RESOLVED: That the report of the Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee (2nd December, 1952) (printed in the appendix of this report) be received and, insofar as the same requires confirmation, and is not otherwise dealt with in this report, be confirmed. 560. Report of Management Sub-Committee: RESOLVED: That the report of the Management Sub-Committee (3rd December, 1952) (printed in the appendix of this report) be received and, insofar as the same requires con firmation, and is not otherwise dealt with in this report, be confirmed. 561. Reports of General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee: RESOLVED: That the reports of the General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee (4th and 31st December, 1952) (printed in the appendix of this report) be received and, insofar as the same require confirmation, and are not otherwise dealt with in this report, be confirmed.