The Bucks Standard, April 4th 1896

SCHOOL BOARD. A meeting of this Board was held on Monday, March 30, when there were present. Messrs. E. Richardson (chairman), Geo. Rainbow, C. Whiting, O. Nichols, and Thos. Osborne, clerk. The last meeting of the board was a special one, for the purpose of filling up the vacancy caused through the death of Mr. Grant. Mr. Nichols, who polled the next highest number of votes at the last election, was invited to take the vacant seat, he accepted, and was therefore present at the meeting. An application was read by the clerk, from Mr. John Luing, hon. secretary of the Castlethorpe branch of St. John Ambulance Association, asking the board to allow them the use of the school play ground for brigade drill. The application was granted. Mr. Geo. Rainbow proposed and Mr. C. Whiting seconded that the school be closed for the Easter holidays on Thursday the 2nd of April and opened on Thursday the 9th. The resignation of the head master and mistress, Mr. and Mrs. Brearley, was read, and occupied the attention of the Board for some time. Expressions of regret were unanimous at the prospect of losing such valuable teachers. Mr. Brearley has worked up the school to a high state of efficiency and his loss will therefore be felt. Mr. Geo. Rainbow eventually proposed and Mr. Whiting seconded that Mr. Brearley’s resignation be accepted. It was decided to advertise in the Schoolmaster for a head master and mistress, offering £80 fixed salary, plus a third of Government Grant about £34 with good house and garden. The clerk laid upon the table the financial statement for the twelve months ended September 29th 1885, audited March 4th, 1896. The statement showed that £230 had been received from the rating authorities being equivalent to a rate of 5¼d. in the pound for the 12 months. The total receipts other than from loans being £… 17s 6. Cheques were signed for the usual salaries and bills