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The progress of state education, 1939-1941 581

1 ouggcst that the existing building bo re­ SCHOOL
produced symmetrically on the oouth-west sido of BUILDINGS.
anev; central archway, both blocks oi' building to
lie in tho sumo straight lino parallel to tho road. The new arch-
,;ny is intended to form the main entrance to the school premises.
The new block is to comprioe three classrooms, a drawing office,
and a recreation room. The existing building, being rather unsuit­
able for its present purpose as workshops, should bo converted
into offices, 3taff room, library, and ono other classroom. ns
'these buildings are narrow, or. i nternal corridor would muko the
rooms too small. For access to each room, and generally for the
protection of the rooms from the morning sun, I suggest the build-,
•ingof a substantial verandah along the whole length of the tv/o
blocks of building, opening to the school grounds.
• The workshops shown In the proposed plan WORKSHOPS,
■lie parallel to an existing low wall forming the
eastern boundary of the site. If this plan is adopted the wall
could be increased in height and a road made between it and the
workshops building. A sketch is given showing a simple form of
r
construction for the workshops building. The departments could
bo separated by cross walls or partitions 12 to 15 feet high with
large sliding doors for communication. The latter should be
arranged so that there is a central gangway not less than 6 feet
’.vide running through the whole length of tho works. Each depart­
ment of the workshops should communicate separately with the out­
ride, al30 by means of largo sliding doors. Space should be pro-,
;vided near the building workshop for a spacious builders' yard.
AcceS3 from tho public road for traffic to and from the works
should be by a special gate at the north corner of the cite, and
not by the main archway.
BOARDING
The boarding house is shown on the plan HOUSE.
occupying the angles at the south and west side3
of the site, covering part of the area which is
marked on the 1:2500 State Map as a football ground. I suggest for
the boarding house a buil.ding with ground floor only, having a
central corridor tliroughout its length and a verandah open to tho
school grounds. The plan shows 10 dormitories, each 48'0" x 17*0",
a mess, kitchen, various small rooms, and domestic offices. Each
dormitory would accommodate the bods and cupboards of 12 students
In' two rows of six. No special bath house or recreation rooms are
shown on the plan as there is room for these temporarily in the
hoarding house, which has more than sufficient accommodation for
the requirements of the next tv/o years. A vacant portion of the
site between the schoo3. extension and the boarding house could
later be used for building a common room, baths and rooms for the
hoarding masters.

EQUIPMENT OF TILE TECHNICAL SCHOOL

The purchase of school and workshop equipment is just as
important a step in the scheme of re-organisation as the extension
oi* the buildings, and almost as urgent. Under the two-year system
of training, 50 new students would enrol at the beginning of the
first year of re-organisation. Sufficient equipment should there­
fore be installed in the first instance to enable these boys to go
through their first, yam* of training. The remainder of tho
equipment

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