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!VANILIA ROAD (7100LOMOL):
School Site.
III. OR Ole 111110
The Department is at present occupying a disused Army hut
at the above centre on a rent-free basis.
The owner of the structure has decided to sell it, together
with an area of 3a. Or. 6kp., and has offered the Department an
op t i on for pure ha se in the surn of £2,000.
Mr. Inspector Howard states tha t the building at pre sent
houses a Kindergarten but he recently recommended that children
living at the Housing Settlement, who were attending 1st and 2nd
Classes at Tarnworth Infants' School, be directed to attend Manilla
Road and that an additional teacher be appointed to teach the extra
pupils. No such direction has yet been issued.
The improved value of the property is £750 and this would
suggest that the offer of the owner is far too high. Mr. Howard
does not feel that purchase would be justified at the price asked.
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On the other hand, the District Inspector states that there
is need to acquire a site and building at this centre as the Camp
will remain in existence for many years and that prompt action
should be taken to this end.
Verbal advice from the Research Branch indicates that there
are 84 units in the Camp and the enrolment over the past three years
has been as follows:-
1949
1950
1951
Kindergarten.
infants.
13
18
22
12
In 1951 of the 22 enrolled 17 were aged five, 4 were aged six,
while one was under five.
An officer at the Housing Commission has also stated that
the life of the Camp cannot be foretold as this will depend on how
long the housing position remains acute in Tamworth. Control of
credit, future migration policy, etc., will play a large part in
determining the matter but the Camp might well be in existence for
the next ten years.
Manilla Read is some 3 to 4 miles from mworth and in 1941
40 Infants and 63 Primary children travelled to Tamworth daily.
This would suggest that the acquisition of a site and building in
the vicinity of Manilla Road should be considered.
The present school building is in a state of disrepair and
being a converted Army hut would probably be unsuitable for use as
a permanent s true ture . As the un impr ove d va lue of the land on which
the building stands is only Z,150, it is felt that the price asked,
viz., £2,000, is excessive.
IT IS RECOMIENDED that, in the first instance, the Valuer
Genera]. be requriar=rnish a report and valuation on the land
nd building offered by Mr. Roach.
21.3.52.
