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The Mill Hill Schools are practically full, but the Committee
have arranged for a school for 600 children to be built
at Hale Grove Gardens, and when that is erected the
needs of the Mill Hill district will probably be met, at least
for a few years.
In Central Hendon the new County School for 300
scholars, which is to be opened in September, will, of course,
result in a small number of children being transferred from
the Elementary Schools all over the district, and it will also
if necessary meet the requirements of children who now
attend private schools, or schools outside the district.
The total accommodation in the Hendon Schools at the
close of the year was 7,077.
CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.
The Provided Schools continue to be maintained in a
highly efficient manner, and I think it would be difficult to
find any schools in the Country where the children work under
better or healthier conditions. The Schools are well equipped
in every way. The rooms are spacious and well lighted, the
desks are the best available and are so arranged that the
children work in the best possible light, whilst there is ample
room for free movement. Anyone visiting the Schools is
bound to notice the cleanly appearance of the rooms. One
could only wish that the healthy conditions under which the
children live during the school hours prevailed in all the
homes in the District. The Non-Provided Schools also continue
to be well maintained. Two of these—St. Vincent's
R.C. and St. Agnes' R.C.-—are comparatively new buildings
and may be placed in the same class as the Non-Provided
Schools. As regards three other Schools I understand that
the Board of Education have recently asked that alterations