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FIRE AT TRUMPINGTON ROAD SCHOOL.
On the morning of August 21st a fire broke out in the top
floor of this school which resulted in the entire destruction of the
roof and damage by water to the three departments below. The
fire appeared to have started in the tank room adjoining the headmaster's
room on the top floor, but the cause was not traced.
This fire interfered with the ordinary resumption of work at
this school at the end of August, and the girls' and infants' departments
were not fit to be re-opened until October 6th, while the
boys' department was closed until after the Christmas vacation.
In consequence the routine medical inspection of the "leavers"
at this school could not be undertaken until the beginning of the
The word indisposition should read inspection.
embodied in the present report as ????
uring 1913.
MORE SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.
The new building in Church Road adjoining the old school of
that name, and referred to in last year's Report, has been finished
and is now occupied.
It provides accommodation for 840 children, 420 in each
department.
The question of the re-building of High Road School is still
sub judice.
Improvements effected in the Schools during
the year.
The external parts of the following schools were painted
during the summer vacation: —
Capworth Street.
Church Road.
Downsell Road.