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3. Children who cannot be instructed in a special school
without detriment to the interests of the other children.
4. Children incapable of receiving further benefit from
instruction in a special school.
5. Mentally defective children who for special circumstances
should be dealt with by way of supervision or
guardianship.
6. Children of 10 years of age who are about to be
drawn or discharged from a special school.
In the majority of the above instances it is necessary for the
Council to receive the approval of the Hoard of Education to the
notifying of the children to the County Council.
EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
One girl is still at Chalfont St. Peter's. One boy has been
sent to the Home for Epileptics at Maghull, Liverpool. Children
who suffer from Epileptic Fits, not too frequent or too severe, are
encouraged to attend ordinary schools.
EARLIER CLOSING OF SCHOOLS.
The Council decided that from October, 1914, to March,
1915, inclusive, the schools should be opened for the afternoon
session a quarter of an hour earlier, viz., 1.45 instead of 2 o'clock,
and be closed correspondingly earlier. This arrangement is a
useful one and might with advantage be followed in subsequent
years.
PROVISION OF MEALS.
The same arrangements for feeding necessitous children
attending the elementary schools as formerly reported are still in
existence.
I he attempt to estimate the effect of feeding the children by
weighing them weekly has not been successful.