§ MR. ALLISON (Cumberland, Eskdale)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether his attention has been called to the action of the Carlisle School Board in closing the Brook Street Board School and refusing to admit to the same the son of Mr. John T. Hill and 375 the sons of several other ratepayers residing in the vicinity, to their great inconvenience; whether such action is sanctioned by the Education Department; and whether he can take any steps to amend the grievance?
§ SIR J. GORSTThe Brook Street Board School has not been closed; but the number of children for whom accommodation can be provided has had to be reduced, because an unsatisfactory classroom is to be closed in October next. It is on that account that applications for admission have been refused. The Education Department is informed that accommodation can readily be obtained elsewhere.