§ 64. Mr. O'GRADYasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the local sub-committee, with the approval of the Kent Higher Education Committee, proposes to dismiss the headmistress of the Bromley County School, notwithstanding the fact that the school has received excellent reports from the Board of Education; whether he is aware that the headmistress was absent from duty, owing to illness, when she was notified that a resolution to recommend her dismissal would be moved at a special meeting of the sub-committee, and that she asked for a postponement of the business until her health had so improved that she could attend without risk or, in the alternative, that Information might be given as to the charges against her on which the resolution was based; that these reasonable requests were explicitly refused; and whether he will call the attention of the local education authority to the matter, and suggest that they should make a full inquiry into all the facts before giving effect to the proposed dismissal?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD Of EDUCATION (Mr. Arthur Henderson)I am in communication with the local education authority on the subject, and will let my hon. Friend know the result of my inquiries.