50 years ago

HAMILTON primary schoolteachers are united behind a Victorian Teachers’ Union move for a maximum ratio of one teacher for 33 pupils next year. Fears eased yesterday that one Hamilton school – Kent Rd – may fail to meet the ratio and be forced to turn away some beginners. Kent Rd principal, Mr. A. Bald, said he had just learnt his school was likely to start 1975 with enough teachers to conform with the union’s aim. Kent Rd School seemed the most likely Hamilton school to be troubled meeting the goal. Mr. Bald is one of 40 Hamilton teachers signing a petition supporting the Victorian union’s target of a one teacher-30 students ratio by 1979.