VPRS 10249 High Schools Inwards Correspondence Files

Correspondence received by the Secondary Schools Division from High Schools throughout the State is filed in this series. Written correspondence (as opposed to returns of forms) has a registered number and may be annotated with notes of action taken and / or the suggested outlines of a reply. Later correspondence may have a carbon copy of the reply attached. Full details of correspondence sent to schools may be found in VPRS 10275 Outwards Letter Books, Post-Primary Schools and VPRS 10059 Outwards Letter Books.Correspondence dealt with such matters as requisitions for school supplies and the forwarding of accounts for payment; teachers' appointments, examinations payments of salary, evaluation by Inspectors and leave; the granting of school holidays; copies of newspaper cuttings about the school and publications by the school; requests for interpretations of Departmental policy; parent and/or community complaints; requests for special assistance or staff and regular returns required by the Education Department.