Recapitation - becoming a year 1 - 8 school
We have received a letter from the Ministry of Education acknowledging our application to recapitate. Further to the consultation we did with them, they have sent out letters to all the schools in our network to seek their responses to our request to recapitate. Having received these, they may meet with us and give us an opportunity to respond.
There does not appear to be any intention to consult with the community as part of the Ministry's consultation.
We have requested meetings with several MPs and the Minister of Education to put our case for recapitation. The Minister has acknowledged our request and is currently considering it. The Hon. Peter Dunne responded very quickly and is meeting with us on Wednesday at 11.30am. We have not yet had a response to our request from several other MPs including an Associate Minister of Education.
We requested documentation under the Official Information Act regarding the initial consultation carried out to determine whether Amesbury School would be year 1 - 6 or year 1 - 8. At that time, early 2009, the Ministry consulted with Churton Park School, Raroa Intermediate and Newlands Intermediate. The community was not consulted at all.
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