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Whangaruru students must be supported
Whangaruru students must be supported following
charter school failure
The Whangaruru charter school agreement has been formally terminated and NZEI Te Riu Roa says the key focus must now be the welfare and future education of the students caught up in this failed ideological experiment.
NZEI President Louise Green said charter school proponents would say the closure of the school showed the success of the scheme in removing underperformers, but children were the casualties of any closure as their education was disrupted yet again.
“Using the charter school funding to support these kids in their local schools would have been a far more effective use of taxpayers’ money and there would have been plenty left over to help many more struggling Northland children.
“The whole scheme is a waste of money as buildings and resources are replicated in competition with existing public schools,” she said.
Ms Green said it also remained to be seen whether the government would be able to recover the land and buildings that the Ngā Parirau Mātauranga Charitable Trust purchased with $1.6 million of establishment funding. The school also received $3.2 million of operational funding over the past two years.
NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand Educational Institute
NZEI Te Riu Roa members work in every community in New Zealand, leading and advocating for quality public education.
We are the 50,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services. We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa - New Zealand's largest education union, a Treaty based organisation and a powerful advocate for quality public education.
We have the most important job in New Zealand - educating for the future.
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