Keep Central New Brighton School Open

The Ministry of Education have proposed that Central New Brighton School merge with South New Brighton School on their site in Estuary Road. The date of this proposed merger is January 2014. The original date of the merger was 2016.

We believe the shortened time frame will not allow enough time to:

# gather all the relevant information needed on land and building needs at SNB school.

# upgrade SNB school to accommodate 100 new students in suitable 'modern learning' environments.

#follow the merger process so that staff are appointed, a needs analysis is completed and a vision for the new school is created.

# integrate all children so that the merger is seamless and children's learning at both schools is not iinterrupted.

# see what demographic changes may occur in the East in the next three years.

# allow families to keep the current stability they have with schooling while there are still so many other aspects of their lives that are physically and emotionally of concern and unsettling as a result of the 2011 and on-going earthquakes.