Howick residents fight building of new school

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:18p.m.

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Protests have continued tonight over a school for troubled children being built in an east Auckland suburb.
Protests have continued tonight over a school for troubled children being built in an east Auckland suburb.

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22 Jun 2011 10:26p.m.

Democracy wrote:

<tony carr> The intention is not to have these kids (young adults) rejected. We believe that the model the MoE are proposing is not the correct one and further research into finding the correct model is required. Further to this, conducting an MoE experiment on the doorstep of two other schools would be irresponsible. Very easy to say, "Bunch of NIMBYs" from an uninformed position.

22 Jun 2011 06:18a.m.

Christine wrote:

The people of Howick and Bucklands Beach have a long history of helping troubled children. We have other special schools in our community. However, it is madness to build a school for 100 teenagers - all with major behavioural problems and some with criminal histories - on the same site as a primary school. If the school must be built (and I question whether it should. It would be better to mainstream these students in small numbers into regular schools) it should be in a less built up area. The ministry of education won't do this because gaining resource consent and consulting with people would be too hard.

22 Jun 2011 05:51a.m.

Andrea wrote:

Yes these teenagers have been abused and rejected and are in the care of CYF. Of course they need help and a good education. They also have severe behavioural problems and histories of criminal offending. The ministry of education has admitted this is an experimental school - they have never put up to 100 of these students together on one site. Why would you conduct an experiment like this next to a primary and intermediate school anywhere in New Zealand? The ministry has admitted they are doing it because it is fast and easy. Anywhere else and they would actually have to consult with people.