The Minister of Education says arson attacks on schools have cost more than $30 million over the past 10 years.
Students at Kerikeri High school are likely to be back in the class room tomorrow after a suspicious blaze damaged multiple classrooms early on Sunday Morning.
South Auckland's Mangere East Primary school is likely to remain closed this week after a suspicious fire damaged seven classrooms that weren't equipped with sprinklers.
Education Minister Anne Tolley says any attack on a school is extremely traumatic for staff and students; she thinks the staff recovering from the two attacks over the weekend are doing well.
“I think the staff and the principal school leadership have done a tremendous job and they’ll probably be having pupils back at them by the end of the week – everyone pitches in and we get school started as quickly as we can,” she says.
In 2009 there were 45 suspected arson attacks on schools.
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