Pegasus Post: May 30, 2017

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Eastern schools roll out new zones
• By Sarla Donovan
FAMILIES NEED to plan
ahead if they want to send their
children to Bromley School as a
new enrolment zone takes effect
next term.
Bromley School
principal Scot
Kinley said he’d recently
turned away
15 five-year-old
pupils wanting to
Scot
Kinley
attend the school,
as it was already
above capacity.
Roll growth has prompted the
Ministry of Education to implement
zones around Bromley
and several other schools in the
city’s east.
The enrolment zone will
restrict Bromley’s roll to 320.
Mr Kinley is concerned the
local community doesn’t know
about the changes that are happening.
“They’re not aware that their
THE TIMEFRAME for
public feedback on Burwood’s
Horseshoe Lake Reserve has
been extended.
The reserve will have its original
earthquake-damaged sevenspace
car park replaced with a
larger one, but the city council
CHANGES: Bromley School’s popularity has lead to an
enrolment zone being put in place.
children may not be able to go
to the school they want them
to.”
He said parents of pre-schoolers
will have to plan ahead and
think about where they lived in
relation to school choice.
“This is a massive issue for
wants feedback on whether to
replace the footbridge or remove
it and build a rockery across the
stream instead.
The bridge replacement would
cost an extra $50,000, but it was
likely to be damaged again if
another earthquake struck.
people in this area.”
Bromley’s roll, currently
at 382, is expected to rise to
400 by the end of the year. Mr
Kinley said even with the loss
of the year 6 pupils, they would
start 2018 above their capacity
of 320 and it would be a gradual
A cheaper option would
involve placing rocks in the
stream bed which people could
use to cross the waterway.
This would not impact on the
flow of the stream as there were
other rocks upstream, the city
council said.
process of “managing the roll
down.”
Other schools in the east of
the city are bringing in enrolment
schemes as rolls continue
to grow.
Linwood North School had
its enrolment zone confirmed
by the Ministry of Education
this week. It will give the school
a capacity of 400.
Principal Sandra Smith said
the school roll, currently at 275,
was “rapidly increasing.”
She said it would need to
open an extra classroom next
term to accommodate new entrants
for the rest of the year.
Linwood Avenue School has
started working with the ministry
on a potential school zone.
•People wanting information
on the Bromley enrolment
zone should phone
the school on 389 7716. The
Linwood North School zone
is on its website –
linwoodnorth.school.nz
Quake repairs to Horseshoe Lake Reserve delayed
The walkway would then be
rebuilt on more stable ground
closer to the road, and the
$50,000 saving could be used
for other work within the
reserve.
The consultation period runs
until June 9.
In Brief
MARATHON TRAFFIC DELAYS
Expect delays if travelling near the
ASB Christchurch Marathon route
on Sunday morning. There will be
limited crossing opportunities at
Stanmore and Gayhurst Rds but
long delays. The city council is
encouraging people to use Anzac
Dr/Pages Rd or Deans Ave to get
around the course.
RAWHITI UNITS SOLD
Twenty units used for temporary
accommodation after the
earthquakes have been sold. The
units at Rawhiti Domain were
offered to farmers displaced by the
Kaikoura earthquake for $24,510
with Government meeting the costs
of transport. Sixteen units will be
transported to farms in Hurunui,
Kaikoura and Marlborough
districts and the remaining four
will be used to create a temporary
village in Waiau.
‘CODE BROWN’ SOLUTION
Free nappies at city council-owned
pools has been suggested as a way
to reduce the number of times
pools closed down because of ‘code
brown’ incidents. Coastal-Burwood
Community Board member Tim
Baker said the nappies could be
provided free to all parents of small
children, or offered to those who
chose not to purchase a nappy onsite.
The idea was tabled as part of
the board’s submission on the city
council’s draft Annual Plan.
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