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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>May</strong> 1 2<strong>01</strong>8 3<br />
News<br />
Schools’ zoning under fire<br />
•From page 1<br />
The suburbs of Richmond,<br />
Shirley, Dallington, Avonside<br />
and Edgeware were not included<br />
at all.<br />
Richmond resident Laura<br />
McIntosh said she is disappointed.<br />
“Everyone is feeling pretty<br />
sad about it. We had no idea<br />
this was going to happen. The<br />
first we heard that we weren’t<br />
going to be included was when<br />
the two schools posted on their<br />
Facebook page.<br />
She said there is “a general<br />
feeling of abandonment.”<br />
“We have kids from broken<br />
primary schools, broken areas,<br />
and terrible streets, so much<br />
unknown . . . it’s really upsetting.”<br />
Other signs put up also read<br />
“how come areas with no historical<br />
connections to our school<br />
are in, but we are left out in the<br />
cold?” and “don’t abandon our<br />
kids.”<br />
Four public meetings were<br />
held with both schools’ board of<br />
trustees and principals.<br />
“There were no MoE representatives<br />
at the meetings at all,<br />
it was really disappointing. They<br />
didn’t get to gauge the feeling of<br />
the room, how upset we were,”<br />
UPSET: Richmond residents Laura McIntosh (left) and Vanessa van Hoof are upset over the<br />
draft school zone for the new Shirley Boys’ and Avonside Girls’ campus, which doesn’t include<br />
the suburbs of Shirley, Richmond, Dallington, Avonside or Edgeware. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
said Mrs McIntosh.<br />
Ministry of Education deputy<br />
secretary sector enablement and<br />
support Katrina Casey said it<br />
was “not appropriate” to have a<br />
representative at the meetings.<br />
“Because school boards lead<br />
the consultation process with<br />
their communities.”<br />
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In Brief<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
BUND WORK DEFERRED<br />
Work on building a temporary<br />
bund in the area between Bridge<br />
St and the South New Brighton<br />
jetty has been deferred. The work<br />
was approved by city council<br />
last October as a short-term,<br />
temporary measure to reduce<br />
the flood risk for properties<br />
in the area. Since then more<br />
detailed hydraulic modelling<br />
has suggested the flood risk is<br />
significantly lower than indicated<br />
by early analysis.<br />
ANZAC DRIVE FLOODING<br />
The city council is aware of<br />
an issue regarding surface<br />
flooding during heavy rain at<br />
the intersection of Anzac Drive<br />
and Pages Rd. City council<br />
land drainage manager Keith<br />
Davison said Anzac Drive is an<br />
NZTA asset and that the two are<br />
working together to identify the<br />
cause of the flooding, including<br />
inspections of the pipe network.<br />
FORMER TEACHER DIES<br />
Linwood College’s longest serving<br />
teacher Alan Parris died on April<br />
21. Mr Parris taught maths at<br />
the school from 1979 until 2<strong>01</strong>6.<br />
He had been made a Member of<br />
the Order of New Zealand for<br />
services to maths education. Mr<br />
Parris had fought a long battle<br />
with cancer.<br />
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