Selwyn Times: August 05, 2020

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School options open for consultation
• By Devon Bolger
A SECOND Rolleston College
campus or entirely new school
are the options being considered
for future secondary school
education in the area.
The Canterbury National
Education Growth Plan 2030
predicts the area’s current high
school could reach its capacity of
1800 students by 2027/28. It currently
has 976 students.
It is anticipated an additional
600-800 secondary-aged students
will require access to a
local state school in the area by
2030.
It comes as the Ministry of
Education releases proposed
new primary school zones for
Rolleston.
The community will get a
chance to have their say on the
amendments.
“This will minimise the risk
of overcrowding at each school,
as well as determining the
enrolment scheme boundaries
for the new school in East
Rolleston when it opens in
2022,” it said in the consultation
document.
Public consultation is also
under way, through D & G Consulting,
on the options to ensure
future high-schoolers are catered
for in the area.
One of the options being
considered is a second Rolleston
College campus on a different
site.
“This second campus
would have the same
board of trustees and
management team. There
would also be a single vision
and identity for the
school,” the consultation
document says.
Different ways this option
could work are also
being considered including
students being separated into
junior and senior campuses.
Rolleston College principal
Rachel Skelton said she supports
the idea of a second campus.
“A second campus would allow
Rachel
Skelton
cohesion and avoid our town
being divided into two separate
zones.
“There are a number of
possibilities for the community
to consider in
terms of what that could
look like.”
The search area for a
potential site is in the
south of Rolleston, about
1.5-2km from the college.
A Ministry of Education
spokeswoman said
it was unable to provide detail on
the sites being considered at this
stage, so as not to prejudice or
disadvantage our ability to carry
out commercial negotiations.
The other option being
PLAN: Options
for additional
high school
facilities in
Rolleston
include a second
campus of the
current school or
an entirely new
one.
considered by the ministry is a
completely new high school.
“It would have its own
identity, own governance and
own uniform. The design of
such a school would be
developed with input from the
community.”
​Public meetings have been
planned at Clearview School
on August 10 and 11, 7-8pm to
gather further feedback on the
issues.
•You can have your say
through the online survey
which will be available
until August 24 at www.
surveymoney.com/r/
RollestonSurvey
The proposed school
zones for 2021 include
•Lemonwood Grove
School – 164 Dunns
Crossing Rd to Selwyn
Rd, Selwyn Rd from
Lincoln Rolleston Rd to
Weedons Rd including
addresses on the western
side of Weedons Rd from
Selwyn Rd.
•Clearview School –
Lowes Rd until East
Maddisons Rd, the
western side of Weedons
Rd to Levi Rd and
Brendean Drive to
Weedons Rd
•West Rolleston School
– The southern side of
Main South Rd to Dunns
Crossing Rd, Rolleston
Drive to Main South Rd
and Brookside Rd to
Rolleston Drive.
•Rolleston School – The
southern side of Main
South Rd to 81 Main
South Rd, the western
side of Weedons Rd to
the Southern Motorway
and the northern side of
Levi Rd to Weedons Rd