North Canterbury News: August 17, 2023
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20 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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On schedule ... Work continues on the new Oxford Area School rebuild.<br />
Claiming the space ... The early concrete pour on the site.<br />
Oxford AS rebuild<br />
work on schedule<br />
Work on rebuildingOxford Area<br />
School’s new $10 million classrooms<br />
and administration blockisonschedule<br />
for its 2024opening.<br />
Schoolprincipal Mike Hart says it<br />
will be great to move into the new<br />
buildings whenthe school reopens in<br />
February 2024.<br />
‘‘We have been verylucky with the<br />
rebuild. It is on schedule and we are<br />
getting minimal disruption from the<br />
building compound.’’<br />
Mr Hart says with the builders having<br />
their own street access, the schoolhas<br />
had no disruption to classes and hear<br />
minimal noise.<br />
When the contractorsremoved the<br />
old relocatable classrooms and<br />
buildings the school had been using<br />
there for the past couple of decades,<br />
staff looked into the big hole leftbehind<br />
and thoughttheirnew buildings<br />
weren’t goingto be that big.<br />
But once they poured the concrete,<br />
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Mr Hart saysstaff realisedjust how big<br />
their new blockswere going to be.<br />
‘‘It will be asignificant building for<br />
the schooland for Oxford.<br />
‘‘It’s going to be an incredible<br />
building with lots of spacesthat are<br />
well insulated, well lit and incredibly<br />
strong.<br />
‘‘They will be atop notch building<br />
when finished,’’ he says.<br />
Oxford Area School’s $10 million<br />
rebuildwas announced in September<br />
2018.<br />
When officially opened next year, the<br />
new administration and learning block<br />
will offersix teaching spaces,anew<br />
schoollibrary space, canteen,<br />
administration spaces, landscaping and<br />
accessible parking spaces.<br />
The almost 500 schoolpupils at<br />
Oxford Area School will be using the<br />
new modern classrooms for arts,<br />
sciences, all technology and music<br />
studies, and as general classrooms.<br />
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