Nor'West News: July 24, 2018

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Boards to meet over school zones
• By Sophie Cornish and Georgia
O’Connor-Harding
THE Coastal-Burwood and
Papanui-Innes Community
Boards will meet with Ministry
of Education representatives
to discuss concerns it has with
the proposed zone changes for
Avonside Girls’ and Shirley Boys’
High Schools.
The meeting has been confirmed
for the middle of next
month.
MoE Canterbury
education
director Coralanne
Child
and principal
adviser Simon
Blatchford will
Kim Money be present at the
meeting.
It comes after the two schools,
which will relocate to a shared
campus at QE II Park next year,
are required to create a new
enrolment zone.
Students living in Shirley, Richmond,
Avonside, Edgeware and
parts of Linwood will still be able
to attend the schools, but only on
a ‘transitional arrangement’.
The addresses will only be
deemed ‘in zone’ for as long as
they contain the children currently
at the address and does
not include people who move in
to the area.
Prestons subdivision was not
included in the zone at all.
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board chairwoman Kim Money
said from her board’s point of
view, the main concern is the
Prestons subdivision, which has
been left out.
She said it is a huge thing shifting
two high schools and while
it will be a loss for the Shirley-
Papanui area, it will be a gain for
the Coastal-Burwood area.
Ms Money said the board has a
good relationship with the MoE
and the point is to have a discussion
about the changes
in the area.
She said it is the board’s goal
to have Prestons included in the
zoning.
Papanui-Innes Community
Board chairwoman Ali Jones
said the board doesn’t have a
definite idea of what it would like
to discuss yet.
“One of the issues that the
board members raised was
the time frame that the MoE
is putting on the temporary
extension of the boundaries,
so that is something we will be
raising with them. Other things
will probably come out of the
CHANGES:
Richmond
and Dallington
residents Laura
McIntosh and
Vanessa van Hoof
previously set up
signs and gained
signatures on a
petition to get
the suburbs of
Shirley, Richmond,
Dallington,
Avonside and
Edgeware
included in the
new school
zone, after it was
excluded in the
proposed draft
zone.
discussion,” she said.
A site meeting is also planned
at QE II next month with the
MoE, Shirley and Avonside
schools, the Coastal-Burwood
Community Board and city
council is planned for next
month.
It is to discuss installing a
signalised crossing on Travis Rd
to ensure the safety of students at
the new school.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Are
you concerned about the
proposed zone changes?
Email your views to georgia.
oconnor@starmedia.kiwi
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The traffic management layout
at the Cranford St and Innes Rd
intersection did not change last
week, as earlier advised by the
Christchurch Northern Corridor
alliance team. The power cable
installation at the intersection
had to be rescheduled again.
Excavation work will continue
on Cranford St between Weston
Rd and McFaddens Rd, to install
street light cables. The power
cables should be installed by mid-
August.
RESERVE CONCERNS
The Papanui-Innes Community
Board is investigating the
possibility of making the Rutland
Reserve a board project. It wishes
to retain the perimeter walkway
and asked that city council staff
advise and provide a briefing on
options. It comes after a Rutland
St resident raised concerns about
flooding in the park, saying it
has become a swamp and in
some parts it is deep enough for
someone to drown.
EVENT FUNDING
The city council will open
applications on Monday for
Neighbourhood Week, which
runs from October 27 to March
31. A small subsidy is available
for people wanting to organise an
event for their neighbourhood.
03 349 5050
free
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