Budget 2021: Rotorua mother of five wants more support and resources for schools
19 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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More counsellors, more resources, and more support for schools and everyone in them.
These issues are at the top of one Rotorua mother-of-five s wishlist for today s Budget announcement. She also wanted to see something done about the food prices that were now ridiculous .
Jenna Conroy and her husband Richie have five children aged between 3 and 14.
She is a teacher aide at Glenholme School and the couple owns a small building business, RJ Conroy Ltd, where Richie works as a builder.
She said there needed to be more support for schools, from teacher aides to principals and everyone in between.
Rotorua provisional school rolls 2021: Single-sex schools have largest student spike
17 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM
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Rotorua brothers Taylor, 11, and Harrison Beazley, 13, will both start at new schools this year. Photo / Kelly Makiha
Rotorua brothers Taylor, 11, and Harrison Beazley, 13, will both start at new schools this year. Photo / Kelly Makiha
More Rotorua parents are opting to send their kids to the city s single-sex secondary schools, which both face significant roll jumps this year according to provisional figures.
However, co-ed schools remain the city s largest. More than 300 new students are set to join Rotorua school classrooms this year, making up a total provisional class of 2021 of 13,901 students.