But before any new classrooms were built, or architect renderings completed, parents on the school run last week wanted parking to be a priority for the project. Marlborough Girls’ College principal Mary-Jeanne Lynch said the “master planning” phase of the project allowed for ongoing discussion about how students could safely get to school.
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Ioree McKenzie says parents often came to school pick-up early, so they could get a park. “The school started in 1963, so at the time, the school was a lot smaller and there weren’t as many cars around, there wasn’t as much traffic and certainly students didn’t have cars,” Lynch said.