“I’ve found myself in a rare situation with all male teachers,” Facer said. “We are staffed 100 per cent by males. It s the first time in my career and I trained in the late 1980s. It s an oddity but it’s fantastic,” Facer said. When Facer was studying in Dunedin the teacher training intake of 180 comprised 150 women and 30 men. He estimated only about half of the males went onto qualify.
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New classrooms at Lake Tekapo School – part of a major rebuild project completed at the end of last year. He would not comment on why he thought so few males entered the profession.
They have been insulated, reinforced and refurbished to withstand Mackenzie’s harsh weather conditions. Waymouth expected they were expensive but has no idea of the actual cost. Two of the buildings are joined together for teaching and the third is a community, space library and kitchen. Meanwhile, work on the $380,000 pool project started in 2015 as the pool was considered too shallow. It was dug out and changing rooms refurbished as a well as a dual door linking it to the reserve next door for community use was added.
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George Empson s image used in the school display. It was finished based on compliance. The pool is 15 metres by 5 metres and will be used by pupils and members of the community, Waymouth said.