Hutt Valley High School temporary classrooms will take months to install
6 May, 2021 11:41 PM
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About 160 people attended the meeting at the school last night to hear from Ministry of Education and school staff. Photo / RNZ
About 160 people attended the meeting at the school last night to hear from Ministry of Education and school staff. Photo / RNZ
RNZ
By John Gerritsen of RNZ
A community meeting has been told it will be months before temporary classrooms are on site to replace mould-damaged rooms at Hutt Valley High School.
About 160 people attended the meeting at the school last night to hear from Ministry of Education and school staff.
About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space today to protest the state of their school buildings.
Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen with Hutt Valley High School head students, Charlotte Leach and Patrick Maslen.
Photo: Dom Thomas
Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week.
Unwilling to miss further school time, students brought along folding chairs, picnic rugs and even a couple of tables, unpacking textbooks, tablets and art projects - and requested the Parliamentary wifi password, which was written on a whiteboard.
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About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space yesterday to protest against the state of their school buildings.
Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week.
Unwilling to miss further school time, students brought along folding chairs, picnic rugs and even a couple of tables, unpacking textbooks, tablets and art projects – and requested the Parliamentary wifi password, which was written on a whiteboard.
Then they put their heads down and worked while juggling interviews with reporters and MPs looking for photo opportunities.
Hutt Valley High School principal angry as classrooms close due to mould, leaks
12 Apr, 2021 07:36 PM
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A section of C Block was closed following the discovery of unsafe levels of mould . Photo / Supplied
A section of C Block was closed following the discovery of unsafe levels of mould . Photo / Supplied
RNZ
By Charlotte Cook of RNZ
Hundreds of senior students from one of Wellington s biggest high schools are being forced to study from home because their classrooms leak and are riddled with toxic mould.
The principal of Hutt Valley High School is blaming the Ministry of Education saying officials have known about the problems for years and failed to act.
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