Cash Injection For New School Classrooms

A capital injection of $5.5 million will be invested into five Hawke’s Bay schools to help solve current and future overcrowding problems. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu o Te Wairoa, Mahora School, Eskdale School, Frimley Primary School and Gisborne’s Kaiti School have been promised a combined 10 new classrooms by the Ministry of Education. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced the funding on Wednesday as part of a $20m spend on 39 new roll growth teaching spaces to be built at schools across the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay. “This Government is taking a responsible approach to ensure funding is available in areas where student numbers are growing,” Hipkins said. Photo: Frimley Primary School Tim White (left), Eskdale School principal Tristan Cheer, Education Minister Chris Hipkins and Mahora School principal Rohan Pearse. For more on this and other great Hawke’s Bay stories go to hawkesbaytoday.co.nz Posted: 4 September 2018