Property

HELLO FROM THE PRINCIPAL!
Dear Parents/Caregivers & Friends of the School
And so it begins…
Our relocatable classrooms have arrived! Things are finally starting to
happen! If you have not been near school lately, on the top field we have a
road. It runs from Mt Lebanon to the middle court end of the playing field.
Upon this road, four classrooms have been trucked in. They have come out of
Papakura High School and, starting tomorrow, will be refurbished to meet The
Gardens School’s expectations to be ready for occupancy in three to four
weeks time. Wahoo! Watch this space!
Also, yesterday we finally received approval for three roll-growth classrooms
to be built! This is fantastic news and far be it for me to say, “too late!” as
we sit in the Takahe corridor (our senior management office having been
transformed into Kereru 2, a new entrant classroom). Instead, I will say,
“good things come to those who wait”.
I would like to formally thank our school staff for their patience, flexibility
and understanding of our current ‘situation’ as they have, with much aplomb,
willingly adjusted to changes and the pressures associated to our teaching
environment. Not once have I heard a staff member complaining about future
moves, the lack of space or the modifications we have had to undertake.
After many years in this role, I understand that the wheels of bureaucracy
(Ministry of Education) move slowly (more than evident
through what we are experiencing now) so I would like to
assure our community that our Board of Trustees has been
extremely proactive over a number of years in attempts to
alert the MOE to our upcoming property issues.
It has been a frustrating ride however I think we can see
the light at the end of the tunnel…
On our website we have a tab (under ‘Information’ on the home page) where
we will keep parents posted with updates. SUSANNAH FOWLER, PRINCIPAL