Anne Tolley

In a surprise turnaround, the Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced Paerau School in Central Otago will remain open, following community consultation to close it.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has thrown out three ideas from Remarkables Primary School (RPS) to solve the enrolment zone crisis in the Wakatipu.

As many as 10 Otago schools could face funding cuts from the Ministry of Education for refusing to comply with national standards requirements.

How is Education Minister Anne Tolley going to provide equal access to learning facilities for Wakatipu children now, when classrooms are bursting at the seams, and what is her long-term plan as those children continue on to high school?

Education Minister Anne Tolley has been reassuring the early childhood education sector on the future of its services, as consultation on an independent task force's report comes to a close.

Ministry of Education officials were this morning out checking Christchurch schools for fresh damage following yesterday's big aftershocks.

The downward slide in Dunedin's school rolls during the past decade appears to have been reversed marginally, but one Dunedin principal believes there are still unviable schools with low rolls in the city, which Education Minister Anne Tolley should consider closing.

A petition calling for Forbury School to remain open has attracted more than 7500 signatures and will be presented in Parliament today.

There was a unified and impassioned cry of "fight the decision - save our school", from an estimated 1000 people who marched in protest up George St on Saturday, supporting Forbury School in South Dunedin.

It seems Forbury School is not going to roll over without a fight.