Rotary Park School

Complaints about intimidation, shouting and arguing with staff in front of school children by embattled Rotary Park School principal Carmel Casey have been upheld by the school's commissioner.

Bitter sweet - that was how Rotary Park School pupils described the last day of school yesterday.

The Ministry of Education will review its communication procedures after Rotary Park School was inadvertently informed of its closure before a ministry representative had had a chance to give official notification.

An attempt to unearth a time capsule buried on a Dunedin school ground more than two decades ago, remains grounded.

It is now a case of waiting to see what happens to Rotary Park School after the final consultation meeting this week, which gave submitters a chance to save the collapsing school from closure.

After considering a commissioner's report on the state of Rotary Park School, Education Minister Hekia Parata has recommended the school continue its closure process.

A commissioner's report sent to the Minister of Education today, has recommended Rotary Park School should remain open for the rest of 2012.

A Rotary Park School parent has launched a campaign to save the collapsing Dunedin primary school.

There was a "slim chance" Rotary Park School would stay open for 2013, school commissioner Cleave Hay told more than 40 parents, staff, and community members at a meeting at the school last night.

A community consultation meeting to discuss the future of Rotary Park School will be held tomorrow night.