The Otago Daily Times had been contacted about the meeting by several people outside the school suggesting it was in relation to staff and management issues.
However, when contacted yesterday, the ministry's head of sector enablement and support, Katrina Casey, said Dunedin manager Kathryn Palmer would meet the board to discuss what support might be available after concerns were raised last week about pupil behaviour.
''The school has notified us of a number of student suspensions during the first term of this year due to poor behaviour and we will be discussing what can be done to address those concerns,'' Ms Casey said.
Individual schools were responsible for maintaining an environment where pupils could learn and achieve.
''Whenever concerns are raised with us, we meet the board and discuss what extra support may be required,'' she said.
The ministry regularly liaised with schools, offering support on all sorts of issues ranging from teaching and learning, school management and property matters, among others. Sometimes, that was more effective with a meeting.
Board chairman Garry McLeod said yesterday the meeting with the ministry had been arranged by rector Paul Jackson at the end of last term to discuss behaviour issues, what might be available to resolve those and clarify ministry guidelines on how they should be handled.
Asked how many suspensions had occurred during the first term, Mr McLeod was unsure of the exact number but said he had sat on three disciplinary hearings, which was about what he would have expected.
''I don't believe it is any more than usual when taken over a full year. There are always a few more at the start [of the year] when boys have not worked out the rules.''
He believed they involved the ''usual behaviour issues'' such as disruption and disobedience.
Parents were generally supportive of disciplinary actions taken against their boys.
''Our primary goal is to educate boys, but sometimes teachers are driven to distraction by behaviour which also disrupts others and needs action.
''We try to give all the boys the chance to be at school, and options for them to remain,'' he said.
