Dunedin's three intermediate schools are encouraging parents and pupils who are angry with the changes to email politicians asking them to take action and overturn the changes.
The move continues despite Education Minister Hekia Parata announcing on Tuesday that no more than two teaching positions at any school would be lost, with some schools gaining up to two teachers, because of the policy changes announced in the Budget.
Mr Key on Monday announced the Government would set up a working party to look at the changes.
Tahuna Normal Intermediate principal Tony Hunter said the Minister's announcement did not solve the problem the school would have teaching technology if funding for two teachers was cut.
The school was providing parents who wanted to do something with a list of addresses of MPs, and had written a template to use when writing to the politicians.
"It's the only thing we can really do, in trying to bring it to their attention," Mr Hunter said.
Technology classes were an important part of the way a intermediate school taught and the funding cuts would mean pupils would miss out, he saidBalmacewen Intermediate principal Andrew Hunter said the school was actively helping parents write emails opposing the changes, to National and opposition MPs.
The recent announcement from the Minister was still unacceptable, and what effect the changes would have was now based on the size of the school, he said.
"You might have three technology teachers and lose two, making your technology programme unviable."
In Dunedin North Intermediate's latest school newsletter, principal Ross Leach suggested parents angry with the proposed changes should write to Mr Key and other National MPs explaining why they thought it was a bad idea to cut the funding.
"I have already had emails from parents, showing me what they are going to send to the Prime Minister.""I have also had a pupil come up and tell me they were going to write to the Prime Minister about why they are upset," Mr Leach said.
The school would now wait to see what came of the working party, he said.
