A plan to introduce or amend 135 school enrolment zones in Auckland looks set to have a huge impact on where tens of thousands of children go to school. “Due to large-scale growth in Auckland we need a co-ordinated and accelerated approach to optimising the Auckland school network,” the documents said. Pakuranga Heights School principal Fintan Kelly said the MOE was rushing the process and introducing enrolment schemes at schools that did not need them. Bathurst said the change cut a suburb out of the school's enrolment scheme, and parents in that area had lobbied hard against it. Some schools would not welcome changes to their enrolment schemes, he said.

Source: Stuff October 20, 2020 00:30 UTC