Mark Douglas at the Wakatipu High School pool with Queenstown Primary School 9-year-olds Sonia Pekhterva and Liam Clarke. Photo: Philip ChandlerAfter 40 years, Queenstown Primary School pupils may be forced to go to Frankton to take swimming lessons. Now that Wakatipu High School is on the move to its new Frankton site, its old pool, also used by the primary school, has an uncertain future. The Ministry of Education, which administers the Crown-owned land, said it was ''unlikely to be available for ongoing use'' by the primary school. Queenstown Primary School teacher of 38 years and concerned community member Mark Douglas was not happy about that.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 20, 2017 16:52 UTC