No 'ghost schools' in Waipa maintained by ministryMark Taylor Whitehall School students photographed on the school's last day in 2013. The former school site was sold as bare land on the open market to private owners in December 2015. Emma James An old sign and wall is all that remains of Whitehall School after its closure in February 2013. But there were no former school sites owned by the Ministry of Education in the Waipa district, so those tax dollars were being spent elsewhere. Education Ministry head of infrastructure Kim Shannon said the closed school sites represent a small portion of the ministry's property portfolio.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2017 03:56 UTC