Taranaki school principals have labelled the Government’s decision to fund a private school’s multi million-dollar expansion project as “incomprehensible”, “naive” and “completely inequitable”. In an email to Taranaki high school principals on Thursday morning, Taranaki Secondary Schools Principals’ Association head Martin Chamberlain was also highly critical of the decision. Andy Jackson Taranaki is home to New Zealand's first Green School – a private facility with annual fees ranging from $16,000 to $43,000. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Rachel and Michael Perrett were inspired to build Green School New Zealand after their son's life-changing educational experience at the Green School in Bali. “The NP Principals Association is shocked at the precedent that this announcement sets.

Source: Stuff August 26, 2020 23:59 UTC