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July 4, 2014
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Sunday 1-10
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Monday 3-10 Fine, increasing high cloud. Northwesterly develops.
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‘We want two schools, one site’ Principals back shared facilities
“If there’s going to be a new school then we’ve got to have the benefit of co-location.” – Wayne Hegarty, MBC principal “We want the best for our young people. All students deserve to be taught in modern learning environments.” – Karen Stewart, MGC principal By Kristy Martin Building two new colleges next to each other on one site is now the preferred option for Blenheim’s future secondary schooling, both principals told a public meeting on Wednesday night. Seven months after Marlborough Boys’ College principal Wayne Hegarty stood on stage and championed retaining the status quo, he admitted he’d since done a backflip. Mr Hegarty and Marlborough Girls’ principal Karen Stewart, and the boards of trustees at both colleges, now firmly believed that fixing the old and leaky buildings at the existing schools was not an option. Continued page 2
From the left: Lloyd Bush, Jo Renner, Alastair Hebberd and Jenny Andrews
WE’VE BEEN CARING FOR THE FAMILIES OF MARLBOROUGH SINCE 1869.