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Wednesday 3 July 2019
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School funding gap creates frustration Kate Russell Reporter
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New school spending data reveals the “huge” funding gap between what is provided by the Government and what is required by
schools to operate a modern curriculum, a local principal says. The recently-released data comes from spending details for every Government-funded school in New Zealand in 2017, the most recent year for which information is available. In the last five years, Waimea
College in Richmond went from spending $12.8 to $14.2 million. That’s a $1.4 million increase from 2012 to 2017. In comparison with other large schools nearby, Waimea College sits comfortably. The biggest increase in spending comes from Nelson College for
Girls, whose spending went from $10.4 million in 2012 to $12.2 million in 2017, a $1.8 million increase. Nelson College went from $12.9 - $13.9 million, Nayland College from $10.3 - $11.2 million. Waimea College principal Scott Haines says that Waimea College
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has experienced significant student roll growth in recent years, and that is one of the main contributing factors to the spending increase. “During the period from 2012 – 2017 our domestic student roll
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