< Back to previous pageMerger with Miramar South School
Find out here about the Ministry of Education's proposal that Strathmore Community School and Miramar South School merge.
For upwards of a decade, there has been informal discussion about a possible merger of the two schools, as neither currently has a full roll.
Quick summary
Former Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, opened formal discussions about making this happen. She asked both schools to make submissions on the following three options:
- Merge the two schools on the Strathmore Community School site
- Merge the two schools on the Miramar South School site
- Another option that the school communities may propose
The current Minister, Hekia Parata, recently advised the decision. See Minister's Letter to Board. In short, the two schools will merge and operate as a Year 1 to 8 school on the Strathmore site, from the beginning of the 2013 school year.
History of the decision
Public consultation with the schools' communities took place in June and July 2011, led by an external facilitator. Feedback received from surveys and consultation meetings was compiled as a report to the Ministry of Educationand submitted to the Ministry of Education in August. The Minister's decision was advised in December 2011.
More information
Please find below some sources about this potential merger, and how to contribute your opinion to it.
- Read the information sheet from our Board of Trustees to the community about the consultation process (all in PDF format):
- Newspaper article - Dominion Post, 30 May 2011 (front page). Visit the online article here.
- Newspaper article - Cook Strait News, 1 June 2011 (front page). Download a scanned copy here.
- Read our Board of Trustees summary to the school's parents, listing some of the factors they are aware of that might influence opinions about the options. See page 1, page 2, page 3.