Source: Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA)
Applications are now open for state schools to convert to charter schools, so it is imperative for PPTA Te Wehengarua branches to meet and pass a resolution against being converted to a charter school.
Ngā mihi nui to the approximately 70 branches that have passed your resolution – great work!
The resolution against charter school conversion affirms your branch’s desire to remain a public school. It is important for teachers and school communities to take the lead in the conversation, and to make your opposition to conversion visible.
The resolution is an affirmation which can be celebrated and shared with your principal and board.
PPTA Te Wehengarua website www.ppta.org.nz has a range of resources to support branch chairs and members in
holding a branch meeting to sign the resolution, and to take steps to present this to your school board and principal. The array of resources includes a toolkit for branch chairs, templates for the branch resolution and a letter to your school board, and much more.
If you are a new branch chair and need help organising a branch resolution meeting, please contact your local field officer.
Seven new charter schools have opened this year: Mastery school in Ōtautahi Christchurch; Christchurch North College; Te Rito Te Kura Taiao in Northland; and North West Creative Arts College; the BUSY School; TIPENE; and École Francaise all in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
It is extremely disappointing to see hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into a tiny number of charter schools when there are so many state schools around the country in need. For example, the BUSY school is offering what all New Zealand students who require additional learning support deserve. At the moment, many students are not having their needs met, as the alternative education system has been left to languish under successive governments.
It is heart breaking to see extremely niche schools, such as the Remuerabased French language school, being funded with public money when our local state schools desperately need more teachers, building upgrades and pastoral and learning support.
Last modified on Monday, 7 April 2025 13:35
