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Warkworth School is one of the beneficiaries of a $100 million reinvestment in new, safe, warm and dry classrooms announced by the government recently.
At this stage, the school is set to receive six new classrooms.
Warkworth School principal Karney Dawson said details were still to come from the Ministry of Education, which would be getting in touch over the next couple of weeks.
Education Minister Erica Stanford said the $100 million had been freed up by the government’s focus on driving efficiencies and value-for-money in school property.
“We’re building school property better so more schools, communities and children benefit sooner,” she said.
“We’ve halved the cost of delivering new classrooms from $1.2 million to $620,000 by focusing on offsite manufacturing, modular classrooms, repeatable designs, simple and standard solutions.”
Overall, the $100 million reinvestment will fund 82 additional classrooms across the country, including learning support classrooms that are more specialised and multipurpose spaces, as well as a new school.
