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The old school building on School Road in Wellsford.
The owners of the old school building in Wellsford are refusing to divulge their plans for the building.
The building, which the Aronui Trust has owned for about 20 years, has recently undergone major renovations.
Trust chief executive Dean Grace says it will not make its plans public, saying “it’s a private matter”.
The school had been left empty for a number of years and had become overgrown with weeds before renovations started earlier this year.
The Aronoi Trust operates tertiary courses throughout the North Island including business, IT, hospitality, trade and construction.
The school was originally built in 1875 and was moved to the School Road site in 1911. It was used as a school until 1990, when students relocated to Wellsford Primary School further down the road and the Ministry of Education sold the site.
