Bureaucrats Force School Zoning Restriction

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Tue Apr 23 2002 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

Bureaucrats Force School Zoning Restriction

Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 10:14 am
Press Release: ACT New Zealand

The Ministry of Education's rejection of Paraparaumu College's enrolment scheme shows school zones are created by bureaucrats rather than educators, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today.

"The decile eight school is being forced by bureaucrats at the Ministry of Education to cut its proposed enrolment zone substantially.

"Schools and the community should be making these decisions, not the Ministry.

"School zoning is an unfair, elitist practice that forces children into dysfunctional schools and blocks parental choice," Mrs Awatere Huata said.

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