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$14.9 million upgrade for Rangiora High School

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-956" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"Rangiora School 300x224" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;Rangiora&lowbar;School&lowbar;300x224&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"224" &sol;>The Government is investing &dollar;14&period;9 million in Rangiora High School to upgrade its buildings and facilities and to accommodate a growing roll&comma; Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Rangiora High School has experienced a significant roll increase following the Christchurch earthquakes&period; It has a large number of relocatable classrooms in very poor condition&comma; and property issues have compounded over time to the point where a substantial redevelopment is required&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As a result&comma; up to &dollar;14&period;9 million is to be spent on constructing new classrooms to accommodate roll growth&comma; and on replacing sub-standard relocatable classrooms and sub-standard specialist classrooms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Rangiora has experienced an increasing number of subdivisions following the Canterbury earthquakes&period; This funding will provide additional classrooms to address that growth&comma; and create a more modern and inspiring learning environment for Rangiora High School&&num;8217&semi;s students and their teachers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Government is investing more than &dollar;300 million in a six-year programme involving an estimated 30 schools&comma; to address infrastructure issues and modernise their facilities&comma; Ms Kaye says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Rangiora High School upgrade is part of the Government&&num;8217&semi;s plan to raise student achievement by ensuring students can learn and achieve in the best possible environments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The new classrooms will be built to the latest learning environment standards that support modern teaching styles and provide a comfortable environment for students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They will provide safe&comma; contemporary spaces that will help inspire students to learn&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The redevelopment will be managed by the Ministry of Education&&num;8217&semi;s Infrastructure Service with construction expected to commence in early 2015 and a completion date of October 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;" size-full wp-image-957" style&equals;"display&colon; block&semi; margin-left&colon; auto&semi; margin-right&colon; auto&semi;" alt&equals;"SND05-wk4-News-Rangiora-Nikki Kaye 200x300" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;SND05-wk4-News-Rangiora-Nikki&lowbar;Kaye&lowbar;200x300&period;jpg" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"300" &sol;><br &sol;><strong>Nikki Kaye<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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