Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 1, 2016 17:50:46 GMT 12
SHIRLEY BOYS' AND AVONSIDE GIRLS' WON'T BE CHANGING THEIR NAMES
"With a school like ours, which began in 1957, if we say the past is all gone and we are a brand new school then you do that at your peril. You throw all that history away", Shirley Boys' High School principal John Laurenson said.
Laurenson was not opposed to the idea of acknowledging the school's new site using "Shirley Boys' High School at Oruapaeroa", the Maori name for the land, as an example.
Old boys, current pupils and the community would be consulted if that was proposed….
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/78431508/shirley-boys-and-avonside-girls-wont-be-changing-their-names
"With a school like ours, which began in 1957, if we say the past is all gone and we are a brand new school then you do that at your peril. You throw all that history away", Shirley Boys' High School principal John Laurenson said.
Laurenson was not opposed to the idea of acknowledging the school's new site using "Shirley Boys' High School at Oruapaeroa", the Maori name for the land, as an example.
Old boys, current pupils and the community would be consulted if that was proposed….
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/78431508/shirley-boys-and-avonside-girls-wont-be-changing-their-names