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| In a class of its own: New Zealand school with no students vows to stay open | In a class of its own: New Zealand school with no students vows to stay open |
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| A school in a rural New Zealand that has no students has pledged to stay open for as long as possible in case a new pupil wants to enrol. | A school in a rural New Zealand that has no students has pledged to stay open for as long as possible in case a new pupil wants to enrol. |
| Tuturumuri school in Wairarapa in the North Island has been without any children for the last term and has no new children scheduled to start in the new year. | Tuturumuri school in Wairarapa in the North Island has been without any children for the last term and has no new children scheduled to start in the new year. |
| Teachers say the lack of students is down to families moving out of the area as the region’s farming industry contracts. | Teachers say the lack of students is down to families moving out of the area as the region’s farming industry contracts. |
| However, the school’s board has said it won’t give up just yet, and will use its savings account to pay three staff so it can remain open for the coming term. | However, the school’s board has said it won’t give up just yet, and will use its savings account to pay three staff so it can remain open for the coming term. |
| If they still don’t have any enrolments next year, the plan is to buy a bus so children can be taught in the nearest town, 35km away. | If they still don’t have any enrolments next year, the plan is to buy a bus so children can be taught in the nearest town, 35km away. |
| Charmaine Potter, who works as a teacher’s aide at Tuturumuri, said there were benefits to attending small schools. “I have had the beauty of seeing what a lot of one-on-one teaching can have on the children and the classroom, especially when they can get lost in some of the bigger schools,” she told the New Zealand Herald. | Charmaine Potter, who works as a teacher’s aide at Tuturumuri, said there were benefits to attending small schools. “I have had the beauty of seeing what a lot of one-on-one teaching can have on the children and the classroom, especially when they can get lost in some of the bigger schools,” she told the New Zealand Herald. |
| “It is kind of nice when you are in a little school with a small amount of students and you can actually spend that time helping them and watching them grow and learn.” | “It is kind of nice when you are in a little school with a small amount of students and you can actually spend that time helping them and watching them grow and learn.” |
| Tuturumuri school had 22 students five years ago, but numbers have dwindled steadily since then. | Tuturumuri school had 22 students five years ago, but numbers have dwindled steadily since then. |
| Any new students would get the highest staff-to-student ratio in the country – and a heated indoor swimming pool. | Any new students would get the highest staff-to-student ratio in the country – and a heated indoor swimming pool. |
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