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Otorohanga College Forced To Close Boarding Hostel Due To Lack Of Funding
Published 2 years, 6 months ago
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Otorohanga College is tomorrow joining the roll-call of schools shutting its boarding facilities.
The Waikato school's board is putting it down to a lack of Education Ministry financial support.
Losses over the past four years have totalled 600-thousand-dollars.
It's also well below break-even for enrolment, with only about 25 students signed up to board next year.
College Board Chair, Duncan Coull told Kerre Woodham numbers don't look likely to improve.
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