Construction of two new schools in Ōmokoroa will begin next year, Minister of Education and Tauranga-based MP Jan Tinetti has announced.
Between them, the schools will initially cater to more than 1100 students in the fast-growing Western Bay of Plenty community.
In a media release this afternoon, Tinetti said the schools will be a new primary school and a secondary school in the southwest of the coastal township.
“The recent consultation with iwi, other schools, and the local community shows there is strong support for new schooling to manage the demands of a growing population,” Tinetti said in the statement.
Ōmokoroa Primary School would initially provide 350 places for Year 1–6 students, with capacity to expand the roll to 550.