CathNews New Zealand

Children in two Christchurch Catholic schools are being taught in marquees set up as clasrooms.

Five tents have been at Our Lady of Assumption in Hoon Hay to temporarily replace the block that housed five of the school’s 12 classrooms. The school has a roll of 260.

Four have been installed at St Mary’s, in the central city, which has 80 children.

The classroom blocks in at these schools were closed on Friday after engineers found they needed remedial work to meet the new building standards.

Catholic Education Office manager Mike Nolan said like many other building owners across the city, the office was getting detailed engineering assessments done on all its buildings to make sure they met the new building code.

Source

• The Press
• Image: Our Lady of Assumption School

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