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About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space today to protest the state of their school buildings. Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen with Hutt Valley High School head students, Charlotte Leach and Patrick Maslen. Photo: Dom Thomas Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week. Unwilling to mi...

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Hutt Valley High School students protest the closure of some of their classrooms due to toxic mould and damp by setting up a classroom on the Parliament front lawn. Students shut out of their classrooms because of toxic mould say the problem is a symptom of chronic underfunding for the upkeep of public schools. About 350 Year 12 and 13 pupils at Hutt Valley High School have had to do half their weekly learning at home since Monday after unsafe levels of black mould was dis...

Students turned up with their school work, chairs and tables.

Hutt Valley students set up classrooms on Parliaments lawn to protest schools mouldy, leaky buildings Newshub 2 hrs ago Caley Callahan © Newshub. Watch: Hutt Valley High School students protest mouldy buildings by setting up classrooms on Parliaments lawn. One-hundred Hutt Valley High School students set up their classrooms on Parliaments lawn on Thursday to protest a lack of safe school buildings due to extensive mould. Sixteen classrooms at their school are out of use bec...

Report from RNZ About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space yesterday to protest against the state of their school buildings. Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week. Unwilling to miss further school time, students brought along folding chairs, picnic rugs and even a couple of tabl...

Hutt Valley High School has failed to secure a binding commitment from the Education Minister to quickly rebuild a mould-riddled teaching block. A block of classrooms at Hutt Valley High School has had to shut due to mould and leakage problems. Photo: Supplied Five hundred senior students have been forced to learn from home for half the week due to classrooms that have leaked for years, becoming unsafe with toxic black mould. Students aim to protest outside Parliament today. Board of Trustees ...

Hutt Valley High School students to protest against Ministry inaction as mould discovery forces return to remote learning 2 May, 2021 03:14 AM 5 minutes to read A block of classrooms was closed following the discovery of mould in late March. Photo / Supplied A block of classrooms was closed following the discovery of mould in late March. Photo / Supplied Students forced to return to half-remote learning following the discovery of toxic mould at their high school plan to protest against the "ina...