At the beginning of December the Prime Minister announced that all schools will receive a capital investment amount to be used on upgrading school property. Papamoa College will receive $400000 over the next 2 years to be spent on such things as upgrading learning spaces, general landscaping /outdoor development, plus infrastructure development, etc.

While this investment is welcomed and will be spent wisely, it is important to note that this money is not part of the current campus development plan to expand the facilities to respond to student roll growth. We will now go through a process that includes working with the Ministry of Education to identify areas for upgrade. 

 As an update, the campus development plan is progressing, although very much slower than we have wanted. Considerable work has been happening in the background in conjunction with Ministry of Education property staff, to finalise the overall campus development plan. More detail will be available in the new school year that we will be able to share with our community.