Shirley Boys High School to transform open plan classrooms

Thursday 5 June 2025 · 4 outlets · 3 reports · updated Thu 5 Jun 2025, 2:10pm

In this story Ministry of Education

Shirley Boys High School is spending $800,000 to convert its open-plan classrooms into single-cell rooms. The 2019 classrooms are being modified because the principal noted that distraction levels were too high.

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1. RNZThu 5 Jun 2025, 10:02am

   Shirley Boys High school brings back traditional single-cell rooms (opens in new tab)

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2. The Press via RNZThu 5 Jun 2025, 11:50am

   Shirley Boys’ High spends $800k to ditch modern learning classrooms (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesThu 5 Jun 2025, 2:10pm

   'Flawed concept': Canterbury high school ditches open-plan rooms (opens in new tab)