BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICY DOCUMENTATION
As a part of this term policy review, our Board of Trustees is seeking parent and school community input about Alcohol, Drugs, and Other Harmful
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The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring quality education, student safety, and staff wellbeing at Kōraunui School. The board sets the school's strategic direction in consultation with parents, staff and pupils, and manages personnel, curriculum, property, finance, and administration matters.
Board Composition
The Board consists of:
Five elected parent representatives
One staff representative
The Principal
Co-opted members
Trustees serve three-year terms. Contact details are available through school newsletters.
Current Board Members
Chris Blazkow — Parent Representative & Chairperson
Chris has a four-year board tenure and a background in geospatial technology and infrastructure. He is enthusiastic about Structured Literacy and DMIC programs.
Jack Taueki — Parent Representative
A community-focused family man with three children, Jack co-founded a local community garden in 2023 and is involved with food banks and community support initiatives.
Michelle Baker — Parent Representative
Michelle relocated to the Wellington area in 2007 and is a parent to two students in the Te Puāwaitanga o te Kākano program. She has previous early childhood centre board experience.
Grace Hiess — Parent Representative
Mother of three Koraunui students, Grace has six years of previous governance experience on the Open Polytechnic Academic Board, with a background in community work, education support, and sociology.
Amber Pacheco — Parent Representative
Parent with two completed and one current student, Amber has a background in Environmental Health (enforcement, auditing, inspection, education) and currently works in quality assurance.
Dave Lamont — Principal
Dave joined Kōraunui in Term 1, 2018, bringing multiple years of school leadership experience. He values diversity, inclusiveness, and relationship-based school building.
Email: principal@koraunui.school.nz
Craig Gilmour — Staff Representative
Craig is a teacher in the senior end of Whetu o le Moana and has several years of tenure at Kōraunui School.
Governance Documents and Meetings
Policies and Procedures
School policies address Ministry of Education National Administration Guidelines covering curriculum, self-review, personnel, finance, property, health and safety, and legislation compliance. The school develops procedures to implement policies on a daily basis.
All policies and procedures are accessible through SchoolDocs:
Website: koraunui.schooldocs.co.nz
Username: koraunui | Password: koraunui
Hard copies are available upon request at the school office.
Annual Reports and Strategic Plans
Annual reports are available for 2018–2024, along with annual plans for 2016 and 2017.
Strategic plans are available for 2024 and 2025.
Board Meetings
Meetings are open to the public as observers (without speaking rights). They are generally held on the first Wednesday of each month, 7–9pm in the school staffroom.
Agendas and minutes become publicly available two working days before meetings through the school office and this website.
Minutes
2024
2023
2022
2020
2019
2017
Agendas
2018
2017
Other Files
Annual Reports
Strategic Plans
Policies and Procedures
Other Communications
Board of Trustees News
KORAUNUI SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET BBQ
KORAUNUI SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET BBQ We invite all of our school whanau to join our staff for a chat and free sausage sizzle between
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ATTENDANCE
In Term 1 we have had 71% or 120 of all tamariki attending school 90% or more of the time. While we have slipped below the 80% expectation of the
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