Established 1901 Principal Mark Jones Socio-economic decile 6N Founded 1901 | Ministry of Education Institution no. 359 School roll 500 (July 2016) Phone +64 3-684 7039 Ministry of education institution number 359 | |
Type State, Co-educational, Secondary Address Pages Rd, Marchwiel, Timaru 7910, New Zealand | ||
Moutainview High School is a co-educational state high school in Timaru, New Zealand. The school runs from year nine to thirteen. The school has a roll of 500 students as of July 2016; around 40 are International students.
History
Mountainview High School was founded in 1901 and originally named Timaru Technical College, later Timaru College. In 1983 the school relocated to the current Pages Road site and was renamed Mountainview High School. The Timaru Technical College site became Aoraki Polytechnic.
An adjacent site was also purchased by the Ministry of Education for a new 'Timaru North Intermediate' to coincide with Watlington Intermediate in the south of Timaru. After school numbers began to decline the plan was abandoned, and Watlington Intermediate closed in late 2004.
In 2005, Mountainview faced a merger alongside many other secondary schools within the proximity of the South Canterbury District due to educational changes as discussed with Education Minister of New Zealand, Trevor Mallard. Despite the unpopularity of this decision to close down schools to save taxpayer money, many had to comply with governing rule. This resulted in students from other secondary schools (namely Pleasant Point High School) to transfer to Mountainview and integrate with the students already in attendance at Mountainview High School.