Papatoetoe West School

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Papatoetoe West School
Motto	Together We Strive, Growth Through Learning
Type	State: Not Integrated Co-Ed Contributing (Year 1-6)
Year established	1st February, 1949
Address	Hillcrest Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland
Coordinates	36°58′43″S 174°50′53″E / -36.97861, 174.84806
Principal	Trevor Canute
School roll	794
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest)	3^[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no.	1431
Website	www.pap-west.school.nz

Papatoetoe West School is a Primary School (years 1-6) in Papatoetoe, a suburb of Manukau City, Auckland Region, New Zealand.

[edit] History

Papatoetoe West School was built during 1948 and opened on the 1st February 1949.

Mr A.F.D. East acted as Headmaster until the arrival of it first permanent Headmaster - Mr M.F. Kedgley a month later. Mr. M.F. Kedgley, later became Headmaster of what is now Kedgley Intermediate.

The first Chairman of the school Committee was Mr. I. Purdie.

By the end of that first year, the school roll was over 500 pupils and by the end of 1961 had reached almost 900.

During the early post war years, Papatoetoe was a rapidly growing suburb of greater Auckland. During the twenty years following the building of Papatoetoe West School, five primary, two Intermediate and two Secondary schools were built to serve the growing community of Papatoetoe. Roll numbers settled after this period of growth until the creation of Manukau City in 1965. With the school on the boundary of Manukau City, the school roll again increased with the new housing developments of Manukau City. Papatoetoe is now, with the amalgamation of Councils, part of Manukau City.

In 1989, with the introduction of "Tomorrow Schools"; the school Committee. with Mr. Keith Ingram as Chairman, ceased to exist and the new Board of Trustees was elected from a roll of parents with Dave Medricky, a former pupil of the school as Chairman.