Sites left vacant by Christchurch school closures could be in demand for charter schools or apartment complexes.
The Government's school shake-up will leave 14 surplus schoolgrounds in the city with a combined rating value of $51.8 million, including land value of $9.8m.
They will be sold unless wanted by the Government, anyone who had donated the land or Ngai Tahu, a process which could take several years.
Local Valuers' Institute head Wilson Penman said the sites would make good campuses for charter schools, or language schools and private tertiary colleges displaced from the central city.
So, having closed Christchurch schools for "earthquake risk", the government is going to let its cronies re-open quack schools on the same sites. "Yes, we've taken away your free, secular, high-quality state school, but your kids can be 'educated' by unregistered teachers working for Destiny Church instead!" I wonder how that will go down with the local community?