Talk:Rotorua Boys' High School

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Vandalism reverted

I have carried out a significant upgrade to this article, so it more fully reflects the school’s current state. Improvements made:

Lede now contains a note about the school’s governance
WW2 and honours plaques
Ngāti Whakaue gift and its relevance to the school both in quotidian operations and in the acquisition of computer equipment in 1981
Kevin J. Lyall historical publication references added
Moved the gist of the 2009 ‘Controversy’ content out of Tai Mitchell Hostel section to within a new section on the Education Dept review, which also includes the 2022 review of the school
Noted collaborations with RGHS
Noted Poly-1 acquisition
Noted RBHS wins in the PMAEE awards
Linked to PMAEE video, and added the school’s own YouTube and Facebook sites to External Links
Created Sports section noting facilities, academies and achievements, including 4 Olympic alumni
Noted what happened to the school's swimming pool
Added new section ‘Curriculum’ that lists courses taught by the school for each year
Extended Hostel section with reference to how it got its name from Tai Mitchell
Added note about Grinter's MNZM award appending postnomials in InfoBox
Added many citations that support all the contributions

Expanded Lede to highlight main notable attributes covered in article, including the level of Māori enrolment
Removed obsolete House names from Infobox, leaving this in place in the Houses section
Added colours to House names in Infobox, later copying to Houses section
Reinstated deleted Curriculum section after providing sources for most curricula (ongoing)
Copied Category 'People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School' to Categories for notables mentioned under Alumni (ongoing)
Added paragraphs on Tourism award, Apple award, New Zealand Scholarship awards
Added Raukura performing group to paragraph on co-operation with RGHS
Added Beijing Olympics participation to the four who went there in 2008, and copied to Lede.
Added image from Wikimedia Commons of Grinter investiture by GG
Added mention of cost of new Science block where it‘s mentioned it replaced the swimming pool under Sports
Added win by Biology Head, Angela Sharples of PM Science teacher award