Mrs Tolley told RPS board of trustees chairman John Stalker in a letter the options the school proposed to increase its capacity did not align with the Ministry of Education's long-term plan for education in the basin.
The board's three vetoed ideas were the possibility of adding accommodation on site, a larger split-site campus and possible private-public partnership.
The minister reiterated the existing zone must be reduced "now", following community consultation, as the roll was projected to reach its capacity by 2013.
"I have been informed that the ministry is in the process of evaluating a number of site options for such a new [primary] school in the area and that, in the short term, there is capacity within the current schooling network to accommodate predicted primary school roll growth," she said.
Mr Stalker said yesterday trustees felt the response was "very short-sighted".
Trustees are concerned all Wakatipu state schools will be overcrowded within the next two years.
"It takes approximately five years to build a new school and to date the ministry is still trying to find a suitable site, let alone purchase the land and build a school.
"We would appreciate it if the ministry could reconsider the birth-rate figures we have been sending through and reconsider the proposal put forward from Remarkables Primary School."
Mr Stalker said RPS would be overcrowded in 2013 along with Queenstown Primary and Arrowtown schools.
"With no short-term solution in the Wakatipu the community is very concerned with the future of schooling in our area."
There were 156 responses to the Remarkables Primary School community consultation on its proposed enrolment zone changes, which could come into effect on April 24, 2012, the start of term two, if the ministry approved.
The majority (65) of respondents were from parents of enrolled pupils. A total of 53 were from early-childhood parents, 16 from prospective parents, and 22 were community members.
The proposed new home zone will exclude children from Lake Hayes Estate, Quail Rise Estate, Tucker Beach, Marina Heights and the north side of Frankton Rd from the BP roundabout to Perkins Rd.
Children attending RPS who live in those areas, and their siblings, will still be able to attend the school as their home will be tagged as "in zone" until such time as they choose to move away from that home.
An overwhelming 139 respondents said they were "not happy" with the proposed zone changes, while five said they were happy and a dozen did not answer.
