The board has given the ministry until September 26 to respond to the concerns raised during consultation over a proposal to reduce the Frankton school's zone.
In June, the ministry instructed the board to consult the community over the enrolment zone reduction; today marks the consultation deadline, with 150 public submissions and nine supporting documents outlining the scope of the issue being provided.
In a statement, board chairman John Stalker said it would come as "no surprise to anyone, including the ministry" the community had "overwhelmingly and strongly" disagreed with the proposal, as did the board.
The proposed zone would exclude "growth areas" of Frankton, Lake Hayes Estate, Quail Rise, Kelvin Heights and Jacks Point.
"Frankton is Queenstown's second town centre and the RPS board believes our school was partially established to specifically cater for the very areas we are now looking at excluding."
It was a "band aid" solution and the board felt compelled to "strongly advocate" for a medium- to long-term solution for the district. "Some weeks ago we presented a proposal to the Minister of Education and others answering the question 'How would quality education look and feel for all RPS learners on a split site campus?
'"We went to great lengths to proactively detail a number of proposed solutions to the current district-wide issue of continued population growth in this area, including a short-term measure of building an additional four-classroom pod at RPS ready for 2013.
"We also looked into a medium-term interim measure for the RPS board and school to operate a split campus alongside the proposed new Wakatipu High School development, and a long-term measure for the MoE to complete the development of a new school east of the Shotover River. We've received no official word on any of these proposed measures and the timing is now critical, which is why we're giving the ministry a deadline of coming back to us within 10 working days."
An outcome needed to be communicated quickly so the school could plan for next year and, "at the very least" its parent, future parent and wider community deserved to know where it stood regarding schooling for next year.
Remarkables has 350 pupils on its roll, 220 of which would live outside the proposed zone if it was implemented. They would still be able to attend the school as they would be placed on an "amended home zone roll".
Mr Stalker said he would like the ministry to organise a community meeting to discuss growth and planning as promised at the school's first community consultation meeting on August 3.
"We're not the only ones who'd like to know that they have a plan for the future education needs of all our children."
