False Bay High School

False Bay High School was founded by Herman L Janse van Rensburg on 16 January 1999. The school started with six students. The first venue was 4 Loerie Street, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa. By the end of the year there were 26 students in the school. The original name of the school was Helderberg Private School. As there are other schools that use Helderberg in their names the Western Cape Education Department ( [http://wced.wcape.gov.za] ) asked the owners to change the name of the school. Since 2000 the school has been known as False Bay High School.

During January 2000 the school moved to 5 Almeida Street, Strand. The owners of the school bought the new venue. AS the city council did not give permission to use this address as a school the school moved to 79 Andries Pretorius Street in January 2003. This venue was rented.

The school moved to 37 Edison Street in September 2004. Once again the school had to move. The plot had a clause in the title deed against running any business from it. The minister of environmental affairs of the Western Cape was not prepared to give permission to lift this clause.

The school then moved to 27 Van der Merwe Street, Strand in January 2007. The city council approved this venue. The founder of the school and his wife bought this big house from the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Suider-Strand ( [http://suider-strand.co.za] ). The church used this house as a rectory. The founder of the school lived in this rectory for thirteen years as a child. His father was the minister of this church until 1977.

The founder has been the headmaster since January 1999.

External links

* http://falsebayhigh.co.za