Victorian Schools Plan Continues

Under the second tranche of the Victorian Schools Plan $592 million has been allocated to build new schools and provide better school facilities across Victoria.

The Victorian Schools Plan is the Government’s 10-year plan to transform Victorian schools by funding the rebuilding, renovating or extension of all schools by 2016.

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Initiatives included in the 2008–09 State Budget include:

Major Improvements to 25 Schools

Upgrades, renovations or extensions will be funded at 25 schools, including the upgrade and rebuild of science rooms and tech wings:

Bacchus Marsh Primary School	Carrum Primary School
Chaffey Secondary College (Mildura)	Colac South West Primary School
Daylesford Secondary College	Doncaster Secondary College
Dromana Secondary College	Elisabeth Murdoch College (Langwarrin)
Eltham Primary School	Glen Waverley Secondary College
Hartwell Primary School	Koroit and District Primary School
Lara Secondary College	Maffra Primary School
McKinnon Secondary College	Mount Evelyn Primary School
Nar Nar Goon Primary School	Pascoe Vale North Primary School
Port Melbourne Primary School	Princes Hill Primary School
Reservoir West Primary School	Surrey Hills Primary School
Wangaratta West Primary School	Wellington Secondary College (Mulgrave)
Wodonga Primary School

 

Better Schools Today

Up to 70 additional schools requiring smaller modernisations and upgrades, costing between $300,000 and $500,000, will be identified for future works under the Better Schools Today program.

Four New Schools in Growth Areas

$29 million will fund the second and third stages of new schools being built in Melbourne’s outer growth areas. They are:

• Caroline Springs College, Springside Campus (Stage 2)
• Craigieburn North P–12 (Stage 2)
• Wallan Secondary College (Stage 3)
• Wyndham Vale P– 9/Specialist (Manor Lakes)

 

Three Replacement Schools

Another $19 million has been allocated for three replacement school projects:

• Anglesea Primary School
• Bass Coast Specialist School
• Wodonga South Primary School

 

Securing the Future of Nine Small Rural Schools

$18 million has been allocated this year to replace relocatable facilities at the following nine schools with new, permanent buildings:

Alberton Primary School	Buln Buln Primary School
Darnum Primary School	Eagle Point Primary School
Grahamvale Primary School	Horsham West – Haven Primary School (Haven campus)
Woady Yaloak (Snake Valley Campus) Primary School	Newham Primary School
Upper Plenty Primary School

 

25 Schools to Benefit from Regeneration

$101.1 million has been allocated to fund the regeneration of schools in selected local communities which have developed plans for new curriculum and facilities to transform education options for Victorian students. This year 25 school communities will benefit from brand new facilities through major regeneration projects:

• Altona/Bayside Regeneration – Altona North Campus of Bayside
  Secondary College, Altona Gate Primary School, Altona West Primary School, Altona Secondary College;
• Bendigo Education Plan – Kangaroo Flat Secondary College,
  Flora Hill Secondary College, Golden Square Secondary College, Eaglehawk Secondary College, Weeroona College;
• Broadmeadows Regeneration – Broadmeadows Secondary College, Broadmeadows Primary School, Meadowfair North Primary School,
  Jacana Primary School, Broadmeadows West Primary School,
  Westmeadows Heights Primary School, Erinbank Secondary College,
  and Hillcrest Secondary College;
• Dandenong Regeneration – Dandenong High School, Cleeland
  Secondary College, and Doveton Secondary College;
• Sunshine East Regeneration – Sunshine East Primary School,
  Braybrook Primary School, and Sunvale Primary School;
• Colac Regeneration – Colac High School and Colac College.

John Monash Science School

$20 million has been allocated over two years to build a specialist science school based at the Clayton campus of Monash University. The school will be situated adjacent to the Science Technology Research Innovation precinct, at the centre of Victoria’s science and technology hub. Approximately 600 students will be enrolled in Years 10 to 12. Enrolment will be based on students’ capabilities in science, with interviews conducted in the six months prior to the opening of the school at the beginning of 2010.

New Selective Entry Schools

$19 million has been allocated to build the first stage of Victoria’s two new selective entry schools. One school will be built on the Monash University Berwick campus in Melbourne’s outer south-east while the other will be built in Wyndham Vale in the outer western growth corridor. Each school will take an initial Year 9 enrolment of 200 students at the start of the 2010 school year. The Brumby Government will invest a total of $20 million to build each selective entry school.

11 New Schools under the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Model

$171.2 million has been allocated to build the following new schools in metropolitan local government growth areas. The Partnerships Victoria in Schools Model will see the schools built and maintained through public–private partnership arrangements.

Point Cook North P–9	Cranbourne North East Primary School
Taylors Hill Primary School	Kororoit Creek Primary School
Derrimut Primary School	Mernda Central Primary School
Cranbourne East P–12	Truganina South P–9
Craigieburn West Primary School	Lyndhurst Primary School
Casey Central Secondary College

 

Relocatable Classroom Renewal

$26 million will be allocated to the first tranche of the renewal program, to build more than 200 environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient relocatable classrooms.

Relocatable classrooms allow Victoria’s public school system to be more flexible, providing schools with the ability to manage fluctuations in student numbers from year to year, during capital works programs and in emergency situations such as fires, storms or floods.

$30 Million to Purchase Land

This funding will enable new and replacement schools to be built across Victoria in the future.

More Information

Victorian Budget 2008-2009

Victorian State Budget website - (http://www.budget.vic.gov.au)