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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 95
Government Schools - Planning
MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 12 May 1992:
(1) Is it a fact that primary schools catering for 700+ students are planned for the ACT.
(2) If so, in what suburbs will these schools be built and how many students are each proposed to accommodate.
(3) What is the rationale for building these larger primary schools and how much larger will be their catchment area than that of existing suburban primary schools.
(4) Is it intended that new high schools and colleges be correspondingly larger and if so; how many students is it proposed each will accommodate.
(5) What is the current optimum size of ACT (a) primary; (b) high school and (c) colleges.
MR WOOD - the answer to Mr Cornwells Question is:
(I) Primary schools catering for a peak enrolment of up to 750 students are being planned for new urban areas in the ACT.
(2) Gordon Primary School, which is currently being built, is planned to have a peak enrolment of 750 students. The primary school in Conder, where construction is expected to commence in 1993, is also planned to have a peak enrolment of 750 students. The long term enrolment level of both schools is expected to be approximately 330 students.
(3) The emphasis of current school planning in the ACT is on more efficient provision of facilities and minimizing the impact of long term enrolment decline. This is essentially being pursued by firstly, enlarging school catchment areas, resulting in higher peak enrolment levels and secondly by the construction of schools which can later be converted to alternative uses, such as Bonython. Hence in the long term, when enrolments decline and with some changes to priority enrolment areas, schools will be of a larger size than currently is the case.
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