Member for Northern Victoria Region, Candy Broad has called on the Baillieu Government to honour the previous Labor Government's decision to build a new P-12 College in Ouyen.
In Parliament yesterday, Ms Broad said that she had recently visited the Ouyen P-12 College and was disheartened to hear how let down the school is by the decision of the Baillieu Government not to commit funding for Stage 2 of the school building program and restructure.
Ms Broad said that while the buildings for the Year 9-12 students and staff are powering ahead as a result of funding decisions by the former Labor Government, Year P-8 students are stuck at the former Primary School campus in buildings that are literally being eaten away by white ants, and the school is facing the prospect of spending scarce funds on patching over white ants.
“The Ouyen school community has acted with great community spirit to give up a $2 million grant from the Australian Government on the strength of decisions and undertakings of the former Victorian Government to build a new P-12 school that would provide students with an even better education and staff with modern facilities to deliver the new national curriculum in,” she said.
“Members of the Ouyen P-12 school community do not deserve to be told by the Baillieu Government's Minister for Education, Mr Dixon that because they did not rate a mention in the election promises of the Liberal Party and The Nationals they are not a priority.”