❓ Question regarding the impact of axing senior school allocation on Jurien Bay District High School, particularly concerning the removal of Year 11 and 12 courses and the lack of suitable alternatives for students in a growing area. The Minister defends the decision by highlighting available choices.
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JURIEN BAY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL — REMOVAL OF YEAR 11 AND 12 COURSES
(1) Is the minister yet aware of the terrible impact that her decision to axe the senior school allocation is having on schools like Jurien Bay District High School? (2) Is the minister aware that the state planning strategy recognises Jurien as a population and economic growth area and that the State Planning Commission has approved 900 new lots there? (3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE
(1) Is the minister yet aware of the terrible impact that her decision to axe the senior school allocation is having on schools like Jurien Bay District High School? (2) Is the minister aware that the state planning strategy recognises Jurien as a population and economic growth area and that the State Planning Commission has approved 900 new lots there? (3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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(1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(2) Is the minister aware that the state planning strategy recognises Jurien as a population and economic growth area and that the State Planning Commission has approved 900 new lots there? (3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(2) Is the minister aware that the state planning strategy recognises Jurien as a population and economic growth area and that the State Planning Commission has approved 900 new lots there? (3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(3) Is the minister aware that people have been literally crying at upper house committee hearings into this matter and that a 125 kilometre journey each way from Jurien Bay to Moora is not an acceptable solution? (4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(4) Will the minister immediately review her poorly thought out and devastating decision and reinstate years 11 and 12 funding so that families, especially those with students in year 10 this year, can plan immediately for their future without fear or uncertainty? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
(1)–(4) The member for Midland’s question refers to the removal of the senior school allocation from seven schools this year, which involves a very small amount of money. Those district high schools continue to receive the usual allocation of funding for years 11 and 12 students. What we are saying in our policy is that we would advise young people who particularly wish to follow a tertiary entrance course of study to enrol in a senior high school if at all possible. There is choice here. The choice is that young people can stay in years 11 and 12 in their district high schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It is a growing area. You should make it a senior high school. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : They can stay in the district high schools and engage in vocational education and training courses. Mr Speaker, as you know, in your electorate and in other electorates, this has been very successful. On the other hand, they can enrol in subjects in the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have caused so much distress. Do you understand that? The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will, of course, monitor every one of these schools, and if and when enrolments increase, we will continue to review that policy if the population of Jurien grows rapidly. Those people have a choice. They can travel to their senior high school, just as they always have, or they can stay on at their district high school where they have choices. Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : They don’t want your ongoing muddling review. No-one wants that. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, my history in this place is that I will always give you a supplementary. I know you have a range of questions that you want to ask. You will get that opportunity. Stop interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I believe there has been quite a lot of misinformation about this perpetrated by a number of members opposite. We are not stopping young people from staying at their district high schools. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Are you going to answer my question today? I have asked you whether you are aware of the trauma you are causing. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am aware of the fact that an upper house committee is travelling around the countryside and stirring up issues that actually do not need to be stirred up. Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Several members interjected. Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr M.P. Whitely : A great champion of democracy! The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the member for Bassendean for the first time. All members in this place are interested in the answer. There is only one person to whom I have given the opportunity to answer the question and that is the Minister for Education. Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr F.M. Logan : It sounds like contempt to me. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the first time as well. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is — Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Asking questions you don’t want to answer. The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, this will be the last question for today. I want to hear the answer to it and give the opportunity to the member for Midland to ask a supplementary. Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The bottom line is that families with young people in years 11 and 12 in our district high schools have choices, especially when it is possible to take buses to a larger senior high school at which they are offered a much wider range of opportunities. Alternatively, they can stay at their district high school at which VET courses and the services of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education are available to them. In my view, those families do have choices and they are advised to look at those choices. Where there are very small numbers of children in years 11 and 12, they have the choice. At Jurien they have the same choices as other district high schools. In fact, they are lucky that they have the bus service to give them the extra choice to either remain in their own town or be bussed to school.
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