❓ Mrs. Marshall asks about the impact of the $1.5 billion capital works program on Rockingham and Safety Bay Senior High Schools. The Minister details the $100 million investment in upgrades and new facilities, emphasizing their importance for student development and future skilled workforce.
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SCHOOLS —
CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM
521. Mrs M. MARSHALL to the Minister for Education:
I refer to the Cook Labor
government's $1.5 billion public education capital works program that
is delivering new and improved facilities
across Western Australia. Can the minister outline to the house how the major
redevelopments of both Rockingham and Safety Bay Senior High Schools
will help all students reach their full potential?
CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM
521. Mrs M. MARSHALL to the Minister for Education:
I refer to the Cook Labor
government's $1.5 billion public education capital works program that
is delivering new and improved facilities
across Western Australia. Can the minister outline to the house how the major
redevelopments of both Rockingham and Safety Bay Senior High Schools
will help all students reach their full potential?
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I thank the member for asking me
her first question in this place and acknowledge her fantastic inaugural speech
last night. The people of Rockingham have selected an incredible candidate to
represent them in this house and I look forward to working with her in matters
of education and other areas to improve the lifestyle and the future of
Rockingham residents.
The member mentioned the $100 million
investment in the Rockingham and Safety Bay Senior High Schools, plus the
Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre. These are major
investments. Rockingham Senior High School was opened in 1971 and Safety Bay
Senior High School in 1978, with the education support centre opened in 1999. Much has changed in the design of
schools since those days. It was very much necessary to upgrade those
facilities at the two high schools and also the ed support centre.
With regard to the $60 million
investment at the Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre, a completely
new education support building will include classrooms and an internal activity
area, a low stimulus room, a therapy room, a sensory room, multipurpose rooms
and toilets, and a new bus drop-off area, courtyards and external areas, which is really important in an education support
centre environment. The senior high school in Rockingham will have a new technology block comprising materials, technology
workshops and a home economics studio, a new sports hall with a fitness
centre, storerooms, change rooms and toilets, a new arts and IT learning area
that will include visual arts, media and music as well as IT labs. The old
sports hall will be converted into a performing arts centre and dance studio
and there will be refurbishment of other parts of the school. That will be a major
investment in Rockingham Senior High School.
Safety Bay Senior High School is in
desperate need of an upgrade. The $40 million will go towards a new arts
learning area, including visual arts media and music, a new sports hall with a fitness
centre, storerooms, change rooms and toilets, and a new administration block
with the former administration block being used for student services. Safety
Bay Senior High School has had a particular focus on improving its student
services, so this will be a great advantage and assistance for it. There will
also be a conversion of the old sports hall into a drama and cheer dance space. The projects for these three
schools—the education support centre has its own principal—will commence construction in 2025 and the completion will be a staged
approach starting in 2028. I look forward to being down there with the member
for Rockingham to open these new facilities. This is all part of the Cook
government's investment in education—a record $6.4 billion
investment in the last budget—which is all part of improving the future
of our schoolchildren to ensure that we have a pipeline of skilled workers for
the future. I look forward to working with the member on improving education.
her first question in this place and acknowledge her fantastic inaugural speech
last night. The people of Rockingham have selected an incredible candidate to
represent them in this house and I look forward to working with her in matters
of education and other areas to improve the lifestyle and the future of
Rockingham residents.
The member mentioned the $100 million
investment in the Rockingham and Safety Bay Senior High Schools, plus the
Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre. These are major
investments. Rockingham Senior High School was opened in 1971 and Safety Bay
Senior High School in 1978, with the education support centre opened in 1999. Much has changed in the design of
schools since those days. It was very much necessary to upgrade those
facilities at the two high schools and also the ed support centre.
With regard to the $60 million
investment at the Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre, a completely
new education support building will include classrooms and an internal activity
area, a low stimulus room, a therapy room, a sensory room, multipurpose rooms
and toilets, and a new bus drop-off area, courtyards and external areas, which is really important in an education support
centre environment. The senior high school in Rockingham will have a new technology block comprising materials, technology
workshops and a home economics studio, a new sports hall with a fitness
centre, storerooms, change rooms and toilets, a new arts and IT learning area
that will include visual arts, media and music as well as IT labs. The old
sports hall will be converted into a performing arts centre and dance studio
and there will be refurbishment of other parts of the school. That will be a major
investment in Rockingham Senior High School.
Safety Bay Senior High School is in
desperate need of an upgrade. The $40 million will go towards a new arts
learning area, including visual arts media and music, a new sports hall with a fitness
centre, storerooms, change rooms and toilets, and a new administration block
with the former administration block being used for student services. Safety
Bay Senior High School has had a particular focus on improving its student
services, so this will be a great advantage and assistance for it. There will
also be a conversion of the old sports hall into a drama and cheer dance space. The projects for these three
schools—the education support centre has its own principal—will commence construction in 2025 and the completion will be a staged
approach starting in 2028. I look forward to being down there with the member
for Rockingham to open these new facilities. This is all part of the Cook
government's investment in education—a record $6.4 billion
investment in the last budget—which is all part of improving the future
of our schoolchildren to ensure that we have a pipeline of skilled workers for
the future. I look forward to working with the member on improving education.
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