❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Education Minister about funding cuts to Wyndham DHS, the cost of a bus service for a single student, and disengaged students. The Minister acknowledges the issue and plans to visit the school.
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wyndham district high school — year 11 and 12 COURSES
I refer to the minister’s decision to remove the allowance that Wyndham District High School previously got for year 11 and 12 students and the $170 000 per annum bus contract that the government has to provide a return service from Wyndham to Kununurra each day. (1) Has the minister been made aware that of the two students who were utilising the bus a couple of months ago, just one student now catches that $170 000 per annum service because the other student has dropped out? (2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE
I refer to the minister’s decision to remove the allowance that Wyndham District High School previously got for year 11 and 12 students and the $170 000 per annum bus contract that the government has to provide a return service from Wyndham to Kununurra each day. (1) Has the minister been made aware that of the two students who were utilising the bus a couple of months ago, just one student now catches that $170 000 per annum service because the other student has dropped out? (2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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(1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(1) Has the minister been made aware that of the two students who were utilising the bus a couple of months ago, just one student now catches that $170 000 per annum service because the other student has dropped out? (2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(1) Has the minister been made aware that of the two students who were utilising the bus a couple of months ago, just one student now catches that $170 000 per annum service because the other student has dropped out? (2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(2) Why would it not make sense to reinstate the year 11 and 12 funding rather than continue with this bus service for one student? (3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(3) Given that there are now five or six students who should be in years 11 and 12 who are not engaged with educational training in Wyndham, why will the minister not ensure that something occurs rather than waste money on a bus service and continue to ignore the plight of children who are dropping out of school? (4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(4) What consideration, if any at all, has the minister specifically given to the situation at Wyndham District High School? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
(1)–(4) I thank the member for Midland for her question. I am aware that one of the students is no longer travelling on that bus. The options for Wyndham District High School are, of course, the same as other high schools. The Wyndham students have the choice of either travelling on the bus to Kununurra District High School, where there are a wider range of options for those students, or staying at Wyndham. If students there are not engaged, and the member referred to five or six students who are not engaged, the option is for them to be at Wyndham. That has absolutely nothing to do with the extra student allocation that is no longer in place at Wyndham. Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : There were 10 students on the bus last year, then three, then two and now one. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I have plans to go to Wyndham during the winter break to visit that school and I will see firsthand the issues — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : The member for Midland has asked a question that members would like to hear the answer to. Continual interjecting is not helping the member for Midland hear the answer. I would like to hear the answer. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I was saying that I will be able to see firsthand the issues that are important in Wyndham, including the issues around early childhood education, which I am going there specifically to see. I will also be able to see firsthand those issues relating to years 11 and 12. It is still within the reach of all years 11 and 12 students to remain and be enrolled at Wyndham District High School. The choices are there. The students can either travel on the bus or remain at the school. The amount of money involved in that allocation was extremely small and it would not make any difference. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Therefore, irrelevant. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Those children would be funded — The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you formally for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Once again, I will be there — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Even the Premier wants you to sit down. The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
The SPEAKER : I know that you want to stay in here, member for Victoria Park. I want you to stay in here and I will formally call you for the second time.
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