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Manor Lakes loses school
newsEducation22 Sep 08 @ 01:05pm by JAMES TWINING
THE site of a selective-entry school planned for Wyndham Vale has been moved in a shock decision by the State Government.
The $40 million campus for gifted students has shifted about 10km to the Werribee Technology Precinct on the Princes Highway, pushing its opening date from 2010 to 2011.
Acting Education Minister Jacinta Allen said the move would give students access to high-tech facilities at Victoria University’s Werribee campus, adding to its partnership with Melbourne University.
The school was originally planned for Wyndham Vale’s Manor Lakes estate and Manor Lakes Residents Association vice-president Susan Loew was disappointed to lose the school.
“We wanted to keep it in the sense of all the things it would bring to Manor Lakes,” Ms Loew said.
“It just complements the new school precinct and with it came the idea we would get our much needed roads and transport infrastructure fast-tracked.”
Ms Allan said the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development would study the new site before a final decision.
“The good news is that a state-of-the-art selective-entry school will still be built in the City of Wyndham.
“The great news is that we have the opportunity of a stronger partnership arrangement with two universities who want to be part of this exciting project,” she said. “Fortunately, we were approached before any actual building at Wyndham Vale.”
About 800 students will attend the Wyndham campus, opening with 200 year 9 students. The move will allow Wyndham Vale’s new P-9 school to be extended to P-12.
Wyndham Mayor Kim McAliney said the new site would give students better access to transport and top-class facilities.
Cr McAliney didn’t feel that Manor Lakes families had been sold short, saying the school remained within close proximity and they would also benefit from the new senior college. The Mayor told the Leader the city had been talking with State Government for “a couple of months” on the matter.
Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis has welcomed the opportunity to be involved in the partnership, while ViU vice-chancellor Elizabeth Harman said the two universities would offer rich learning opportunities. |
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