Please explain: What are your plans for our school? Answers sought over possible merger of Unley and Pasadena high schools

AN investigation into the possible merger of two suburban high schools is over but there is no word on will likely happen: One principal is now hoping to find out.

Pasadena High School Principal Wendy House plans to lodge a request to find out what the merger investigation came up with.

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A STUDY into the proposed merger of Unley and Pasadena high schools has finished, however the State Government is remaining tight-lipped on its findings.

Education Department spokesman Ross Treadwell said the report would be given to the two schools’ principals and governing councils’ representatives during this school term.

“Should the schools wish to proceed further with the voluntary amalgamation a consultation program will be undertaken with the school community,” Mr Treadwell said.

He would not elaborate on the study’s findings.

The Mitcham & Hills Messenger reported in January that Pasadena High could close and merge with Unley High’s Netherby campus in a move to improve student services.

Education Minister Susan Close said at the time parts of Pasadena’s Daws Rd campus could be sold for tens of millions of dollars and the funds used to upgrade Unley High’s Kitchener St grounds.

She said it would be up to the governing councils and parent bodies of each school to vote on whether a merger was the best option.

The schools both expressed interest in a merger in November, as part of the State Government’s voluntary amalgamations program.

Pasadena High School principal Wendy House said she would be lodging a request with the Education Department to find out exactly when she would receive the findings from the study.