Townsville floods: students without classrooms as schools assess damage

Schools around the region are slowly returning to operation as teachers and staff continue to survey the damage.

Schools around the region are slowly returning to operation as teachers and staff continue to survey the damage.

A number of schools have suffered varying degrees of damage, including flooded classrooms, hazardous debris and septic tank issues.

The Department of Education could not confirm which state schools had suffered significant damage at this stage, however a number of both primary and high schools will remain closed on Thursday.

SCHOOLS CLOSED THURSDAY 7/2/19:

Aitkenvale State School

Annandale Christian College

Annandale State School

Belgian Gardens State School

Bluewater State School

Bohlevale State School

The Cathedral School

Townsville Community Learning Centre

Cranbrook State School

Currajong State School

Heatley Secondary College

Heatley State School

Hermit Park State School

Kelso State School

Kirwan State High School

Kirwan State School

Magnetic Island State School

Mundingburra State School

Northern Beaches State High School

Oonoonba State School

Pimlico State High School

Railway Estate State School

Rasmussen State School

Rollingstone State School

Thuringowa State High School

Townsville State High School

Vincent State School

Weir State School

William Ross State High School

The Willows State School

Woodstock State School

Wulguru State School

Parents may also have been notified via email or text message of their school closing. Check closures.det.qld.gov.au for updated notifications about your school.

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Weir State School posted a statement to social media on Wednesday confirming that the school had been deemed unsafe after suffering damage to classrooms and other learning areas.

Kirwan State High School principal Meredith Wenta also confirmed the school, like many others, would remain closed both Thursday and Friday as a result of the flooding.

“I would like to extend my appreciation to our community for their patience at this difficult time,” she said.

All Townsville Catholic Education schools have reopened except for St Margaret Mary’s College, which sustained severe damage to at least 14 classrooms.

St Margaret Mary’s Year 7, 11 and 12 students will recommence on Thursday, with other year levels to be advised.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Minister for Education and the Director General were investigating alternate locations for Townsville students to attend school if their campuses were among those badly damaged.

“There will be intensive assessments that will be done over the coming days,” she said.

“There has been some significant damage at some of those schools so this is a huge task ahead of us.”

North Queensland’s TAFE campuses will remain closed on Thursday at Aitkenvale, Pimlico and the Townsville Trade Training Centre.

The Palm Island campus will remain closed on Friday, with further updates to be provided in coming days.

“The safety of our staff and students is TAFE Queensland’s highest priority and we will continue to monitor the situation and provide further updates via www.tafeqld.edu.au,” TAFE’s statement read.

Originally published as Townsville floods: students without classrooms as schools assess damage