Labor to spend $7.4b building on upgrading 204 schools
Both major parties are promising massive spends on schools during this state election with Labor revealing the final plank of the education package they are taking to the state election unveiling a plan to build or upgrade 204 schools. See if your school is getting an upgrade.
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Labor has revealed the final plank of the education package they are taking to the state election unveiling a plan to build or upgrade 204 schools.
The $7.4 billion plan will be rolled out at schools across the state and is on top of their pledge to replace 1000 demountables and provide airconditioning in every school.
The suburbs where new schools will be built include Medowie, Pottsville, and Westmead.
West Ryde’s Marsden High is to be saved from demolition and given a multi-million facelift.
The locations of the other new schools will be announced in the next fortnight before polling day on March 23.
Labor leader Michael Daley said the funding was the biggest investment in the history of NSW schools.
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“It’ll be a first order of business for a Labor government,” he said.
The announcement was made in Prestons, in the Liberal-held electorate of Holsworthy, at Dalmeny Public School which has 20 demountables.
“Labor will make sure school infrastructure keeps up with the booming school- aged population,” Mr Daley said.
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The opposition leader argued the ALP could afford the record investment because it wouldn’t proceed with the coalition’s “$2.2 billion Sydney stadiums splurge”.
Mr Daley said there were almost 5000 demountable classrooms in NSW schools and the government recently purchased 520 more rather than investing in bricks and mortar.
During Labor’s official campaign launch on Sunday, he also promised to fully fund public schools to the tune of $2.7 billion, to deliver 100 per cent of the standard level of funding for every student by the end of the Gonski agreement in 2027.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on the weekend promised almost $1 billion in school funding at the Liberal Party’s campaign launch.
NEW SCHOOLS & UPGRADES PROMISED BY LABOR & LIBERAL
Click here for a full list of schools already slated for upgrades or construction.
New Schools
1. New primary school — Epping
2. New primary school — Glenmore Park
3. New primary school — South Nowra/Worrigee
4. New primary school — Tallawong Precinct
5. New high school — Bungendore
6. New high school — Jerrabomberra
7. New high school — Marsden Park
8. Relocation of Budawang School for Specific Purposes
Major Upgrades
1. Bangalow Public School
2. Bexhill Public School
3. Bletchington Public School
4. Brooke Avenue Public School
5. Castle Hill Public School
6. Cranebrook High School
7. Cronulla High School
8. Eastwood Public School
9. Engadine High School
10. Epping West Public School
11. Glenmore Park High School
12. Glenwood High School
13. Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus
14. Hunter River High School
15. Irrawang High School
16. Jamison High School
17. Jannali East Public School
18. Jindabyne Central School
19. John Palmer Public School
20. Matthew Pearce Public School
21. Millthorpe Public School
22. Milperra Public School
23. Mona Vale Public School
24. Mosman High School
25. Muswellbrook South Public School
26. Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
27. North Sydney Demonstration School
28. Orange Grove Public School
29. Queanbeyan West Public School
30. Stanwell Park Public School
31. Teven-Tintenbar Public School
Labor is also promising a further 15 new and 19 upgraded schools, including:
● New primary and high school in Maitland
● New high school in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
● New high school in Pottsville
● Renovate Marsden in West Ryde
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