New Gold Coast all boys school Men of Business Academy to open February 2020

A new private boys school is coming to the Gold Coast — but its urban, open-plan set up is unlike anything the region has seen.

A NEW private boys school is coming to the Gold Coast, but its urban, open-plan set up is unlike anything the region has seen.

A long-term project of the Men of Business (MOB) charity and founder Marco Renai, the senior school in Southport will offer short programs for boys at risk.

The independent special assistance school, to be called MOB Academy, is scheduled to open in February next year.

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CEO Marco Renai pictured at the site for his school for Boys at 73 Nerang St, Southport. Pic Mike Batterham

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The school will mentor 90 boys aged 15-17 who have become disengaged from the school system.

“I want to challenge the education system, see if we can create new models to get kids to stay in schools,” Mr Renai said.

“If rates of expulsions continue to rise we need to look at what we are doing.

“If, as a businessman, my customers were leaving I would have to write a new business model.

“There are plenty of students out there not engaging with the schooling system and I believe it has to change.”

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Inside the Mob Academy, an all new Gold Coast school for boys.

The charity began raising money last year for the school. It will focus on physical health, and teach students how to cook and other life skills.

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“We are polishing them up in all areas they mightn’t have at home,” Mr Renai said. “A lot of the students that came to us have no male role model.

“The Southport School is out of reach for some students who need an all-male approach to education.

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Concept designs of inside the Mob Academy.

“This school will be specifically tailored to young male needs, looking at disengagement, suicide and drug abuse rating too high on other things, respecting women — all of those basic skills.”

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The school project is also supported by MOB board member Jason Sessargo, the principal and CEO of Arcadia College.

The school is seeking corporate partnerships to sponsor young men going though the academy.

Concept designs of the Mob Academy