Minister for Education Martin Dixon announced today, Monday 5 May 2014, $3.5 million in capital funding to expand Coburg Senior High School into a full 7-12 secondary school. Here is the Premier's press release with all the details.
"This is a welcome announcement for the community, that will provide high quality facilities to current and future students and the Coburg community," Mr Dixon said. Craig Ondarchie MLC also welcomed the announcement, and thanked the community for their commitment to local education.
Six years after beginning to push for this, and following on from Minister Dixon's 2012 decision, we now know it is really happening!
High School for Coburg would like to thank Minister Dixon for listening to our community and recognising the case for a school. We thank him for taking politics out of the equation, and for making the right decision and following through on it. Minister Dixon also did the right thing in listening to us when we explained why our families really needed to know before budget day whether the funding was secure.
The funding announcement has been covered in the following media:
- Herald Sun - Leader North - 02/05/14 - Coburg Senior High School principal Don Collins confirms State Budget junior campus cash
- Herald Sun - Leader North - 05/05/14 - A breakdown of State Budget announcements and wish lists for Melbourne’s northern suburbs
- The Age - 05/05/2014 - Junior students added to Coburg senior school after community campaign
And when the funding was announced, the most common response from parents was - phew!!!
Parents and students can now tour the school and place it as number one on the transition form safe in the knowledge that Coburg Junior High is a fully funded option for 2015.
HSC would also like to give a heartfelt thanks to our community including: working group members, champions at individual primary schools, principals and school councils who wrote letters of support, families who showed their support in many different ways, Moreland City Council who were represented at most of our important meetings over the years, and businesses that wrote in support and/or pledged to our HSC Civic Fund. This result would not have happened if you hadn't been there to help us show the need and support for a 7-12 school in Coburg!
Along with the huge numbers of other families that have visited the school, and the 90 students who had already pre-enrolled before the funding announcement, we are excited about what will be on offer at Coburg Junior High and look forward to seeing the extended and refurbished buildings in 2015.
To hear about what is going on with the new Coburg Junior High
High School for Coburg
High School for Coburg Facebook
Coburg Junior High
Coburg Junior High Facebook
Parents and students can now tour the school and place it as number one on the transition form safe in the knowledge that Coburg Junior High is a fully funded option for 2015.
HSC would also like to give a heartfelt thanks to our community including: working group members, champions at individual primary schools, principals and school councils who wrote letters of support, families who showed their support in many different ways, Moreland City Council who were represented at most of our important meetings over the years, and businesses that wrote in support and/or pledged to our HSC Civic Fund. This result would not have happened if you hadn't been there to help us show the need and support for a 7-12 school in Coburg!
Along with the huge numbers of other families that have visited the school, and the 90 students who had already pre-enrolled before the funding announcement, we are excited about what will be on offer at Coburg Junior High and look forward to seeing the extended and refurbished buildings in 2015.
To hear about what is going on with the new Coburg Junior High
High School for Coburg
High School for Coburg Facebook
Coburg Junior High
Coburg Junior High Facebook
