Footscray electorate primary schools
Ms HALL (Footscray) (12:33): In the Andrews Labor government we are passionate about high-quality public education. State schools are great schools, and in Footscray, brick by brick, they are being transformed and modernised. Last week I visited Footscray North Primary School to join with student leaders to open their incredible new facilities. Footscray North has had a $16.13 million upgrade that includes new classrooms and library spaces, a Spanish classroom, a competition-grade gym as well as new gardens and playgrounds throughout the school. It was a huge celebration for Footscray North in their 99th year, topped off with a beautiful performance of Wominjeka by the students participating in the State Schools Spectacular. To the student leaders who showed me around, thank you. To Kay Willmott and the teachers at Footscray North, thank you for your passion and your commitment to the children of Maidstone and Footscray North.
And just down the road at Footscray Primary School construction has started on their $20 million upgrade. It was such a joy to join Footscray Primary School and students as we got started on that transformative project. And in a month our littlest learners in Footscray will be attending long day care, kinder and three-year-old kinder funded by the Andrews Labor government in the new Billy Button Early Learning centre in the heart of the $123 million Footscray learning precinct. This beautiful centre is adjacent to Footscray City Primary School, also about to get a $13.4 million upgrade.