Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Ms SHEED (Shepparton) (10:10): Education has undertaken a transformational change in Shepparton, so it is incredibly disappointing to stand up and have to say that there are members in this place and in the other place who do nothing but criticise the Greater Shepparton Secondary College. Do they not think that young people in this school want to be proud of their school, want to value their school, want to be able to say, ‘I go to Greater Shepparton Secondary College’, want to grow up one day and say, ‘That’s the school I went to’ and know that they have achieved something? It is incredibly disappointing. I would have thought that members in this place would know better and would think about the needs of young people before they get up and publicly criticise the educational institution that over 2000 young people in my community go to. But education has always been on my agenda, and there is always more to be done. I was very pleased just this week to chair a meeting of a diverse group of people in the community who are very interested in lobbying the government, working with those who are stakeholders to look at ways to engage young people at the school who are challenged, whether by being—well, we call them diverse learners, a huge range of young people.