Yuroke electorate schools
Ms SPENCE (Yuroke—Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Minister for Community Sport, Minister for Youth) (09:43): Recently I had the pleasure of touring the construction sites of two new schools in our community, Mount Ridley Special School and Merrifield West Secondary. It was great to see construction works progressing well, and when these two schools welcome their first students for term 1, 2023, they will be the eighth and ninth new government schools to open in our community over this term of the Andrews Labor government. I would also like to acknowledge two fantastic inaugural principals. Leanne Sinnadurai has been a committed educator within specialist school settings for over 20 years. She is doing a fantastic job ensuring the first specialist school in our community develops a great culture right from the start. An experienced international educator, Lian Davies is bringing her experience in individualised learning and tertiary education pathways to the first and much-anticipated secondary school in Mickleham. I welcome both of those inaugural principals.