Thursday, 1 September 2022

Essendon electorate schools

Mr PEARSON (Essendon—Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Regulatory Reform, Minister for Government Services, Minister for Housing) (09:37): I was delighted to go to Flemington Primary School recently and inspect the new playground that is being built by the Andrews Labor government. A bit shout-out to Siraj, Alexa, Felix, Frankie and Alessio for showing me around with principal Amanda Williams. It is just such a great school.

I was pleased to head over to Ascot Vale West Primary School, where I was shown around the new building sites. A big-shout out to Elsie Phillips and Isaac West, who are the school captains, as well as Quincy Crow and Arissa Berryman, who are the SRC presidents. Ascot Vale West Primary School is a fantastic local school, and we are making sure that it has got the capacity to continue to provide a great learning environment for the students.

I then went over to Mount Alexander College. I am so pleased and proud of the developments that are happening at this great school. A big-shout to Jerry Ng, Inas Adil, Rea Tinoy, Brynn Valentine, Luke Vella, Amelia Kenny, Blue Shaw, Lachlan Janetzki, Nabiha Mohamed, as well as Danni Angelico, the principal, for showing me around. This school is going to transform my community. I spoke with the architect to scope out lifting the horizon of students so they can gaze over the Melbourne city skyline and think about the future and their aspirations and see themselves in the future in Melbourne. This building and this investment are going to completely transform my community, and I want to thank the member for Monbulk, who throughout his tenure as the Minister for Education was a passionate supporter of this great school and this great school community.