Tarneit schools funding
Dylan WIGHT (Tarneit) (12:52): Last week it was a pleasure to be joined by the Premier in visiting one of the fantastic schools in my electorate of Tarneit. Tarneit Rise Primary School is one of the biggest in the state, and to put that into context, in 2018 this school opened with just over 200 students and today it is there with over 1700 students and just over 200 staff. It is impressive to see such a large and thriving educational community in action, and I would like to thank principal Nadia Bettio for hosting us. This school, along with many others, is a testament to this government’s unwavering commitment to providing quality education to all students across Victoria, investing over $12.8 billion to build new schools and modernise existing facilities across Victoria in the last eight years. This includes more than $134 million in my electorate of Tarneit, just for schools, since 2014. This includes $13 million to open Tarneit Rise Primary School in 2018, with a further $1.6 million in upgrades and additions since opening; and over $36 million to deliver Warringa Park School to upgrade and deliver a new specialist campus for primary age students with intellectual disabilities. We have also opened two new schools this year, Karwan Primary School and Nearnung Primary School.