Truganina North education precinct
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (19:19): (150) My adjournment is for the Minister for Education, and the action I seek is that the minister update me on the works currently underway at the Truganina North education precinct. As the minister knows, this site is one that is held very dearly by the Truganina community. It is situated in the Elements estate. During the previous term the community banded together to prevent this 9.6-hectare site from being turned into a major housing estate after the Catholic Education Office of Victoria walked away from building a school at the site. Thanks to our government, the Andrews Labor government, this site will be home to a brand new school. In fact it is going to be two schools: Truganina North primary school and the junior campus for the Truganina North secondary school. And of course adjoining the primary school location is an onsite kindergarten. What this means is that families living in Trug North will be able to make a single stop when it comes to the morning drop-offs and the afternoon pick-ups. And what is the silver lining of this, you may ask. By splitting the Trug North secondary school into two campuses, we are providing more capacity for school students in Truganina – in fact overdelivering when it comes to schools in this suburb. The benefits of this site are immense, which is why I know residents would greatly welcome an update from the minister on how these works are progressing.