Wednesday, 5 March 2025

 Juliana ADDISON (Wendouree) (19:14): (1048) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Education, and the action I seek is for the minister to visit my electorate of Wendouree to officially open the new classrooms and facilities at Mount Rowan Secondary College. Mount Rowan college is an outstanding school in my electorate with a fantastic principal, incredible teachers, amazing support staff and more than 700 wonderful students. Since 2015 our government, the Labor government, has invested more than $21 million at Mount Rowan college, ensuring that the students and staff have the facilities they need and deserve. We have refurbished the performing arts facilities, the cafe, classrooms and the VCE centre. We have also upgraded and modernised the old administration areas, completed landscaping work, including irrigation and external lighting poles, and resurfaced the existing courts.

With increasing enrolments and a growing school, I was delighted that in the 2022 Victorian budget $6.114 million was announced to build new classrooms for specialist subjects of food technology, science and art, as well as a multipurpose room. I had the opportunity to walk through the new building at the end of last year before the students moved in, and it looks amazing. The learning spaces are bright and light, and the food and technology spaces are first class. I wish I had had facilities like this when I was a student, as well as when I was a teacher.

Mount Rowan college is emblematic of our government’s approach to teaching and learning in the Education State. That is why I look forward to welcoming the Minister for Education to Wendouree to visit Mount Rowan college and introducing him to the amazing students and staff.