Thursday, 19 March 2026

Constituency questions

Thomastown electorate

Bronwyn HALFPENNY
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Thomastown electorate

 Bronwyn HALFPENNY (Thomastown) (14:46): (1581) My question is to the Minister for Education, and the question I ask is: what are the Department of Education’s plans for consultation with regard to the future of the Pavilion School in Epping? Pavilion School is providing a flexible learning program for young people who have experienced significant disengagement from mainstream schooling. The Pavilion School currently operates as a campus of Charles La Trobe College. However, the Pavilion School has many distinct histories, cultures and educational approaches, having begun in 2007 and now with campuses in Preston and Epping. I have met many parents who are very supportive of the structure and work of Pavilion School. One parent has said:

I honestly believe that if it wasn’t for the Staff and operations of the Pavillion School in Epping that my child would no longer be alive today, that my child would not have ever been looking at a Zoology course at Latrobe university.

A student I met recently also told me that they had not gone to school except for – (Time expired)

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