Evelyn electorate
Ms VALLENCE (Evelyn) (11:46): (2312) My constituency question is also to the Minister for Education, on behalf of the Seville Primary School community. Seville Primary School sadly has no suitable outdoor undercover area to allow children to be outside on very hot days or rainy days or for a whole-of-school assembly, and the current court surface has safety concerns. The bright students, their families and the teaching staff would like to know when the government will allocate sufficient funding—around $150 000 is needed—to install overhead court covers and resurface the existing court. In 2019 Seville Primary School’s council submitted an application for court covers to the education department only for it to be denied a few months ago despite the department confirming they successfully met all the criteria. It is imperative for the health and wellbeing of these students to be able to play outdoors. Minister, why was the school’s application denied, and will you allocate funds in the upcoming state budget?