Thursday, 19 March 2020
Members statements
Strathmore Secondary College
Strathmore Secondary College
On Monday I was excited to join the Minister for Education on a visit to Strathmore Secondary College. Along with Principal Jill English and year 9 and 10 student leaders, the minister and I toured the stage 1 building works that are nearing completion.
This is a school with a large school population and a constrained site geographically. The school community desperately needed new facilities that catered to enrolment demands and that made innovative use of the limited space available. The beautiful new building does exactly that. The new building includes general purpose classrooms as well as specialist facilities in science, chemistry and food technology, and they look amazing.
The Andrews Labor government is building the Education State, and our local students are great beneficiaries. We are ensuring that local students have access to the best teaching and learning opportunities so that they will achieve their full potential. I was thrilled to share the excitement of a sneak peek at these near-complete facilities with local students, yet I am even more excited that soon I will join the minister and school community for the official opening of the new building. Congratulations to all involved in the project—we are nearly done with stage 1!