Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Beaumaris Secondary College

Mr ERDOGAN (Southern Metropolitan) (09:57): Last Friday I had the honour of attending the official opening of stage 2 of Beaumaris Secondary College. I was joined by my colleague in this place Ms Nina Taylor along with the Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, Mr Richardson, and the member for Sandringham. It was a fantastic event, and it was great to hear about the school’s journey from community campaign through to the election of our government and us delivering a brand-new school in the region. It was fantastic to hear all the community activists talk about their contributions and how they felt they were up against it but how a strong community campaign with involvement from local councillors, community activists and local sporting clubs, all participating together and working with the local MPs, delivered a fantastic school.

The school is immensely popular, and with our upgrades to the STEM and food learning spaces at the building the capacity has increased to 1100. Next year they will have their first year 12 cohort, so they are up to year 11 at the moment. It is an extremely successful school. I felt it was important to share that, because obviously I am very proud of our government’s contribution to state education. We have opened over 100 schools, and Beaumaris Secondary College is one of the best I have seen. I want to thank the school principal, Debby Chaves, and the school council president, Steve Pearce, for all their advocacy and work as well on behalf of the community. Thank you.