Northern Victoria Region
Ms LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:24): (1789) My question is for the Minister for Education. The minister, ably assisted by the independent member for Shepparton, has continuously patted himself on the back for closing four state secondary schools in Shepparton and Mooroopna and creating the single-campus Greater Shepparton Secondary College, which has been plagued with problems from day one. The latest challenge involves access to toilets. The school is divided into nine houses of up to 300 students, each spread across three neighbourhoods, with a total of 108 toilets throughout the school for student use. Students have informed me that earlier this year the school closed the 27 disabled toilets, as students were using this space to wag class. To make matters worse, students now report that the school has closed another 54 toilets due to damage caused by students. This leaves just 27 operational toilets to cater for an enrolment of 2200 students. That averages over 81 students per toilet. What is the minister doing to ensure there are adequate toilet facilities, especially for disabled students, at the new Greater Shepparton Secondary College?