Tuesday, 20 June 2023

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:57): (240) My question is to the Minister for Education. Could the minister detail funding allocated in the recent state budget to the Sacred Heart Parish School in Sandringham in Southern Metropolitan and how it will support them to upgrade and modernise their facilities? I visited Sacred Heart on Fernhill Road a couple of weeks ago for a tour and spoke at length with the principal Simon Collis about the plans they have to upgrade the classrooms in their school in the next few years. It is a great school; it is a growing school. The funding allocated in the recent state budget will enable them to start work on their plans for much-needed upgrades to the carpet, worn down by the generations of kids running around. I also had a really great chat to the principal about the work that the school does to support the community of Remexio in the Aileu province of Timor-Leste, a great connection between that school and our nearest neighbour. As a friend of Timor-Leste I am very pleased to see these sorts of partnerships continuing. I look forward to working with the school and the school community on these upgrades in the coming years.