Families across Munno Para and Angle Vale are the big winners in the State Budget with the announcement of a new birth to year 12 school to be constructed in the Munno Para area.
The new school announced for the north will accommodate 1400 students, 100 special-school students and a 55-place children’s centre.
Local Member of Parliament, Tony Piccolo welcomed the news stating that he had written to the Education and Child Development Minister seeking the construction of an additional school in Adelaide’s north last year.
“In my discussions with local principals and parents it has become clear to me that an additional school in the Munno Para area is needed,” Mr Piccolo said.
“Rapid growth in the City of Playford has seen Mark Oliphant College reach its capacity much earlier than expected.”
“The new school will alleviate pressure on other northern schools like Munno Para PriMary School, Adelaide North Special School and Gawler & District College.”
“Currently many children, who would otherwise have enrolled at MOC, are required to attend at schools such as Munno Para PriMary School and Gawler & District College,” he said.
The school will be built using a public, private partnership process, like MOC, with the school being financed, designed, constructed and maintained by the private sector. This will allow the new principals and staff to focus on teaching, learning and care outcomes.
The Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said the new school will be a centre of educational excellence with state-of-the-art facilities to ensure that children can learn in the best possible environment.
“The school will also generate jobs for local businesses and trades people, and help stimulate the State’s economy,” he said.
The Education and Child Development Minister Susan Close stated it was more important than ever before that we invest in our schools to prepare children to be successful in a very different world to the one their grandparents grew up in.
“This thinking is at the heart of the State Government’s direction for education and child development in South Australia,” Ms Close said.
“It has been an exciting year for public education in South Australia. The benefits of the State Government’s $250 million STEM investment have been absolutely huge,” she said.