EXMOUTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
655. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to Exmouth District High
School.
(1) How many high school students
are projected to attend the high school in —
(a) 2023;
(b) 2024; and
(c) 2025?
(2) Has the minister considered
relocating Exmouth District High School?
(3) Does the
department plan on investing in Exmouth District High School; and, if yes, what
are the next stages of work anticipated?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. It is a brave person who would suggest relocating
a school. That is my learnt experience, but good luck to the member!
(1) (a) It is 465.
(b) It is 466.
(c) It is 466.
(2) No.
(3) Since 2019–20, the McGowan government has
allocated an investment of more than $1.45 million in infrastructure at Exmouth
District High School for solar panels, playground equipment, maintenance and
minor structural upgrades, as well as upgrades to the primary and secondary
science laboratories and the IT laboratory to be delivered in 2023–24.
The government will provide an additional $100 000 annually to Exmouth District
High School from 1 January 2022 to strengthen the breadth of secondary
provision. This is part of a targeted funding initiative for district high
schools agreed in recent negotiations with the State School Teachers'
Union of WA for the School Education Act Employees' (Teachers and
Administrators) General Agreement 2021.
Honourable member, I am going to
check that the 1 January 2022 date is correct. If it is not, I will stand at
the end of question time and make a correction.