Local open entry secondary Fail Not one within 3.5km of corner of Bell Street school and Sydney Road Secondary school closures in Fail Fifteen closures / mergers in eighteen years area Secondary school openings Fail One select entry senior high school in area Where do kids go from Fail They have to leave their friends and local twenty two primary schools? community and travel to distant schools Distance travelled to Fail Too far. No opportunities to walk or ride bikes, secondary school greenhouse gas emissions too high. Transition to secondary Fail Students split from friends and local community school and peer groups Community building / social Fail Community is being dismantled capital Meeting changing Fail New demographics are young families with demographic needs children Health benefits Fail No opportunities to walk or ride bikes Job creation / economic Fail No jobs for teachers and/or service industries, benefits no economic benefits to local business
Adequate education Fail Simply not adequate for community needs
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Taskforce to examine issue TBC Committed to at June ALP State Conference