high school for coburg civic fund to raise pledges to help new secondary school
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8/7/2019 High School for Coburg Civic Fund to raise pledges to help new secondary school
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For Immediate Release January 2011
High School for Coburg Civic Fundlaunched
Drawing on the very high level of community support for the re-establishment of astate secondary school in the Coburg area, High School for Coburg (HSC) haslaunched a Civic Fund to raise funds for a new school on the 50th anniversary of the Civic Fund set up in 1961 to build the Coburg Olympic Pool
To date $18,500 has been pledged which will potentially be matched by the newBusiness Working with Education Foundation to make $36,000 available to a newschool.
Based on the very successful Civic Fund set up to build the Coburg Olympic Pool,pledges to the HSC Civic Fund will provide additional opportunities for a newschool to develop and deliver programs that are outside core educationalactivities through the Business Working with Education Foundation.
“Our Civic Fund is designed to materially support a new school for the community.It will also help raise the profile of the new school before it is established and helpthe new school be successful from day one,” said Cate Hall, co-founder of the HSCgroup.
Mr John Macneil (now 83 and living in Bendigo) attended Coburg High School from1939-43 and when he read about the HSC campaign immediately pledged $100so local families and children could benefit as he did from a local school.
Pledges have come from businesses such as developer Equiset Grollo who havepledged $10,000, local man John Paris from Coburg’s Chemist Warehouse whopledged $2,500, Real Estate agent Barry Plant who has pledged $2,000 and AlAlamy International Coffee and Nuts who has pledged $2,000.
The Spirit of '61 lives on in Coburg!
The Business Working with Education Foundation allows for the first time tax-freedonations to government schools. More information on the Business Working withEducation Foundation can be found here: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/businessworking.htmwww.bwefoundation.org.au
For more information or to sign the HSC petition, visit www.highschoolcoburg.org.
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Map showing the state and Catholic primaryschools in and around Coburg
Map showing no open entrysecondary schools in the same area. The two schools shown are CoburgSenior High School (years 10 to 12)and Preston Girls High School
Secondary schools closed down / merged in the Coburg area over the past 18years:
• Moreland City College - closed 31 December 2004 - now Coburg Senior HighSchool – years 10 to 12 only
• Coburg High School – closed 31 December 1993 - buildings demolished andsite awaiting permit approval for development
• Newlands High School - closed 19 December 1992 - buildings demolished, sitenow part of Pentridge Prison development
• Coburg Technical School - now Coburg Special Development School
• Coburg North Secondary College closed on 19 December 1992
• Hadfield Secondary College – closed on 31 December 1992 - buildingsdemolished, site now a retirement village
• Moreland High School – closed on 31 December 1991 - now Kangan Batman TAFE
• Oak Park Secondary School – closed 31 December 1992
• Moomba Park Secondary College, Glenroy High School, Glenroy TechnicalSchool, Hadfield Secondary College and Oak Park Secondary College mergedon 1 January 1993 to form Box Forest Secondary College
• Brunswick High School, Brunswick Technical School and Brunswick East HighSchool merged on 1 January 1993 to form Brunswick Secondary College
• St Joseph’s College – closed 31 Dec 2009
• Northland Secondary College – becoming a senior school – only accepting years9 and up from 2011 and years 10 and up from 2012
• Lakeside Secondary College and Merrilands College merging in 2012
To interview Cate Hall or Morena Milani, founding members of HSC, additionalpopulation statistics, photo opportunities or more information, please contact:
Darren Saffin0411 089 [email protected]
*Source - http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/mccwr/_assets/main/lib91108/topline2308.xls
** Source - http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/mccwr/publications/policies-strategies-plans/central-coburg-2020-structure-plan-vol1-preface.pdf
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***Source - http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/mccwr/publications/newsletters/im08_front.pdf page 23