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HIGH SCHOOL FOR COBURG NOVEMBER-

DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE

RECENT SUPPORT

Facebook followers: 581- and steadily increasing.

Twelve schools now formally support including the two most recent:

Letter to Minister from Pascoe Vale North Primary School Council(Please find attached)

Letter to Minster Dixon from Coburg West Primary School Council(Please see attached)

Kelvin Thomson MP, Federal member for Wills

Electorate officer Anthony Cianflone attended school design launch. Letters to Ministers Dixon and Garrett, 20 Dec

Darebin Council

Setting up an advocacy committee looking at school closures and underfunding.

Attended DEECD/HSC meetingsMoreland Council

Attended DEECD/HSC meetings Mayor John Kavanagh a teacher and an enthusiastic attendee at the public

launch of design for a community connected school at the Coburg Senior Highsite.

Parents and families

Attendance at two community meetings-one at a local primary school. Big attendance at HSCs Walk to No School day and many photo shoots. More parents joining the HSC working group More schools represented within the HSC working group Graduate architect presents her independently conceived design for a school.

HSC SCHOOLS DATA COLLECTION REPORT:

MORE LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN- FEWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

OPTIONS November 2011(Please find attached) Projected to be nearly 4000 children at 12 local state primary schools by 2013 Total enrolments at 12 local state primary schools will increase by 30% from

2009 to 2013 an increase of 888 in four years.(Including two capped schools)

Prep numbers up by at least 53% in 4 years from 2008-2012 at twelve schools

Over 100% more children in Prep than Grade 6 in 2012 (Not counting CoburgWest PS which is capped and at capacity for all year levels)

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DESIGN FOR A COMMUNITY CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL AT THE

COBURG SENIOR HIGH SITE Emily Wallace, graduate architect RMIT

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9273250/EWallace_Coburg_presentation.pdf

Emily Wallace conceived and completed this wonderful design without theknowledge of HSC.

While we do not necessarily have designs on a super school we stronglyendorse all her designs and concepts for sharing the school facilities and the

space with the community. This is something that does not occur currently at

the under enrolled and under utilised Coburg Senior High site

This design would enable the crucial Family-School-Community Partnership.

MEDIA

Moreland Leader-17/10/2011- School group calls for action-(12 comments)

http://moreland-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/school-group-calls-for-

action/#comments

Moreland Leader-19/10/2011-Coburg students protest over education shortfall in the

northern suburbs-(3 comments) http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-

news/coburg-students-protest-over-education-shortfall-in-the-northern-suburbs/story-fn7x8me2-1226170747532

Melbourne Times Weekly-25/10/2011-Calls for new Coburg high school-

(7 comments)http://www.melbournetimesweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/calls-for-new-

coburg-high-school/2333708.aspx

Melbourne Times Weekly-22/11/2011-Coburg school shortage bites-

(5 comments)

http://www.melbournetimesweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/coburg-school-

shortage-bites-hard/2367028.aspx

Melbourne Times Weekly-20/12/2011-Travel a low point for step up to high schoolhttp://www.melbournetimesweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/travel-a-low-

point-for-step-up-to-high-school/2398205.aspx

Moreland Leader-21/12/2011-Budding architect models a new super high

http://moreland-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/budding-architect-models-a-

new-super-high/

Moreland Leader-21/12/2011-School spots in decline (1 comment so far)

http://moreland-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/school-spots-in-decline/