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RESPONSETOSCHOOLPROVISIONREVIEW:COBURGNETWORK2012April,2012

Authors:MeganEddyCatherineHallContact:[email protected]


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CONTENTSWHY

A

HIGH

SCHOOL

FOR

COBURG?...........................................................2

Maps:SecondaryEducationBlackHole.2

Graphs:LocalPrimarySchoolEnrolment.3WHERESHOULDACOBURGHIGHBELOCATED?.........................................5

Photos:BoardedupdisusedroomsattheCoburgSeniorHighSchool..5WHEN

IS

A

COBURG

HIGH

NEEDED?............................................................6

RECOMMENDATION6

References.6

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TheHighSchoolforCoburg(HSC)groupwelcometheopportunitytorespondtothe

SpatialVisionreportSchoolProvisionReview:CoburgNetwork2012(herein

referredtoasTheReview).Itisourunderstandingthiswillbesubmittedtothe

Hon.MartinDixon,MinisterforEducationalongsidetheDEECDreport.

WHYAHIGHSCHOOLFORCOBURG?InCoburgandsurroundsthereare22primaryschoolsbutnoopenentrystate

secondaryschool

PrimaryschoolsinCoburgandsurrounds ThesecondaryschooleducationblackholeKey:Greyrestrictedaccess(girls/senior).White no

longerexists.Redno/reducedaccessforCCAstudents

HSCarecampaigningforanopenentry712highschoolforthepeoplewholivein

theCoburgCoreArea(CCA)describedinthereview.ThisareaconsistsofCoburg,CoburgNorth,andpartsofPascoeVale,PascoeValeSouthandWestPreston:

Thereviewstateswellover5000secondaryagedpersonscurrentlyresideintheCCA,withaprojectedriseto6000by2021.(pg11) Thesuburbsinthereviewwiththehighestnumberofsecondaryaged

persons,andthehighestaggregategrowthareReservoir,Prestonand

Coburg(Table1).NeitherPrestonnorCoburghasanopenentry

secondaryschool.

ThereviewprojectsastandardLongTermEnrolment(LTE)of2,073(Table5),6.25%

higherthanpreviouslyprojected

(2,474includingstatewideproviderdemand)pg

22,withintheCCA:

ThisgreatlyexceedstheDEECD1,100LTEthresholdrequirementforasecondaryschool. TheDEECDbuildsnewschoolstomeetlongtermenrolments1

PrimaryenrolmentandbirthratedataclearlyshowthatthedemonstratedhighLTE

willbesustainedandfurtherincreasebeyond2021.Thisisnotashorttermproblem:

TotalenrolmentsinstateprimaryschoolsintheCCAincreasedby888from20092013

2.

100%moreprepthangradesixstudentsin20122. 30%birthrateincreaseinMorelandCouncilandsimilarlyhighinDarebin

Councilsince

2000

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Primaryschoolenrolments2 Prepschoolenrolments

2

Theabovedatarepresentsthe11feederschools Bell,BrunswickEast,BrunswickNorthWest,Coburg,CoburgWest*,CoburgNorth,Moreland,Newlands,PascoeVale,PascoeValeNorth,PrestonWest*,ReservoirWest.*cappedschools.DatagatheredfromschoolsdirectlyandDEECD

Currently,thereareeight(notnine)standardschoolsintheCoburgNetworkof

secondaryschools(pg5).

Thereviewconcludesthatschoolsinthecentralandsouthernareasofthenetwork

areexpectedtofacecapacitypressuresfor79programs(pg23).Wewouldliketo

pointoutthat:

TheonlystandardentrycentralschoolisStrathmorewhichhasastrictenrolmentzonethattotallyexcludesCCA(AppendixD).

Thesouthernschools(NorthcoteHS,ThornburyHSandBrunswickHS)haveenrolmentceilings. ThornburyHShascappedyr7enrolmentsfrom

2012. Forthepast10yearsatNorthcoteHSthedemandforplacesat

year7hasoutstrippedplacesavailable4

o CCAstudentsareincreasinglyexcludedfromtheseschools.Theyareintheeducationblackhole.ThismeansfamiliesintheCCA

oftenhavetotravelpasttheirgeographicallyclosestschool.

Permanentcapacityattheseschoolshasashortfallof379projectedin2016(table14)whichisabiggershortfallthaninthe2010report.

o Thereviewdemonstratesatotalcapacitysurplusof352in2016(Table16).Thissurplusisonlyachievedbyinstallingrelocatables

mainlyatThornburyHSandNorthcoteHS.

Relocatablesareforshorttermspikes1.TheDEECDbuildsnewschoolstomeet

longterm

enrolments

1

Usingrelocatables

at

the

far

away

existing

schools,

will

not

providealocalsolutionandwillnotoffsetthelackoflocalYear79provision.

Theremainingthreeschoolsinthenetworkarelocatedinthenorthanddonot

provideasolutionforCCAfamilies:

The2010report5demonstratednoevidenceoftravelnorthtoschools,thusahighschoolinCoburgisunlikelytohaveanegativeimpacton

northernschools.

o HSCdatasupportsthisfinding,withthecommunityindicatingnorthernschoolsaretoofarawayandsimplynotintheir

community.

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Theexcellentworkbeingdoneinthenorthernschoolswillbeofgreatbenefittothosecommunitiesastheyrapidlygrow(seefigure1ofthe

review).

Thefourstatewideproviderschoolsinthenetworkalsodonotprovideany

meaningfulway

of

addressing

capacity

shortfall:

Therearenowtwoseniorschools(only2.6kmapartfromeachother)andtwogirlsonlyschoolsinthenetwork,highlightingtheneedforopenentry

712provisioninCCA

HSCcandemonstratesupportanddemandforlocalprovision.Thealreadyvery

engagedcommunityisavaluableresourcetohelpensureaqualityschool:

TwelvelocalschoolsformallysupportHSC. Ina2011survey428respondents,representingover803childrensupport

ahighschoolinCoburg8.

Thereareapproximately650HSCFacebookfollowersand830peopleonourHSCemaillist.

MorelandandDarebinCouncilsbothformallysupportHSCasdomanylocalgroupsandbusinessesincludinglargedevelopers.

FortyfivelettersofsupportforHSCcanbereadonthewebsitewww.highschoolforcoburg.org

TherecentsuccessofAlbertParkCollegefurtherreflectsthatMelbourniansdesirea

localpublicschool. AlbertParkMiddleParkareahas400secondaryagedpersons,9

thesuburbofCoburgalonehasoverfourtimesthisnumber.

Weapplaudthegovernmentsnonnegotiableprincipleofschoolcommunity

integration10.Whenschoolsareintegratedwiththeircommunities,theycantap

intoexpertisefacilitiesresourcesandideasandthecommunitybenefitsaswell10

WeareproudofourCCAcommunity,butareworriedforourchildrensfuture.The

lackofahighschoolhasmanynegativeramificationsforourwholecommunityand

children:

ThecrucialFamilySchoolCommunityPartnershipcannotbeenabled.Middleyearchildrenwhoarealreadythemostvulnerabletodisengagement

wouldparticularly

benefit

from

this

partnership.

Itisconstantlybeingbrokenupasfamiliesmoveawayortheirchildrentraveltoofarawayschools.

Impactsoncommunityhealthandwellbeing,environmentandeconomy.o Highschoolsincreaseliveability,andattractfamiliesandincrease

investmentintothearea.11

Importantlywehavebeguntheworkinbuildingaclusteroflocalprimaryschools.

TheseprimaryschoolsinpartnershipwithaCoburgHighSchoolwouldbethebasis

ofacollaborativeK12modelofeducation,economiesofscale,andnextpractice

partnershipswith

local

community

organizations

and

business

and

industry.

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WHERESHOULDACOBURGHIGHBELOCATED?HSCrecommendstheCoburgSeniorHighSchool(CSHS)sitebecause:

Provisionfor79studentsatCSHSisthemostcosteffective,timelyandefficient

way

to

provide

an

open

entry

712

state

secondary

school

for

CCA.

Ideallylocatedforthefollowingreasons:o Centraltoaclusterofalreadysupportiveschools,thuscreating

opportunitiesforcollaborationandeconomiesofscale.Possibilities

includealanguageorsciencecentre.

o SituatedwithintheCCAo Easilyaccessiblebypublictransport,walkingandcycling.o CentraltoCoburgPrincipalActivityCentre.

Thelandandbuildingsarealreadydepartmentowned. Thereisexistingcapacityinthecurrentbuildingsminimizingcosts. Thisexcellentfacilityisgoingtowasteanddeterioratingduetononuse. TheschooliscurrentlyminimallyengagedwiththeCoburgcommunity.

CSHSlosingitslustre CSHSthehiddenjewelBoardedupwindows. Boardedupwindowsanddoors.

TheCoburgcommunitysupportsitbecause:o Ofthefourcanvassedoptions66%of430respondentssupported

provisionat

CSHS.8

o 159of202voters(representing300children)onarecentHSCFacebookpollwouldsendtheirchildrentoaCoburgHigh.Afurther

thirtynineagreeweneedaschool,fouraremovingduetonoschool.

AddressestheissueofpoorenrolmentsatCSHS:o Enrolmentwasprojectedtobe900by2011,buthasplateauedatlow

200s(withnegligibleprojectedincrease).Tables2and9 Wouldachievethegovernmentsnonnegotiableprincipleofschool

communityintegration.10

Thesitecouldthejewelofthenorth,notjustahiddengem.

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WHENISACOBURGHIGHSCHOOLNEEDED?ACoburgHighSchoolisneedednow.Thereisanimmediateshortfall(pg23):

The2010report5recommendationwastomanageaprojectedshortfallof218

from

2016.

The

2012

review

has

demonstrated

this

shortfall

occurred

andwassurpassedlastyear(271)Table14.Thereforemanagementisrequiredimmediately.

The12stateprimaryschoolsinCCAwillhave398Grade6studentsin201312.o Thisnumberdoesnotincludethestudentsatcatholicprimaryschools

inCCA.HSChaveshownthat30%ofthesestudentswouldattenda

statesecondary13.

o Thebirthrate,primaryschoolenrolmentandprojectiondataalreadyquotedinthisreportsupportstheassertionthatthenumberof

studentstransitioningfromGrade6atlocalprimaryschoolswill

continueto

increase

at

agrowing

rate

well

into

the

future.

RECOMMENDATION: AYEAR7INTAKEATTHECOBURGSENIORHIGHSITEIN2014,ANDIMMEDIATEPROVISIONOFFUNDINGFORIMPLENTATIONPLANNING.

References1. DEECDStuartTeather,LeaderNewspapers,17April20122. HSCNov2011MoreLocalPrimarySchoolChildren FewerSecondarySchool

Options

3. MorelandcouncilbirthrategraphsuppliedbyBarryHahn,MorelandCouncil.DarebinBirthrategraphsuppliedbyKatherineWositzky

4. NorthcoteHighSchoolWebsiteaccessed18.4.2012http://www.nhs.vic.edu.au/index.php?q=enrolment/general

5. SpatialVision.SecondarySchoolProvisionPlanfortheCoburgSchoolsNetwork:

Demographic

Analyses

Oct

2010

6. HSCOctober2009HighSchoolforCoburgSurveyReport7. ProfessorRichardTeesereporttogovernmentsThechangingroleofpublic

schoolinginAustraliaandnationalfundingarrangements.Centrefor

ResearchandEducationSystems.2011

8. HSCMay2011OptionsforStateSecondaryProvisioninCoburg9. Forecast.id PortPhillipCouncilwww.idforecast.com.au10.HonM.DixonMP Victoriaasalearningcommunity'November201111.Melbournes NorththeNewKnowledgeEconomyNorthLink/NEITL200912.2011projectionsprovidedbyDEECD13.HSCCatholicSchoolsnumbersreport2009
http://www.nhs.vic.edu.au/index.php?q=enrolment/generalhttp://www.nhs.vic.edu.au/index.php?q=enrolment/generalhttp://www.idforecast.com.au/http://www.idforecast.com.au/http://www.nhs.vic.edu.au/index.php?q=enrolment/general

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