Page 4486 - Week 15 - Thursday, 22 November 1990
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preferences. Schools affected have issued to parents a confirmation of enrolment form so that we can take their choices into account in planning for 1991.
There has been consultation on the relocations of non-school occupants of required spaces. For example, the north side introductory English centre will be moving to North Ainslie Primary School and the south side centre to Hughes. Notwithstanding the fact that the Higgins Primary School is not closing, the community that uses that north side centre were strongly of the view that the move to North Ainslie would be an improvement in any case, even putting to one side the fact that Higgins primary will not close.
The Council of P & C Associations were moved from Majura to Evatt primary. The ACT Pre-School Association will move from Majura to Campbell. The junior assessment class and the learning centre will move from Curtin Primary School to the South Curtin site. Consultations are continuing on the needs of other tenants and I am assured that we are making good progress on that matter and I will be able to advise the Assembly in due course about those matters.
To aid the process of adjustment, the schools confirmed for closure and the schools nominated as receiving schools are to be allocated three and two pupil-free days respectively at the end of this year. I regret the fact that those pupil-free days do impose some difficulties on parents, as Mr Wood notes. However, I want to assure parents that help with child-care is available. I would want to put on record my appreciation for the efforts of all the principals of both the closing and receiving schools for their hard work and dedication during a very difficult period and to encourage the community to follow this lead so that we can ensure that we maintain a high quality of service in our public education system next year.
Preschools
MRS GRASSBY: My question on preschools is to Mr Humphries. Which preschools chosen for collocation within primary schools will be ready to receive children on day one of the 1991 school year?
MR HUMPHRIES: I thank Mrs Grassby for her question. I cannot answer that question at this stage - not because I do not have any information in front of me, but because the information is not known. I certainly would hope that we can make arrangements that will be satisfactory to the preschools concerned, including arrangements for a particular settled date to be agreed to well in advance so that parents have a good idea well before the schools concerned are moved.
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