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APPENDIX 2:
(Incorporated in Hansard on 16 February 1993 at page 12)
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE ON 9 DECEMBER 1992
High School for Bonython Primary Students
MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training:
Why are pupils from Bonython Primary being directed to Kambah High School which on my calculations is over four kilometres or four and a half kilometres from the south of the suburb of Bonython after previously being advised by your department in a publication to all households in the area that Calwell High School served the suburb Bonython? Will buses be provided to transport these students and for how long is it intended that they should attend Kambah High before they can transfer to the proposed Lanyon High?
MR WOOD - the answer to Mr Cornwells question is:
Calwell High School is currently the holding school for Bonython and Lanyon students. The publication referred to stated that "Calwell High School currently serves all of Bonython". This statement is correct and will still apply in 1993.
Calwell High School cannot continue to accommodate new students from these suburbs in 1994 and 1995 as enrolments would exceed 1000 and this would put too much pressure on core facilities. The intention is to expand Calwell High School to 920 for 1995. This additional capacity will be needed in the year 2000 when the school experiences peak enrolments from its own catchment.
A total distance of up to 5km is not excessive for high school students. In any case the distance from Bonython to Calwell High is only slightly less than that from Bonython to Kambah. I am advised that a route bus service through the Tuggeranong Town Centre bus interchange and on to Kambah High School is already operating. Consideration will be given to provision of a school bus service to serve the students from Bonython, depending on demand. In addition, I would point out that a fairly direct bike path system from Bonython to Kambah High School is expected to be in place by 1994.
Pending the opening of Lanyon High School in 1996, the last Year 7 cohort from Bonython to attend Kambah High School will be in 1995. These Bonython students will have the option of completing studies at this school or transferring to Lanyon High School.
I am advised that while this is the current proposal for holding school arrangements for 1994 and 1995, the Department is in the process of reviewing the situation following representations from the Bonython school community.
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