Mornington electorate
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:41): (154) My question is to the Minister for Education. Mornington Park Primary School is located in a small pocket of Mornington called Mornington Park, originally called the Tanti Park estate, a presently and historically disadvantaged area of my electorate. When children begin primary school there, their average language and literacy skills are often low compared with other schools, and many of the students have learning difficulties. Principal Bev Dadds and the school do a great job, though, bringing kids up. But these students are very disadvantaged by inadequate infrastructure and decades-old facilities at the school, unaccommodating to the students’ unique academic, emotional and physical needs. The school needs new buildings with breakout rooms for paediatricians, speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists; removal of all asbestos in the school, particularly block B, which is all asbestos; and upgraded toilets, many smelly and asbestos ridden. Minister, when will this government deliver Mornington Park Primary School’s much-needed upgrades and provide a modern, inclusive and safe school to already underprivileged students?