Mildura electorate
Jade BENHAM (Mildura) (14:58): (288) My constituency question is for the Minister for Education, and my question is: when will the Mildura West Primary School master plan be completed, giving students the flexible learning centres they need? Mildura West Primary School is a wonderful school in the heart of the city. It is a school that delivers a quality education for its students. It is an International Baccalaureate school with positive student outcomes; a supportive environment for parents, teachers and students; and excellent staff retention rates; and parent satisfaction is one of the strongest in the region. However, they do not have the modern, open, flexible learning spaces that are conducive to learning in the 21st century, and that is despite the department having published not one but two different master plans, the latest in 2018. Meanwhile the main learning space is now full of white ants and being held together by plywood. It is preposterous. The very active parents groups are frustrated, and they are tired of being polite. They are simply asking for the completion of the latest master plan as a matter of urgency, not just another botox injection to make things look good.