WODONGA’S Belvoir Special School opened a $12 million school just two months ago.
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Students and staff have now had time to settle into their new site, saying goodbye to portable buildings, some with leaky roofs, and hello to modern, purpose-designed buildings.
But the number of students at the school is growing,
And to cater for the extra students — more than 200 are expected to enrol next year — the school has rolled in two portable classroom buildings from its old site.
It seems almost inconceivable that by the new year, Belvoir will have outgrown its new home but principal Jamie Gay says the Education Department is well aware of a peak enrolment expected within two years.
Demand throughout the North East is so obvious, the Coalition yesterday promised a new school for the Wangaratta District Specialist School if it wins next month’s state election.
It has 131 students and, like Belvoir before it got its new school, most of its classrooms are portables and there is not enough room outdoors.
In any planning for a Wangaratta school, it is only sensible that the city’s future needs are taken into account.