Better facilities\u00a0are on their way for students\u00a0at\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School and\u00a0Yarraman\u00a0Oaks Primary School,\u00a0with the appointment of architects to design these\u00a0schools\u2019\u00a0important upgrades thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.<\/p>\n
Member for\u00a0Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams,\u00a0today announced\u00a0Haskell Architects\u00a0would design\u00a0upgrades\u00a0to be undertaken at\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School\u00a0and\u00a0Watson Young Architects Pty Ltd\u00a0would design\u00a0the works\u00a0at\u00a0Yarraman\u00a0Oaks\u00a0Primary School.<\/p>\n
The Labor Government has provided\u00a0$351,665\u00a0to\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School to\u00a0construct a series of covered walkways to provide protection against the weather.\u00a0Yarraman\u00a0Oaks Primary School has received $369,125 to make\u00a0improvements\u00a0to the Senior Building.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Victorian Budget 2021\/22\u00a0invests $20 million in the Minor Capital Works Fund to improve learning spaces as well as the condition and character of schools.<\/p>\n
Schools have been allocated funding to fast-track priority projects under the Minor Capital Works Fund to improve learning environments as well as the condition and character of schools.<\/p>\n
In the past seven years, the Victorian Government has invested more than $10.9 billion in building new schools and more than 1,700 school upgrades, creating around 13,500 jobs in construction and associated industries. It is now ahead of schedule in its commitment to open 100 new schools by 2026, with 62 new schools opening between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n
Quotes attributable to Minister for Education,\u00a0James Merlino<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEvery student should have a great school, no matter where they live. That\u2019s why we\u2019re investing in hundreds of small but important projects that will make a big difference for schools and create jobs for Victorians.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Quotes attributable to Member for\u00a0Dandenong,\u00a0Gabrielle Williams MP<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re making sure that our schools have the best facilities, our classrooms have the best teachers and that every child is given every chance to succeed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cChalcot Lodge and Yarraman Oaks\u00a0families are a step closer to getting the great local school facilities their kids need to thrive with the appointment of\u00a0architects for these important upgrades.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Better facilities\u00a0are on their way for students\u00a0at\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School and\u00a0Yarraman\u00a0Oaks Primary School,\u00a0with the appointment of architects to design these\u00a0schools\u2019\u00a0important upgrades thanks to the Andrews Labor Government. Member for\u00a0Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams,\u00a0today announced\u00a0Haskell Architects\u00a0would design\u00a0upgrades\u00a0to be undertaken at\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School\u00a0and\u00a0Watson Young Architects Pty Ltd\u00a0would design\u00a0the works\u00a0at\u00a0Yarraman\u00a0Oaks\u00a0Primary School. The Labor Government has provided\u00a0$351,665\u00a0to\u00a0Chalcot\u00a0Lodge Primary School to\u00a0construct a series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9278,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions\/9278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}