Premier Mark McGowan, Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery and Swan Hills MLA Jessica Shaw have visited Aveley Secondary College, today, to view upgrades to the school and, meet with the local school community to hear about important issues to them.
Aveley Secondary College received $19,500 worth of upgrades which are expected to be completed in the next month.
Across the Swan Hills electorate, schools received more than $3.4 million for important maintenance, as part of the McGowan Government's $200 million job-creating school maintenance blitz.
The $3.4 million for schools in the Swan Hills electorate includes:
- Anne Hamersley Primary School - $13,000 for maintenance upgrades;
- Arbor Grove Primary School - $54,546 for maintenance upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Aveley North Primary School - $13,000 for maintenance upgrades;
- Aveley Primary School - $63,964 for maintenance upgrades, traffic management and structural upgrades;
- Aveley Secondary College - $19,500 for maintenance upgrades;
- Bullsbrook College - $1,087,069 for maintenance upgrades, design and technology upgrades, resurfacing of playing surfaces, toilet upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Chidlow Primary School - $30,074 for maintenance upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Eastern Hills Senior High School - $400,610 for maintenance upgrades, toilet upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Ellen Stirling Primary School - $327,842 for maintenance upgrades, electrical upgrades, structural upgrades and traffic management;
- Ellenbrook Primary School - $60,266 for maintenance upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Ellenbrook Secondary College - $678,323 for maintenance upgrades, classroom refurbishments, design and technology upgrades, electrical upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Gidgegannup Primary School - $53,500 maintenance upgrades and removal of demountables;
- Malvern Springs Primary School - $26,576 for maintenance upgrades and structural upgrades;
- Mount Helena Primary School - $484,047 for maintenance upgrades, classroom refurbishments and roof replacements;
- Sawyers Valley Primary School - $47,867 for maintenance upgrades, classroom refurbishments and roof upgrades;
- Upper Swan Primary School - $52,000 for maintenance upgrades; and
- Wooroloo Primary School - $28,952 for maintenance upgrades and electrical upgrades.
Works across the school vary with majority of upgrades expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Every Western Australian public school is benefiting from the $200 million maintenance blitz, which is currently underway, creating 3,150 jobs across the State, including 1,260 in regional WA.
Under the McGowan Government's 'Direct to Market' framework, local schools have the ability to engage local contractors directly, without unnecessary red tape.
As stated by Premier Mark McGowan:
"I'm pleased to be in the Swan Hills area to meet with the local school community and see our major school maintenance blitz in progress.
"Each public school across Western Australia including these 17 in the Swan Hills area are benefiting from a range of works such as maintenance, structural, classroom, design and technology or electrical upgrades.
"My Government is focused on ensuring local schools are maintained and supported to help our kids get the best education opportunities. It's because of our strong financial management which has enabled us to invest in job-creating initiatives like this program of works."
As stated by Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery:
"Getting the infrastructure fixed, refurbishing classrooms, upgrading the electricals and other upgrades provides better teaching and learning environments for school communities.
"Having safer, more practical and aesthetically pleasing places in which to work and study is so important.
"I am pleased that more than 17 schools in the Swan Hills area are part of the McGowan Government's $200 million maintenance blitz and that major upgrades will be completed by the end of the year."
As stated by Swan Hills MLA Jessica Shaw:
"Hundreds of local students attend schools all over Swan Hills, from Bullsbrook to Ellenbrook to Chidlow - so it's important they have access to the best facilities available.
"With more than $3.4 million worth of funding, our schools will be able to undertake much needed maintenance works.
"The school maintenance funding blitz will also help stimulate the local economy by supporting and creating local jobs for local tradespeople."
