Ryde Connector Extra – July 2018

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Ryde Connector

a tr x E Capacity Doubled News Update from Victor Dominello MP

July 2018

Marsden High School

The decision to relocate Marsden High School to the Meadowbank Education Precinct is an exciting opportunity. However, I accept that it does come with challenges. Are we closing Marsden High School? No. This is absolutely untrue. Marsden High School is being relocated to the Meadowbank Education Precinct. The new buildings will be state of the art in design and facilities, providing students with an environment specifically catered for optimum learning results. The new high school will cater for double the capacity of students, essentially becoming two new Marsden High Schools. I am proud that we are building schools, not shutting schools. We are not allowing what happened in the past to dictate our future. Under various Labor Governments, Peter Board High School was closed in 1998 and the property sold in 2006 – we are now buying back that site to build a new high school. The Labor Government also closed Ryde High School in 1986; we are building a new primary school on the Smalls Rd site, which is due to open in 2020.

What about ongoing maintenance for Marsden over the next 3 years? Rest assured that all necessary maintenance work will be continued. How do we accommodate students from the new Melrose Park development? (old Putt-Putt Site) My number one job is to fight for and look after my constituents in Ryde. I am ensuring we accommodate the rising number of students in our area by doubling the capacity of Marsden High, and relocating it to the population epicentre Meadowbank, as well as reopening Peter Board High School, and a new Catholic High School at Ivanhoe Estate. This is in addition to currently operating high schools including Ryde Secondary, Epping Boys High School and Marist College Eastwood. Whilst the Putt-Putt area is not in our electorate, I understand that there will be around 5,000 new dwellings at the Payce Development.

A number of high schools in Parramatta will be enhanced to accommodate increased population, including major upgrades to Cumberland High School as well as the brand-new Arthur Phillip High School, which can accommodate up to 3,000 students. The Putt Putt site is also situated within the catchment areas of Riverside Girls and Macarthur Girls High Schools. In addition to the Payce Development there is speculation that the commercial land behind Payce in the Parramatta Council area may also be rezoned residential. This could realise a further 5,000 dwellings in the next 5 to 10 year period. Whilst this is not in our electorate, further development on this site will have an impact on us as it is on > > >


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