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Year 12 centre launches CBC building plan
In the first step to renovate and improve sections of the CBC Fremantle campus and continue on the quest to provide excellence in education, an exciting new Year 12 centre was opened at the end of the second term of 2021.
The bright and modern facility across the road from the main campus on High Street contains classrooms and learning spaces for the senior students, plus a large meeting room for the community.
Year 12 boys will still spend time with their Mentor buddies on the main campus in the morning but the majority of their instruction will take place in the refurbished facility. The interior of the building, which has been vacant for a few years, was designed to the College’s specific requirements, bringing another dimension to the rites of passage of the senior students as they reach the final stage of their CBC journey and step into adulthood. The leasing of the property frees up some classrooms on campus, which will be pivotal in the next step of the strategic plan for the College. The proposal outlines building a new Arts precinct a few steps away from the College, and the future refurbishment of the Marshall Wing on Ellen Street, plus the building that houses the Library and Year 7 classrooms.
CBC Principal, Mr Domenic Burgio, assures that there will not be any extra increase in building levies or fees to pay for the extensive upgrade.
“I’ve always said you can’t have a relationship with a building – that our people are our greatest asset – but our parents have told us they think some of our buildings are a little tired, and we have heard them.
“We are in a sound financial position to undertake these exciting plans and the first step was to prepare the Year 12 centre and move them into their new space.
With three heritage listed buildings on site, the new aesthetics of the College will blend the old with the new and pay tribute to the legacy of Blessed Edmund Rice, whose vision of a liberating education was courageous and enduring.
The refurbished building on High Street; Year 12 students in the foyer of their new facility; one of the light and bright classrooms.
