FAITH JOURNEY

Kidgell Street

AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL 1992, AFTER MONTHS OF HARD WORK, KIDGELL STREET WAS READY.

Teams of parents came to help with the move into the new school site, expressing their loyalty and support.

Students and teachers alike quickly settled into their new premise. Mark Hodges had his class upstairs, while Joanne Shumack and the little learners were downstairs.

Over the next five years, additional buildings and staff were added to the Kidgell Street site.

The years spent at Kidgell Street would prove to be a time of consolidation, during which much of the culture of the school was formed.

With the prospect of rapid growth in enrolment numbers, the College Board began to search for a bigger site that would enable the College to grow and reach its full potential.

On 6 December 1997, Cooloola Christian College shut its gates on the Kidgell Street site for the last time.

Facilities

The main building on Kidgell Street fulfilled the immediate needs of the school. But as the school continued to grow with enrolments, further provisions, such as a carpark and more teaching spaces, were desperately needed. In 1993, three demountable buildings, one from Gympie West and the other two from Brisbane, were maneuvered onto the site. Wet weather hampered the progress, and so the Mobile Mission Maintenance team from Brisbane camped at the site until the installation was complete.