Three thousand students will be able to attend two brand new schools from 2025 as the Minns Labor Government gets on with the job of fast-tracking schools in Sydney\u2019s north-west growth area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local Elders officiated a smoking ceremony on Friday, to cleanse the area and commemorate site establishment works for Melonba High School, Melonba Public School and a temporary high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A temporary high school in Melonba will open on Day 1 of Term 1 in 2024, as an urgent stop-gap measure to meet north-west Sydney\u2019s enrolment demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contemporary facilities will be available in early 2025, including flexible learning spaces, specialist support class areas, multi-purpose halls and sporting amenities for both the high school and primary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The school is also set to host its first Parent and Community Meeting this Tuesday, August 15, with newly appointed Principal Leon Weatherstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Planned schools in Melonba will complement a series of other upcoming projects in planning and construction being overseen by the Minns Labor Government in north-west Sydney, including upgrades at John Palmer Public School, The Ponds High School, and the new Nirimba Fields Public School, Tallawong Public School and Tallawong High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am so grateful to the members of the local First Nations community, who officiated the smoking ceremony so we can begin works on these new schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBuilding these two new schools will bring certainty to Melonba families, who badly needed investment in their educational future, but were neglected by the former Liberal National government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith room for 2000 students at the high school and a further 1000 at the primary school, we are committed to giving children in Sydney\u2019s north-west world-class facilities, close to their homes, providing them with the best opportunities possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three thousand students will be able to attend two brand new schools from 2025 as the Minns Labor Government gets on with the job of fast-tracking schools in Sydney\u2019s north-west growth area. Local Elders officiated a smoking ceremony on Friday, to cleanse the area and commemorate site establishment works for Melonba High School, Melonba Public … Continue reading “New schools welcomed to Sydney suburb with smoking ceremony”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22260,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259\/revisions\/22260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}