{"id":3873,"date":"2019-10-14T11:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2019-10-14T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:41:04","slug":"more-than-5500-students-across-nsw-to-benefit-from-school-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/more-than-5500-students-across-nsw-to-benefit-from-school-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE THAN 5,500 STUDENTS ACROSS NSW TO BENEFIT FROM SCHOOL UPGRADES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven schools across NSW have been upgraded benefitting more than 5,500 students, thanks to the NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell visited Merrylands Public School today to inspect the school\u2019s new $10 million facilities.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a great day for students and teachers at Merrylands Public School as 10 new classrooms open which will increase the school\u2019s capacity to 600 students,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Government is committed to delivering the best education system in Australia, if not the world.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Mitchell said Merrylands Public School is one of 190 new and upgraded schools to be delivered over the next four years.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0new or upgraded school to open in 2019 alone and we will continue to see a significant rollout of cutting edge schools and facilities over the next few years,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to ensure that every child, no matter where they are from, has access to a top quality education.\u201d<br \/>\nThe other school upgrades opening in term 4, 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Auburn North Public School\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 10 new classrooms and new bathrooms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Belmont High School<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 new special education classrooms with new amenities and a sensory garden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denistone East Public School<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 six new classrooms and a refurbished administration area<\/li>\n<li><strong>Old Bar Public School<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 permanent two storey building with eight new classrooms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quakers Hill East Public School<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 12 new classrooms and a new performance studio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosehill Public School<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 18 new classrooms and a new sports court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NSW Government is investing $6.7 billion over the next four years to deliver 190 new and upgraded schools to support communities across NSW. In addition, a record $1.3 billion is being spent on school maintenance over five years. This is the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven schools across NSW have been upgraded benefitting more than 5,500 students, thanks to the NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government. Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell visited Merrylands Public School today to inspect the school\u2019s new $10 million facilities. \u201cIt\u2019s a great day for students and teachers at Merrylands Public School as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/more-than-5500-students-across-nsw-to-benefit-from-school-upgrades\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MORE THAN 5,500 STUDENTS ACROSS NSW TO BENEFIT FROM SCHOOL UPGRADES&#8221;<\/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-3873","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\/3873","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=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}