Students in The Hills will learn in brand-new, permanent classrooms, months ahead of schedule, as Rouse Hill High School opens fast-tracked, modern facilities next week on Day 1, Term 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The multi-million-dollar upgrade will provide incoming Year 12 students with immediate access to permanent classrooms as they begin their HSC studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rouse Hill High School\u2019s new facilities include a two-storey building featuring 11 permanent, modern classrooms and two science labs, increasing the school\u2019s capacity by 240 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is among a raft of school upgrades being delivered across The Hills, including at Cherrybrook Public School, and the recently completed upgrades at Castle Hill Public School and Matthew Pearce Public School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minns Labor Government\u2019s $1 billion investment in new school infrastructure across The Hills also includes five brand new schools in Box Hill, Gables, and Bella Vista as well as three brand new public preschools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altogether the Minns Labor Government\u2019s new schools and upgrades are delivering more than 800 permanent, modern classrooms across The Hills and North West Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is creating space for thousands more students after a decade of neglect by the Liberals and Nationals which left communities with demountable classrooms clogging up valuable play space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 12 years, the Liberals and Nationals significantly underinvested in schools in The Hills and failed to deliver a single high school, despite student enrolment growth of 220 per cent across the North West putting pressure on schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minns Labor Government is investing a record $9.2 billion in school infrastructure over the next four years, including $4.1 billion for Western Sydney, to continue delivering new and upgraded schools and ensure every family has access to a world-class public education, close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to ensuring students have modern classrooms and schools, the Minns Labor Government has transitioned more than 25,000 teachers and school support staff from uncertain temporary contracts to permanent employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This follows the Minns Labor Government\u2019s abolition of the Liberals and Nationals wages cap, delivering New South Wales teachers the biggest pay rise in a generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This reform is attracting teachers into public schools and helping retain those already there, with teacher vacancies at a 12-year low and the number of merged and cancelled classes in New South Wales halving since the election of the Minns Labor Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the largest investment in The Hills in a generation, ensuring more local families can access a world-class public education, close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re building permanent, modern classrooms to replace the demountables dumped on school playgrounds in The Hills by the Liberals and Nationals, returning valuable play space to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith the Minns Labor Government\u2019s $4.1 billion investment in new and upgraded schools across Western Sydney, we\u2019re delivering the infrastructure that local families need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal Member for Greenway Michelle Rowland said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur local Labor team is getting on with the job of delivering for families in The Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNorth West Sydney has grown rapidly. This vital upgrade will support local students for years to come, ensuring they have the facilities they need to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rouse Hill High School Principal Simon Kelly said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe entire school community is thrilled the upgrade has been delivered ahead of schedule, and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming students into their brand new classrooms next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe new classrooms and science labs will provide a high-quality environment to support our outstanding teachers and help our students in their learning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students in The Hills will learn in brand-new, permanent classrooms, months ahead of schedule, as Rouse Hill High School opens fast-tracked, modern facilities next week on Day 1, Term 4. The multi-million-dollar upgrade will provide incoming Year 12 students with immediate access to permanent classrooms as they begin their HSC studies. Rouse Hill High School\u2019s … Continue reading “Major upgrade for Rouse Hill High School opens ahead of schedule”<\/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-41128","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\/41128","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=41128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41129,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41128\/revisions\/41129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}