In the next 30 years, 26 new primary and 6 high schools will be needed in the northern suburbs to keep up with the booming population of the region.
In the next 30 years, 26 new primary and 6 high schools will be needed in the northern suburbs to keep up with the booming population of the region.
According to the Ministry of Education guidelines released last week under freedom of information, if existing schools cannot meet the needs, a new primary school needs to be built for the growth of the 6500 population.
The population growth of 26,000 to 30,000 people requires a new high school.
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The plan says as many as 170,000 people are expected to move to the northern suburbs by 2040.
The problem of student overcrowding has peaked at Mark Oliphant College in Munno Para West, and the government is considering using the family as a temporary classroom.
The department's guidelines are the Playford North growth planning report for the government in February 2011 prepared by consultant Connor Holmes.
On last June, the department received a "detailed briefing" on the need for more schools throughout the northern suburbs ".
But the department declined to release the document, as well as 16 other documents related to the school growth forecast, as they were cabinet documents.
However, the Ministry of Education has not rejected the number of new schools expected to be needed.
In an email statement, a spokesperson for the department said that demand was being monitored, but the department would not build the school 30 years ago, which required the school.
"The data shows that demand for school places has surged.
According to government documents, Mark Oliphant College was designed to accommodate 445 primary school students when it opened in 2011.
Within a year, the school has 607 primary school students, with an increase of at least 25 students per semester.
Playford Mayor Glenn dochetti, who is also a Liberal candidate for the Newland State Council, said Playford desperately needs more public schools.
"We need to give the best start to our community's children, including good start --
Quality and sustainable public education.
Mr. dochetti said.
"If 5000 apartments were built in Unley, I would bet that it wouldn't be too long for the new school to show up in that area," he said . ".
Jennifer Longken, Minister of Education and Child Development, said the government is already expanding the Mark Oliphant College and the John Hartley School.
The department also budgeted $8.
5 million build a children's center in Blakeview North.
This will include information on pre-school programs, childcare, family and parenting support programs, and nutrition services.
Rankine MS said that there was a plan to build a new grade 12 birth school in the same location, but did not elaborate on whether the school had been budgeted or when it would start working.
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