Amaroo Schoolโs senior campus will receive a more-than $12 million expansion that will permanently create a further 200 places, as part of the ACT Government’s $400 million announcement for schools over the next four years.
Expected to be ready for the beginning of the 2022 school year, the expansion will see new general and specialist learning areas for students in years seven to 10, refurbished science and technology buildings, and a covered walkway to the library.
Executive Principal of Amaroo School, Gai Beecher said the funding will see the current science and technology facilities doubled.
โThis building will be for science and technology and particularly STEM โฆ Weโre looking at a robotics lab, weโre looking at specialist areas for our students to use,โ she said.
โSTEM is a very popular subject here at Amaroo, in every year level from year seven to year 10, and I know that students will be really excited with these new facilities.โ
Ms Beecher said Amaroo is the ACTโs largest school, and it is only continuing to grow.
โItโs terrific that weโre getting the facilties to go with the growth.โ
The expansion will increase the Amaroo Schoolโs P-10 capacity to 2,319 students.
ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry said demand is increasing for public school enrolments in the ACT.
โWe used to build one public school every four years, now weโre building four,โ she said.
โSo we can see significant growth, not just in our population but people choosing to attend public schools, with 3% increase in enrolments to public schools every year now.โ
Ms Berry said the ACT Government would spend $17 million on transportable classrooms to meet this increased demand.
She said the Government would make further announcements with regards to funding for upgrades and maintenance for schools across the ACT. The Canberra Liberals have promised $15 million for school maintenance projects over the next four years, if elected in October.
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