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CSDE Director Laurel Cohen,\u00a0Westpac Kingaroy manager Brendan Dayes and staff member Donna Richards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 26, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Centre For Supervised Distance Education – a special facility in Kingaroy for\u00a0Distance Education students – now has almost $1000 worth of new equipment, courtesy of the local Westpac Bank branch.<\/p>\n

The facility caters for children who qualify for medical enrolment to receive Distance Education lessons.<\/p>\n

It officially opened in its new location on the corner of First Avenue last month with 14 students.<\/p>\n

Westpac Kingaroy manager Brendan Dayes and staff member Donna Richards presented the facility with a new wide-screen TV, laptop computer and noise-cancelling headphones on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

CSDE Director Laurel Cohen said the TV would allow parents and students to view webinars about various topics together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And as all the lessons are done online and we needed a good noise-cancelling headset,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mr Dayes said the equipment had been brought out of a Westpac community grant.<\/p>\n

“We do it as a tangible donation of goods, not a cash donation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We buy something that will be useful.”<\/p>\n

Mr Dayes said the community grant was the first one in Kingaroy by Westpac but would be part of an ongoing program by the bank.<\/p>\n