{"id":32431,"date":"2013-05-07T15:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=32431"},"modified":"2020-09-21T18:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T08:59:27","slug":"no-local-schools-earmarked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/05\/07\/no-local-schools-earmarked\/","title":{"rendered":"No Local Schools Earmarked"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"John-Paul<\/a>
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 7, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

No South Burnett schools have been earmarked for closure by the State Government, despite rumours to the contrary sweeping the area last week.<\/p>\n

After the Courier-Mail newspaper<\/a><\/strong> published information from a departmental briefing note that suggested 55 Queensland schools were potentially unviable, rumours started flying that Cloyna State School – amongst others – could have been on the closure list.<\/p>\n

However a spokesman for Education Minister\u00a0John-Paul Langbroek confirmed today Cloyna was not under consideration of closure.<\/p>\n

The Courier-Mail’s information came from a Ministerial briefing note prepared in August last year that the newspaper obtained under Right To Information legislation.<\/p>\n

This Briefing Note contained raw departmental data which could be used to assess the viability of a school.<\/p>\n

The spokesman said Mr Langbroek had rejected the conclusions “out of hand”. Instead, he asked for the data to be re-considered on a much stricter set of criteria.<\/p>\n

These included the proximity of schools on the list to each other, whether a student would have to transition to Distance Education or travel long distances, the capacity at nearby schools, and how long the school has been below the relevant threshold.<\/p>\n

This re-crunching of the data produced just nine schools under consideration for closure, and none of these are located in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The nine schools are: Coorparoo SC, Everton Park SHS, Nyana SHS, Old Yarranlea SS, Fortitude Valley SS, Stuart SS, Wyreema SS, Charlton SS and Toowoomba South SS.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year I received advice from the Department that 55 schools were potentially unviable. I rejected this out of hand,\u201d Mr Langbroek said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince enrolment data was collected on Day 8 (of the school year), we have looked at all of these schools and identified nine that require further consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear, this does not mean these schools will automatically close.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe now need to have a calm, mature conversation about the opportunities available at these schools and whether students will be better off elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is that we listen to the local community and achieve the best result for the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Langbroek said the State Government managed 1241 schools and it was of utmost importance that this was done prudently to ensure the best outcome for all Queensland students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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