Melton MP Steve McGhie visited Toolern Vale Primary School on Tuesday, November 11 to pledge more than $6 million to expand the school if the Victorian Labor Party is re-elected this November.
The $6.42 million investment would provide funding for a new multipurpose building, an amphitheatre, a basketball court, a playground and a new fence.
Mr McGhie said every family deserved a great local school.
“A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will deliver upgrades to Toolern Vale Primary School, including a new external basketball court and playground, giving students the world-class facilities they deserve,” he said.
At the last state election in 2018, Labor committed to building 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026.
Labor said that so far 75 have been funded or opened.
A Labor Party press release said they have invested more than $12.8 billion in building and upgrading schools in Victoria and have delivered more than 1850 upgrades to schools since coming to government.
The release also said the party has supported education by investing in student mental health and wellbeing by putting mental health workers in every government school and by reforming the senior secondary school system.
The state government has also combined VCE and VCAL to create the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate.
Education Minister Natalie Hutchins said that Labor wanted teachers and students to have what they need to succeed in the classroom.
“Our teachers do an amazing job educating Victorian students and that’s why we deliver so many new and upgraded classrooms and facilities at schools right across the state,” she said.
Liam McNally
