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Weir Views newest school opens doors

There was “much joy” among the parents and students from the Weir Views community this week as they were welcomed into a school they can finally call their own.

St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School opened its doors for the first time this week after several years of planning and 18 months of construction.

Principal Bill Hill said the first day was the culmination of a lot of work for many people.

“It’s been a long time coming and its taken a lot of work but we are so happy to have our children here learning and smiling,” Mr Hill said.

“It’s been a fabulous start and the parents have been very engaged and happy to be dropping

children off. The feedback from parents has been very positive, they are so happy to have a local school and we are very focussed on building a welcoming community.”

Stage one construction of the new school finished early December 2021 and the school is already about to begin a $6 million stage two.

“We are now looking forward to construction of stage two starting in about six weeks. This will

include another nine learning spaces which will effectively double the current learning and teaching space,” Mr Hill said.

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