Media Release

Students at Yarra Hills Secondary College (formerly Pembroke Secondary College) will benefit from $10 million in new facilities as part of the Coalition Government’s plan to build better schools.

The $10 million investment at Yarra Hills Secondary College is part of a $208 million school capital package announced today in the 2011-12 Victorian Budget.

Mr Hodgett said the investment at Yarra Hills Secondary College was evidence the Coalition Government was committed to meeting its election promises.

Yarra Hills Secondary College will receive $10 million for modernisation of its school facilities. This investment will fund the second stage of the school’s redevelopment, including construction of new classrooms, specialist facilities, a new canteen, and other amenities.

The funding will bring the school’s facilities and learning environment into the 21^st century, and will benefit more than 650 secondary students in the Yarra Ranges area.

"After years of battling in opposition for the funding, I am delighted to have delivered Yarra Hills Secondary College the Stage 2 Master Plan funding in the Baillieu Government’s first State Budget,” Mr Hodgett said.

"This is the final stage of the Master Plan and will give the Yarra Hills Community certainty that their major refurbishment project will finally be finished.”

"After a long and often frustrating journey, this is a huge win for the Yarra Hills school community and I am thrilled the Coalition Government has delivered on this election commitment."

Mr Hodgett said the budget also provided schools across Victoria an extra $100 million in maintenance funding over four years bringing annual government funding on maintenance to almost $90 million in 2011-12.