Public Works Committee: Murray Bridge High School Redevelopment

Mr CREGAN (Kavel) (11:46): I move:

That the 55^th report of the committee for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament, entitled Murray Bridge High School Redevelopment Project, be noted.

Murray Bridge High School, as you will know, Mr Speaker, is centrally located on Lohmann Street, Murray Bridge, in the district council of Murray Bridge. The Department for Education's capital works program allocated Murray Bridge High School $20 million to provide new and refurbished facilities in order to accommodate 1,350 students on site.

The proposed high school redevelopment is expected to cater for the transition of year 7 students in 2022, as well as a projected increase in student enrolment numbers from growth in the district. The redevelopment will include demolition, new works and refurbishment of existing facilities at the school site. Specifically, the scope of works for the redevelopment at Murray Bridge High School includes a new two-storey building to accommodate the middle school, an inclusive learning centre, a new technical studies building, refurbishment of the former technical studies rooms into a new entrepreneurial centre, roof replacement of the gym and music spaces, additional car parking with a dedicated disability unit drop-off zone, the relocation of existing transportable classrooms and demolition of existing modular and transportable accommodation at the site.

When complete, the high school redevelopment project is expected to deliver a connected multidisciplinary and contemporary learning environment that engages all learners to provide for what is described as a 'cultural heart' for the high school with places, connections and inclusions for the broader learning community and contemporary learning areas that are considered to support 21^st-century pedagogy. Construction of the redevelopment project will be staged, keeping in mind that obviously activity at the site for the purposes of education will continue, with completion expected by December 2021.

The committee examined evidence in relation to this project and received assurances that the appropriate consultation and agency oversight had been undertaken. The committee, in consequence, is satisfied that the proposal has been subject to appropriate agency consultation and meets the criteria for the examination of projects described in the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991 and accordingly, based on the evidence considered pursuant to section 12C of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Public Works Committee reports to parliament that it recommends the scope of the proposed public works.

Motion carried.