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ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:11): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. When will the expansion of Adelaide High School commence; when will it be completed; and when will the adjusted zones for the school be announced? At the 2010 election, Labor promised that Adelaide High School would be expanded to cater for up to 250 more students from 2013, without encroaching on the Parklands. Families from Prospect and Walkerville were also promised the opportunity to attend Adelaide High under new zoning arrangements.

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development) (15:11): I do thank the member for Adelaide for this important question and I look forward to actually working with her on this matter, because she is also a member of the Adelaide High School Governing Council, as the Premier pointed out a couple of weeks ago. We are, without question, absolutely committed to the expansion of Adelaide High, an outstanding public school, and we are expanding—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I am sure the same question was asked two weeks ago.

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: Yeah, that's fine. And we are committed to expanding it by about—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: —250 students, as well as the necessary expansion of the buildings. There are a couple of issues: heritage buildings and Parklands. That means that, unlike the other three expansions that are proceeding well, this is slightly more complicated, which is why I will be visiting the school, I think on 6 December, and also meeting with the Lord Mayor in the future. We are prepared to take a bit longer, if we need to, to get it right.

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