State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, has announced a $38,290 upgrade at the Lindenow Primary School.
Mr Bull said the funds will enable the refurbishment of the school's main classroom wing, including relining and repainting walls, changing light fixtures, putting fly screens on to windows and potentially restumping and replacing worn floor areas.
“The internal changes are aimed at bringing more light into the buildings and creating classrooms more aligned with 21st century teachings.
“Lindenow Primary is a growing school community with over 100 students enrolled, making it even more important to ensure the school’s facilities are kept up-to-date,” he said.
“This funding to Lindenow Primary School is part of a broader investment in school maintenance across Victoria,” Mr Bull said.
“The money will go towards upgrading school buildings which have been identified as needing maintenance works.”
Minister for Education Martin Dixon said the Coalition Government has stepped in and is making up for 11 years of Labor neglect.
“Daniel Andrews and Labor cannot hide from the truth – Labor cut school maintenance funding by 20 per cent when it was last in government,” Mr Dixon said.
“And once again, Labor proved to be incapable of basic maths when the Building the Education Revolution program was underfunded by $70 million.
“What is also disappointing for Victorian schools is that Labor had promised capital works projects for around 200 schools, but broke that promise by never delivering any of them.
“During the 2012 maintenance audit all 27,000 Victorian government school buildings were assessed, and the audit exposed a decade of Labor neglect.
“Since 2011, the Coalition Government has delivered a $1.1 billion investment in school infrastructure, including 23 new schools and upgrades to hundreds of existing schools.
“This is in addition to the $51.5 million allocated in 2013, and $71 million allocated in the 2014-15 Victorian State Budget to tackle Labor’s $420 million school maintenance backlog.
“The Coalition Government has delivered on its election promises, and increased school maintenance funding by over 40 per cent.
"The Coalition Government will be announcing further details of our commitment to education when we release the overarching policy closer to the election,” Mr Dixon said..
