The Andrews government’s merger of Shepparton’s four struggling high schools into one mega-campus stirred anger in the town, and the Coalition hopes to cash in.
The Labor government’s plans do not include a single proposal to address the extreme deprivation and social disadvantage suffered by so many children and their families.
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There are no UberEats deliveries or parents dropping off takeaway at Homestead Senior Secondary College, in Melbourneâs west.
When Homestead opened its doors last year, it decided to use some equity funding â money usually allocated for support staff and additional resourcing for children â for a free school lunch program.
Principal Michael Fawcett said the meals were designed to âbring our cohort together and establish that adult culture of socialising. And because of COVID and the huge amount of families in Point Cook who lost jobs ⦠it had that additional benefit that I know families have been rapt about.â