Getting Results - Education and Youth
As the local State Member of Parliament, Ann Barker helps make sure the Oakleigh electorate gets its fair share of funding and resources from the Brumby Government. Including:
- 6,200 extra teachers and support staff in our schools
- $1.6 million to Murrumbeena Primary School for major upgrade works
- funding to build pre school at Oakleigh Primary School
- over $1 million for maintenance works at Hughesdale, Oakleigh, Sussex Heights and Amsleigh Park Primary School
- opened new hall, student toilets, canteen and classroom at Glen Huntly Primary School
- increased funding to local primary schools through school budgets
- reduction in average primary school class sizes
- $150,000 to Hughesdale Primary School and $100,000 to Carnegie Primary School for toilet upgrade
- funding for youth services in Oakleigh
- scrapped previous government’s unfair computer funding model for local primary schools
- funded Glen Huntly Primary School’s Centenary of Federation mural
- funded ‘Languages other than English’ projects at Amsleigh Park and Oakleigh Primary School
- grants to local youth organisations for National Youth Week activities
- 'Science in Schools' Program extended to a number of local schools
- 86 new computers for local schools and funding boost for ICT support including teacher and principal notebooks and technical support in schools
- grant for the Monash Youth Volunteering Project
- capital grants to pre school services, including $63,500 to Carnegie Uniting Church Preschool
- funding boost for five local non-government schools, including $48,000 and $18,000 for the Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College
- grants to local primary schools for library resources and school sporting equipment
- funding to Monash Council through the youth FreeZA program to provide music and cultural events for young people
- funding for the Innovation and Excellence in the Middle Years program at Hughesdale Primary School and Oakleigh Primary School
- increased the Education Maintenance Allowance payments for eligible primary students from $127 to $205 per year and for eligible secondary students from $254 to $410 per year and index yearly
- $5,500 to every local school to improve school grounds under the "School yard Blitz" program
- funded computers, software, printers and internet connections to local kindergartens and pre schools
- increased funding and improved standards of school cleaning in all local schools
- New funding model for non Government schools providing an additional $316,149 to local schools in 2006
- $100,000 to Carnegie Primary School to upgrade classrooms
- $111,000 to Amsleigh Park Primary School to rebuild its junior school toilet block
- funded high speed, fibre optic broadband upgrade for every Government school
- $300 School Start Bonus to parents of all Prep and year 7 students
