Media Release

The SKY High Working Group says it has a renewed confidence in the fight for a high school in the Seddon, Kingsville and Yarraville area after negotiations with the new State Government.

Since the group's meeting with Education Minister Martin Dixon in late July 2011 a core group of SKY High committee members have met regularly with officials from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Spokesperson Susan Douglass said SKY High was very confident in the current process. "The Department Education Early Childhood Development has now agreed to a new study to review the need to secondary school provisioning for the inner west.

"As part of this process we continue to engage openly and actively with all local schools to ensure the best overall education outcomes in the inner west."

"With the assistance of the Maribyrnong City Council we are expecting new population projections to become available in December. We are looking forward to solid progress continuing in 2012 in the work towards achieving a local high school for youngsters in this area," she said.

"As we move into the festive season the SKY High membership committee will continue activities at local community events to encourage new families to register their support for a local secondary school.

"We know parents will be delighted if a local school is established, so that their children don't have to travel out of the area, and because a new school will be a great community focus and community resource.

"We encourage everyone to join our Facebook page for regular updates on the SKY High Working Group and to sign up as a member via our website.

"The final SKY High meeting for 2011 will be held on Monday 5th of December, 8pm at the Yarraville Club in Stephen Street, Yarraville, and we invite all who are interested to come along. We are looking forward to sharing our results for 2011."

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The Seddon, Kingsville, Yarraville (SKY) High Working Group (WG) has launched its new Facebook site.

The page is being launched with a questionnaire that will be used to update information on the level of support for a local secondary college. Everyone who completes the online questionnaire will go into a draw for some great prizes from SKY local businesses Babies and Kids and Catnaps.

SKY High spokesperson Ms. Janine Lloyd say the "along with our website, the Facebook page will be the place for members to go to get the latest SKY High news. Our members will have a convenient way to be up to date with the latest information. For example, we will be able to update our members about the outcome from our meeting with the Education Minister on the 21st July - the same day that we meet with the minister" says Ms. Lloyd.

This map, prepared for SKY High's 2009 report, shows a 2 km radius around all public secondary schools in Melbourne. See how most inner-suburbs are covered except the SKY area.

Click here to see it full size.

Register your email address on the Contact Us page, if you haven't already indicated your support! That way, you'll get email updates about the progress your Working Group is making. Ask your neighbours and local friends to support us too!