Ceres
03-09-2009, 01:57 PM
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,26020879-421,00.html
This is a bit bizarre. I hope the library will be for the whole community!
AN OUTBACK school with one student is among nine tiny schools handed $2.25 million in grants from the Federal Government - even though they face closure.
Evesham State School, near Longreach in western Queensland, was given $250,000 for a new library even though it has just one student, The Australian reports. (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26019407-5013404,00.html)
Joanne Hall, the grandmother of the eight-year-old Year 3 girl, yesterday branded the "resource centre" a waste of money.
"It's a terrific little school and I'd love to see it stay open, but it already has everything," she said.
"The money could probably go to other schools that would benefit by it."
Each of the nine Queensland schools has received $250,000 in funds - on top of the $400,000 shared among them for minor refurbishments last month.
(http://www.google.com.au/ig/adde?moduleurl=news_au.xml&source=imag&source=ndta&bpig=1)
The money was handed out in the final round of the federal government's $16 billion Building the Education Revolution (http://search.news.com.au/search//0/?us=ndmnews&sid=421&as=news&ac=ninews2&q=Education%20Revolution) program, which siphoned funds out of a spending scheme for new science labs in some of the nation's neediest schools.
The other eight schools, each with between four and 57 students, have been given $250,000 each to build new libraries, halls or classrooms.
This is a bit bizarre. I hope the library will be for the whole community!
AN OUTBACK school with one student is among nine tiny schools handed $2.25 million in grants from the Federal Government - even though they face closure.
Evesham State School, near Longreach in western Queensland, was given $250,000 for a new library even though it has just one student, The Australian reports. (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26019407-5013404,00.html)
Joanne Hall, the grandmother of the eight-year-old Year 3 girl, yesterday branded the "resource centre" a waste of money.
"It's a terrific little school and I'd love to see it stay open, but it already has everything," she said.
"The money could probably go to other schools that would benefit by it."
Each of the nine Queensland schools has received $250,000 in funds - on top of the $400,000 shared among them for minor refurbishments last month.
(http://www.google.com.au/ig/adde?moduleurl=news_au.xml&source=imag&source=ndta&bpig=1)
The money was handed out in the final round of the federal government's $16 billion Building the Education Revolution (http://search.news.com.au/search//0/?us=ndmnews&sid=421&as=news&ac=ninews2&q=Education%20Revolution) program, which siphoned funds out of a spending scheme for new science labs in some of the nation's neediest schools.
The other eight schools, each with between four and 57 students, have been given $250,000 each to build new libraries, halls or classrooms.