Four Melbourne Catholic primary schools will be closed, leaving more than 300 students scrambling to find placements.
Four Melbourne Catholic schools will be closed, leaving more than 300 devastated families scrambling to find new places for their children in 2024.
Schools were informed in May they were under review, as all campuses with fewer than 150 students were assessed for enrolment prospects, financial and education performance, and whether enrolled families were open to attending alternative schools.“Over the past few months, we held several meetings with principals, parish priests and parent representatives as part of the consultation process to understand how we could best support these schools,” Simons said.
“As a practising Catholic, I’m appalled by the complete amount of mistrust, failure of process, lack of governance and absolute disregard for humans and the Catholic youth they’re supposed to be fostering and supporting,” she said. St John’s has about 80 students currently enrolled. Young has two children at the school and her daughter is school captain.
She said she was unconvinced the review process had been genuine and said the outcome had her “questioning my faith”.Simons said MACS would support students, families, carers and staff with their transition to new school communities, including with fee relief, uniform support and redeployment. “Our modelling shows that demand for Catholic education is growing in Melbourne’s northern and western corridors, where we have opened 12 schools since 2018, servicing a combined number of 4766 students.Vicky Young, president of St John’s Clifton Hill Parents and Friends
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