The Queensland Government will build a new state high school at Wynnum as part of a $150 million transformation of education in the Brisbane Bayside area.
Construction of the new state high school on a new site is the centrepiece of the State Government 's plans for the area under the State Schools of Tomorrow schools renewal initiative.
The new school will have a capacity of about 800 students to accommodate students from Wynnum North State High School.
A number of potential sites in the Wynnum area are currently being investigated, with the new school planned to open for the 2010 school year.
In addition to the new secondary school, the Queensland Government is renewing eight other state schools with facilities comparable to schools now being built.
Six schools Manly, Manly West, Tingalpa, Wondall Heights and Wynnum West state schools, and Wynnum State High School will be completely modernised through the project.
Darling Point Special School will be retained on its present site and its facilities enhanced.
During 2010, following the construction of the new high school and the relocation of students from Wynnum North State High to the new school, the present Wynnum North State High site will be redeveloped into a primary school.
This will open for the start of the 2011 school year as a new school formed from the amalgamation of Lindum, Wynnum Central and Wynnum North state schools, which will all close at the end of 2010.
The new amalgamated primary school will initially cater for about 630 students, giving the central and northern parts of Wynnum a modernised, sustainable primary school.
It will provide children who are transferred from those schools being closed with superior facilities on a much larger site offering better educational opportunities.
The Moreton Bay Environmental Centre, now at Wynnum Central State School, will be relocated to the new primary school to be developed on the current site of the Wynnum North State High School.
Extensive public consultations with the Bayside community have helped shape the project 's outcome, with people asked what they thought the schools should look like, what facilities they should have, and which schools were the most sustainable.
The renewed schools will be transformed with new or remodelled buildings and attractive undercover play and assembly areas.
Inside will be bigger classrooms and practical learning areas to take advantage of modern teaching methods and to support new curriculum opportunities, in areas such as science, technology, engineering and maths.
The new high school and the modernised Wynnum State High School will have modern amenities such as a performing arts facility, multi-purpose sports centre and multi-media facilities with production capabilities.
The bulk of project construction work is planned to be completed for the start of the 2010 school year, when around 4200 staff and children will move into new or renewed facilities.
The second phase, involving the development of a new primary school at the Wynnum North State High School site, will be completed a year later.
Considering the large and complex nature of the project, which involves the new school, amalgamations and closures, Hemmant and Lota state schools will not be part of the State Schools of Tomorrow initiative. Both schools will remain open for the time being depending on enrolment numbers. However neither school will receive facilities upgrades. If enrolments for Hemmant drop to 70 students the school will close, while Lota will close if enrolment numbers drop to 166.
All renewed school facilities will be designed for greater environmental sustainability and the efficient use of resources, such as water.
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