Further improvements: A Victorian Government grant, along with help from Paul Evans Welding, gave Rochester Secondary College a new shaded area. Maintenance is planned at the school after a funding announcement.
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Students and teachers in Rochester will benefit when a maintenance blitz gets under way at the secondary college.
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State Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp last week announced that Rochester Secondary College was among 111 schools to share in the blitz — which includes painting, resurfacing and fixing roofs and windows — as part of the Term 3 Planned Maintenance Program.
Mr Gepp said the investment ensured Rochester Secondary College was safe and comfortable — giving its students the best possible settings in which to learn and thrive.
State Education Minister Natalie Hutchins said the program was about ensuring that every Victorian school was well maintained and safe.
“Our record investment in school infrastructure is delivering high-quality classrooms for our hard-working principals, teachers and staff, as well as students and families,” she said.
Rochester Secondary College has been allocated a total of $55,000.
This includes $20,000 to address high-priority maintenance tasks identified in the school's Rolling Facilities Evaluation, including external surface repainting, external surface revarnishing, fascia repainting, handrail repair, wall repainting, wall repair, wall revarnishing and window repair. The remaining $35,000 will be used for high-priority maintenance tasks identified in the school's specialist assessment to address the school's roofing issues.
The program will see the Victorian schools share in $11.24 million of funding for the works to take place, which also includes replacing floors, works to grounds and classrooms and external landscaping works to pathways and lighting.
School spirit: Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp last week announced Rochester Secondary College was among 111 schools to receive funding support.
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The maintenance blitz comes in addition to the $28.4 million in funding allocated over the last term, $4.27 million already provided to 47 schools through the Term 2 Planned Maintenance Program, and the $5.84 million provided to 57 schools through the Term 1 Planned Maintenance Program.
This funding also covers an ongoing program to inspect and repair or replace solar power systems across 737 school campuses.
In the past eight years, the Andrews Government has invested $12.8 billion in building new schools and more than 1850 school upgrades, creating around 17,400 jobs in construction and associated industries.
The government is now ahead of schedule in opening 100 new schools by 2026, with 75 new schools opening between 2019 and 2024.
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