BACCHUS Marsh College has received a $19m state budget allocation to build a new learning hub.<\/p>\n
Eureka MP Michaela Settle announced the budget news earlier this week, describing it as a big win for the town, the school and families.<\/p>\n
Settle, who also holds the ministerial regional development and agriculture portfolios, said the funding would create capacity for an additional 300 students.<\/p>\n
She said the new hub would ensure the college could continue to support the growing town with modern, high-quality learning environments.<\/p>\n
“This is a big win for Bacchus Marsh and a great outcome for local students and families,” Settle said.<\/p>\n
“This investment will make sure our growing community has the modern facilities it needs, while creating more opportunities for local students to learn and thrive.<\/p>\n
“Strong schools are at the heart of strong communities, and this investment will support Bacchus Marsh as it continues to grow.”<\/p>\n
In the 2025-26 budget the college shared in $10 million allocated for planning and designing future upgrades at 20 schools.<\/p>\n
The new allocation will allow the hub’s design and construction to proceed, and is part of a $294.8m budget spend for school upgrades across the state.<\/p>\n
Bacchus Marsh College is more than 100 years old and currently has about 1000 enrolled students.<\/p>\n
Principal Dionne Fenton said when the planning funding was announced last year that the college had ideas for development, and welcomed the budget allocation.<\/p>\n
She said key priorities included upgrades to the oval, a performing arts centre, and senior and junior learning communities.<\/p>\n
“We do have a vision and some ideas for what comes next, and we are midway planning for a school oval recreational redevelopment,” she said.<\/p>\n
“The opportunity to revisit a musical performing arts centre would be something, and certainly a senior learning community village and a junior learning community village with an extension to a comprehensive wellbeing space.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BACCHUS Marsh College has received a $19m state budget allocation to build a new learning hub. Eureka MP Michaela Settle announced the budget news earlier this week, describing it as a big win for the town, the school and families. Settle, who also holds the ministerial regional development and agriculture portfolios, said the funding would […]<\/p>\n