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By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Moorabool kids had their first day at school last week, beginning their exciting education journeys at primary schools across the Shire.
\nIn total, 533 Foundation students have enrolled across 17 primary schools in Moorabool \u2013 down from 584 last year, a decrease of almost 9 per cent.
\nThe decrease in enrolments is seen most sharply in schools in more rural parts of Moorabool: for example, Bungaree had no Preps enrol, compared to 5 last year, and St Mary\u2019s Clarkes Hill had 1, compared to 5 in 2021.
\nOn the other hand, all but one Bacchus Marsh-based primary school had Foundation enrolments increase.
\nBacchus Marsh Primary School had the most enrolments with 112, compared to 96 last year. St Bernard\u2019s has welcomed 57 Foundation students, up from 49.
\nBacchus Marsh Grammar had the second-most enrolments in Moorabool with 103 at its Maddingley Campus, while Darley had the third-most with 80. Pentland Primary saw its Foundation enrolments rise from 63 to 65.
\nMoorabool Shire Mayor Cr Tom Sullivan said he wasn\u2019t surprised by the disparity in enrolments between residential and rural Moorabool, given the \u201ccyclic\u201d ups and downs in enrolment figures for rural areas \u2013 but he hopes Council can foster more stable growth.
\n\u201cIn the rural areas of Moorabool, the average age is somewhat older than in the residential areas, where there\u2019s a number of young people coming in and having children. So I suppose it doesn\u2019t surprise me that there is a downward trend in rural enrolments,\u201d Cr Sullivan told the Moorabool News.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s residential growth in Bacchus Marsh and Ballan, so there\u2019s more people coming in\u2026but there\u2019s an inability for people to move into some more regional areas, because there\u2019s no opportunity to build new homes, so that affects enrolments.<\/p>\n

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link<\/p>\n

https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2022-02-08\/1<\/a><\/p>\n

in the 8 February 2022 edition
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