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The students at Holy Spirit School in New Farm will soon benefit from new classrooms delivered with $468,000 of funding through the State Government Capital Assistance Scheme.
Member for Brisbane Grace Grace said the primary school would receive the funding to build two new classrooms with adjoining pathways and storerooms.
“These new buildings will further improve Holy Spirit School’s ability to deliver high-quality education to students from Prep to Year 7,” Ms Grace said.
“Not only will they provide spacious facilities to help accommodate some of the school’s 200 plus students, but the new and modernised learning environments will provide a pleasant atmosphere for students to concentrate on study.
“Holy Spirit School was originally established in 1937, and has educated generation after generation of our youth including my own daughter who loved attending Holy Spirit during her primary school years.
"New facilities like these will ensure the school’s teaching staff can continue to do what they do best. “This funding forms just part of the ongoing State Government Capital Assistance Scheme, which has provided $46 million in funding to non-state schools this financial year.” Ms Grace said the funding for the new buildings was in addition to $1.4 million in recurrent funding the school had received from the Bligh Government since 2007.
“Non-state schools play a vital role in the education of young Queenslanders, and I’m proud to continue supporting the great work done at Holy Spirit School in the heart of Brisbane,” she said.
“This year, the Bligh Government has provided $299,425 in recurrent funding to assist Holy Spirit in educating our future leaders. “We will continue to support all schools, be they State, Catholic or independent, to ensure a bright future for our children.”
Above: Grace Grace MP with Holy Spirit school principal Nick Gallen and students
