Wyndham council growth pains
Ratepayers in growth areas such as Wyndham are in danger of being under-represented by their council unless councillor numbers are increased, a discussion paper...
Rentals a dope growth area
Landlords are being urged to keep a close eye on their rental properties after a police raid on a Sanctuary Lakes house uncovered 300...
Wyndham Vale woman Tamara Raymond missing
Police are looking for a Wyndham Vale woman who has been missing since Monday.
Tamara Raymond, 18, was last seen at her Wentworth Avenue house...
Werribee Secondary College students bake for babies
Patients of Werribee Mercy Hospital’s
mother-baby service will
benefit from the generosity of the Werribee Secondary College community. Year-12 students held a bake
sale to...
World of opportunity for Hoppers Crossing students
When the school
bell rings, students at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College rush to enjoy
the afternoon sun. But a group of its students have...
Tim Pallas books in to meet students
TARNEIT MP Tim Pallas heard about Baden Powell College students’
quest to collect books for Cambodian children during a stint as the
school’s principal...
Name change for Springs school
A WYNDHAM councillor will have to change the name of a school in
Caroline Springs following a County Court hearing. Intaj Khan is opening
a...
TAFE plan has‘failed miserably’
SAVAGE state government cuts to TAFE funding have forced steep drops in enrolments, new figures reveal.The Education Department’s 2013 Victorian Training Market Quarterly Report...
Who to trust? Principal’s dilemma
A WYNDHAM principal is urging the state and federal governments to come clean about the formulas they are using to calculate future funding under...
Reprieve for Glen Devon Primary School site
THE site of the former Glen Devon Primary School has been left out of a pilot project that will allow nine disused schools across...
Werribee campus staff to walk out
STAFF at Melbourne University’s Werribee campus will stage stopwork
meetings today to campaign for improvements in job security and career
development. National Tertiary Education...
Government schools need state support, says principal
- See: Sign up for Gonski or lose millions: PMPRINCIPAL Michael Fawcett says Tarneit Senior College is a textbook example of the need for...
Sign up for Gonski or lose millions: PM
SCHOOLS in Wyndham need “more funding not less”, says Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she increases pressure on Victoria to sign up for the...
Wyndham schools first to test-drive NBN
STUDENTS will be among the first Wyndham residents to benefit from the high-speed National Broadband Network as technicians prepare to install cabling to 2700...
More makeshift classrooms in Tarneit
TWO Tarneit schools will be forced to turn to portable classrooms next year after missing out on funding for stage two works in last...