Students and teachers at schools in Montrose will benefit when a maintenance blitz gets underway.
Monbulk MP James Merlino announced on Monday 12 September that Montrose Primary is among 111 schools to share the blitz – which includes painting, resurfacing and fixing roofs and windows – as part of the Term 3 Planned Maintenance Program.
“This investment ensures schools in Montrose are safe and comfortable – giving our students the best possible settings to learn and thrive in,” he said.
Montrose Primary School has been allocated a total of $50,000. This includes $15,000 to address high priority maintenance tasks identified in the school’s Rolling Facilities Evaluation, including external lighting repair, external surface revarnishing, handrail repair, roof repair, shade structure repair, soffit repair and wall repainting.
This also includes $35,000 for high priority maintenance tasks identified in the school’s specialist assessment to address the school’s roofing issues.
The program will see the 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.
The blitz will ensure the schools are safe, modern and properly upheld. It 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.
