- LNP will deliver a new high school for Gracemere, starting with grades 7 and 8.
- Commitment follows a decade of advocacy from Rockhampton families.
- LNP’s $100 million commitment is part of the More Teachers, Better Education plan and see the school built on land left empty by Labor for 20 years.
The LNP will deliver a new high school for Rockhampton at Gracemere, committing to Stage 1 to begin with years 7 and 8.
An LNP Government would build Gracemere High School on 20 hectares of land left to stand empty by Labor for almost 20 years, on the corner of Johnson Road and Lucas Street.
LNP Candidate for Rockhampton Donna Kirkland said the LNP’s $100 million commitment would ease continual overcrowding in surrounding high schools, and better educate the region’s young people into the future.
“Only the LNP will deliver the new high school the people of Rockhampton at Gracemere, as part of More Teachers, Better Education plan,” Ms Kirkland said.
“A new high school will support our growing community and ensure our kids can access a world-class education.
“There has been a chronic failure of forward-planning and under-resourcing of schools by the Palaszczuk/Miles Labor Government which has led to over-capacity; leaving students struggling to learn properly, and their safety at risk.
“Schools in the Rockhampton area are over capacity; school buses are overcrowded, and students are too often left stranded.
“Labor’s schools planning process is a mess with no plan to deliver the new schools in areas of high population growth that will sustain future generations of Queensland kids and their education needs.”
LNP Shadow Minister for Education Dr Christian Rowan said a new high school in Gracemere will mean students can access the education they need without compromising the safety of students.
After years of Labor neglect and refusal to invest in the additional school infrastructure we need, the LNP is committed to better schools and better education outcomes for Queensland students,” Dr Rowan said.
“In the last five years growth at local schools has skyrocketed, with Rockhampton SHS up 14.8 per cent, North Rockhampton SHS up 3.24 per cent, Glenmore SHS up 21.4 per cent and Mount Morgan State School up 28.4 per cent.
“Labor’s failures have overseen $20 billion-plus in project cost blowouts that could have instead delivered grassroots infrastructure like a new Gracemere High School for Rockhampton.
“Queenslanders can vote for Gracemere High School and a government which works for them, by voting LNP at this election.
“Queenslanders must show Labor the door in 2024, to ensure the right focus on delivering the programs, services and communities for our state.
“Only the LNP stands ready to deliver a fresh start for Queensland.”