The Adelaide Hills township of Lobethal today celebrates 175 years since establishment. Lobethal was settled by Prussian Lutherans in 1842. There were 18 families and one pastor in the original settlement.
The Premier and his Education Minister have been caught out providing different information about who may be able to enrol in the new Adelaide Botanic High School, according to the State Liberals.
The State Liberals have described the creation of yet another highly paid communications position in the Education Department as an obscene waste of taxpayer’s money.
Education Minister Susan Close has confirmed in correspondence to the State Liberals that the STEMWorks School Infrastructure project will see major portions of grants to schools eaten up in 'project costs', 'professional fees' and other non-building related costs.
As school returns for the 2017 year, the State Liberals have called on the Weatherill Labor Government to ensure that South Australia’s schools improve their results.
The State Liberals have expressed concern that the finalised NAPLAN results, released today, once again show South Australia was lowest or second lowest of all states in eighteen out of twenty categories.
The State Liberals have renewed calls for the Weatherill Government to transition Year 7
from primary school into high school.
The State Liberals today announced that if a Marshall Liberal Government is elected in March 2018 they will ensure that private music instructors are allowed to continue teaching students in public schools, and called on the Weatherill Labor Government to follow suit.
A Marshall Liberal Government will establish four Entrepreneurial Schools, two in Adelaide and two in regional South Australia, if elected at the 2018 State election.
Liberal MP for Morialta John Gardner today called on the Weatherill Labor Government to provide support to the Adelaide Hills Council to ensure Montacute Road is fixed before the fire danger season commences.