LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
“SANDRINGHAM-BRIGHTON ADVERTISER”
Tuesday, June 25, 1991. Page 9.
“SANDRINGHAM-BRIGHTON ADVERTISER”
Tuesday, June 25, 1991. Page 9.
COLLEGE CLOSE ‘DISGUSTS’.
THE Parents’ Association at Brighton Bay Secondary College wishes to express its disgust at the proposal by the chief general manager, Office of Schools Administration, Dr. P. Hill, to close our college. Dr. Hill has made this proposal without the agreed consultation outlined in the District Review Policy.
Our parents consider the college as a viable provider a comprehensive curriculum from Years 7 to 12. They choose the college because of the programs we offer, the excellent facilities and dedicated teachers. They feel their children are provided with an environment conducive to learning.
We are concerned that the closure of the college would mean an end of government education in the Brighton area. Where do our children go if the college is closed? The closest schools to ours meet a need – but not the same needs that our college does; that is, practical, technological and artistic programs.
We feel it would waste resources if our college were to close, and an attempt were made to duplicate our facilities elsewhere. This does not make sense, especially in these difficult times.
Our parents have chosen this college because it meets their children’s needs. To withdraw this choice would make a mockery of the ministry’s policy concerning access and success and parents having a real choice as to where they educate their child.
Please consider our real concerns over the proposed closure of our college, and the loss of government education in this area. I seek your assistance in fighting this proposal and allowing us to have our children educated at a college which delivers a curriculum which is relevant to needs of students today.
Monica Black,
President, Parents’ Association,
Brighton Bay Secondary College.
(Formerly Brighton Technical School).
Our parents consider the college as a viable provider a comprehensive curriculum from Years 7 to 12. They choose the college because of the programs we offer, the excellent facilities and dedicated teachers. They feel their children are provided with an environment conducive to learning.
We are concerned that the closure of the college would mean an end of government education in the Brighton area. Where do our children go if the college is closed? The closest schools to ours meet a need – but not the same needs that our college does; that is, practical, technological and artistic programs.
We feel it would waste resources if our college were to close, and an attempt were made to duplicate our facilities elsewhere. This does not make sense, especially in these difficult times.
Our parents have chosen this college because it meets their children’s needs. To withdraw this choice would make a mockery of the ministry’s policy concerning access and success and parents having a real choice as to where they educate their child.
Please consider our real concerns over the proposed closure of our college, and the loss of government education in this area. I seek your assistance in fighting this proposal and allowing us to have our children educated at a college which delivers a curriculum which is relevant to needs of students today.
Monica Black,
President, Parents’ Association,
Brighton Bay Secondary College.
(Formerly Brighton Technical School).
NONE LIKE ‘BAY’.
LIKE, possibly, many other people who have written to you, I support Brighton Bay Secondary College in its campaign to remain open as a stand-alone Year 7-12 school. The arguments used against the school – that the junior students suffer educational disadvantage because of their small numbers and an inability to provide adequate Victorian Certificate of Education – I do not believe are valid and no doubt, on inquiry, the school will be able to refute this (by demonstration).
The school offers excellent curriculum and facilities and I believe these would be a great loss to the public system. The teachers are highly motivated and talented and the school culture is very supportive of teacher and student alike.
I know my daughter, now aged nearly 21 years, feels she received a first class education and that moving from her previous school to Brighton Bay would be one of the best things we ever did.
There are other excellent government schools in the district, but none, I believe, which offers the same combination of curriculum, technological facilities and such a high number of highly-motivated and talented teachers. I believe the closure of the school would be a great loss.
Sarah McQuarrie,
Wheatley Rd, Bentleigh.
Former President of Brighton
Bay School Council (two years),
former Parent Member of Brighton Technical School,
former Parent Representative on the Southern
Metropolitan Regional Board of Education,
former Parent Member and Chairperson of the
Disadvantaged School Program at Brighton.
The school offers excellent curriculum and facilities and I believe these would be a great loss to the public system. The teachers are highly motivated and talented and the school culture is very supportive of teacher and student alike.
I know my daughter, now aged nearly 21 years, feels she received a first class education and that moving from her previous school to Brighton Bay would be one of the best things we ever did.
There are other excellent government schools in the district, but none, I believe, which offers the same combination of curriculum, technological facilities and such a high number of highly-motivated and talented teachers. I believe the closure of the school would be a great loss.
Sarah McQuarrie,
Wheatley Rd, Bentleigh.
Former President of Brighton
Bay School Council (two years),
former Parent Member of Brighton Technical School,
former Parent Representative on the Southern
Metropolitan Regional Board of Education,
former Parent Member and Chairperson of the
Disadvantaged School Program at Brighton.
KEEP COLLEGE OPEN IN ’92.
I AM a student at Brighton Bay Secondary College (formerly known as Brighton Technical School), studying Year 12 TOP Art and Design. I have had 12 years prior to this at Firbank Anglican Girls’ School.
Brighton Bay Secondary College was founded in 1922 and will celebrate, in 1992, 70 years of providing quality education. The Government has proposed that next year Brighton Bay Secondary College will close.
We, the students of Brighton Bay Secondary College, are determined this should not happen. This school provides many educational courses; for example, one of the biggest and best photography courses in Victoria, outdoor education course, information and technology, and an art and design course.
The art course is well recognized as one of the best in Victoria. I was advised by many people to attend this school to further my art studies.
My father has had more than 20 years of experience in graphics and he recommends this school to everyone interested in an art career. How can the Government say it would like a “clever country” and close such a remarkable school – all for what? Money? I wonder where all the students of this school will go? The streets? Where will all the older students get a great college education?
The teachers of the TOP art course are the best teachers I have ever seen working together for the betterment of the students. They are very well known and have a great deal of experience in the art field.
I would like to see the school stay open to produce more famous people like Sydney Nolan, a great artist who attended this school.
Please help keep Brighton Bay Secondary College open next year.
Emelia Beaumont,
Beach Rd, Beaumaris.
Brighton Bay Secondary College was founded in 1922 and will celebrate, in 1992, 70 years of providing quality education. The Government has proposed that next year Brighton Bay Secondary College will close.
We, the students of Brighton Bay Secondary College, are determined this should not happen. This school provides many educational courses; for example, one of the biggest and best photography courses in Victoria, outdoor education course, information and technology, and an art and design course.
The art course is well recognized as one of the best in Victoria. I was advised by many people to attend this school to further my art studies.
My father has had more than 20 years of experience in graphics and he recommends this school to everyone interested in an art career. How can the Government say it would like a “clever country” and close such a remarkable school – all for what? Money? I wonder where all the students of this school will go? The streets? Where will all the older students get a great college education?
The teachers of the TOP art course are the best teachers I have ever seen working together for the betterment of the students. They are very well known and have a great deal of experience in the art field.
I would like to see the school stay open to produce more famous people like Sydney Nolan, a great artist who attended this school.
Please help keep Brighton Bay Secondary College open next year.
Emelia Beaumont,
Beach Rd, Beaumaris.