Rosebery schools
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Chief Minister tours school site (26 June)
Chief Minister and Minister for Education and Training Paul Henderson visited the construction site at Rosebery on 24 June and met with the workers, including several apprentices involved in the project. Construction is already 10 per cent complete and the site is a flurry of activity. 50-60 workers are onsite daily, with some 200 expected at the height of construction. Visit the updated image gallery.
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About the new schools
The project provides for a pre school and primary school for 600 students and a middle school for 850 students. The co-location of the primary and middle school enables shared sports and performing arts facilities including an oval and gymnasium. The gymnasium will also be a community cyclone shelter. There is provision on the site for a future childcare centre for up to 50 children. More about the schools
Timeline
Announcement: In April 2008, the Northern Territory Government announced the Rosebery schools project.
Development and design: The Department of Education and Training (DET) formed a project development group to provide a design brief for the project. The group includes educators and representatives from DET, Palmerston City Council, Department of Infrastructure and Planning (DPI) and contracted specialist project consultants.
Planning approval: The project plan will be submitted to the Development Consent Authority on Monday 3 November 2008. The planning approval process includes a period of time for public comment.
Tender: On 3 March 2009, the Halikos Group won the tender to build the two new schools in Rosebery.
Construction: Construction will start in early 2009 and is expected to take 20 months. DPI will establish a Project Control Group to manage this phase of the project.
New school preparations: As with other new school start-ups, a principal will be appointed and a school council established well ahead of time to manage the implementation process including staffing, enrolments and other associated tasks.
Completion: The schools are being constructed for opening in 2011.