09 Oct 2011
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- August 28, 2009
Miss, miss! ... students will benefit from the new grants. Source: The Daily Telegraph
A PUBLIC school serving Australia's most disadvantaged urban community will get a complete makeover after winning $2.5 million in funding from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's education revolution.
Claymore Public School, in the middle of a public housing estate in Sydney's southwest, will use the cash to refit all of its 20 classrooms and upgrade the library.
But Claymore is still waiting to hear whether it has been added to a list of schools earmarked for funding under the $1.5 billion scheme to help the poorest communities.
Since it was left out and The Daily Telegraph highlighted Claymore's plight two weeks ago, the school has been inundated with donations and offers of assistance from parents, businesses and members of the public.
"We do have books and resources here but we can always use more."
The funding announced yesterday will allow Claymore to paint every classroom and equip them with new desks, carpet, shelving, roof-mounted lighting and whiteboard data points.
"We will look like a brand new school internally . . . this is the best injection of money into schools for a very long time," Mr Corney said.
Claymore is on the list of recipients in the third and final round of Primary Schools In The 21st Century funding.