Member for Auburn Lynda Voltz is demanding the NSW Government reassure locals that both stages of the new Wentworth Point High School will be built before the school opens.
A recently released Submission Report response revealed the high school development will occur in two stages, with 800 students set to occupy the school in stage one while construction continues on stage two.
Set to be developed on Burroway Road in Wentworth Point, the high school will cater for the growing population in the Sydney Olympic Park, Concord West and Wentworth Point communities.
Ms Voltz said locals are “extremely disappointed” in how the NSW Government has handled the development of the high school.
“The local community already had a problem with where this high school is situated, but they were willing to cop that because the high school is a decade overdue and is desperately needed,” she said.
“But they will not accept it being built in two stages. They will not accept 800 students sitting in a high school while there is construction works going on around them.”
Ms Voltz believes the local community wants the high school to be completed for 1,500 students before being opened, avoiding 800 students having to learn in a construction site.
“The government has to come clean to the community about whether it expects students to sit there with construction going on or if the whole school will be built before students are allowed into it,” she said.
“I’ve asked that question, on notice, in two or three different ways, and the government will not answer the question.”
The NSW Government has stated the high school will have flexible teaching and learning spaces as well as a multi-purpose hall for sports and performances, landscaped recreation areas, games courts and canteen facilities available for students.
President of the Wentworth Point Public School P&C Clement Lun wants the government to confirm if the two stages of the high school will be developed at the same time.
“When you have two stages of construction, that’s two time periods full of noise, dust and pollution,” he said.
“Keeping in mind there is the primary school, which is adjacent to the high school, we don’t want to have to go through all the disruption. The local community just wants to see it built at the correct capacity.”
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.