“We’re a bit at breaking point,” Bucklands Beach Intermediate School (BBI) principal Diane Parkinson told the Times.
A roll in the high 700s is comfortable for her school to manage but it’s grown from about 800 pupils in early 2022 to almost 900 in early 2023 and then just over 900 at the start of term one 2024.
The school has experienced significant in-zone growth by an additional 104 students due to families moving into the area
As well as spend $1.5 million building two extra classrooms, the school is operating two classrooms in its library due to a lack of space. It needs three more classrooms.
