One of the oldest Catholic girls schools in Victoria has announced it will close at the end of next year, leaving students, parents and staff shocked.The Victorian Presentation Sisters say falling enrolments have made the school unviablePresentation College Windsor , which was founded 146 years ago, has told the parents of about 700 girls enrolled at the school that it will shut its doors at the end of the 2020 school year.
"Comprehensive reviews of the college in both 2002 and 2018 indicate that the number of students intending to enrol in the college in the next decade are unlikely to recover to the level needed to resource a successful Catholic secondary college in the 21st century." "There's a letter from the sisters saying that it's sad that they need to close it, but there are 700 girls there," Ms De Lance said.
"I would wonder whether the property the land is situated on is more valuable than ongoing girls' education.
Boo hoo.... when is this pedophile religion going to close
Bet they suck up to the government to get funding to build a new one.
One sheltered-elite religious school down, many more to go
Catholic church is worth billions of dollars.
Good, now give their funding to the public schools that don't teach myths...
Sad that a school is closing, but I think these 146 yo Melbourne catholic girls are a little too old to be enrolled there. Just saying...
Price themselves out Good bye
The Block?
Not heart-breaking at all. There has been more evil done on this planet by organized religion than any other entity, and The Roman Catholic Church leads the pack.
convert into a homeless shelter
Not for the public schools which had their funding cut and funneled into this school
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