College not the most needy

Brisbane Water Secondary College has been told it was unsuccessful in its application to be included in the Priority Schools Funding Program.

Earlier in the year the college surveyed families of students in year 7, 8 and 11 as part of their application to be included in funding program for the next four years.

The school recently received notice that they had been unsuccessful in being added to the program, "there being other schools and communities more needy than ours".

College principal Mr Pat Lewis said it had been a disappointment not only because of the benefits which the program could have brought to their students, but also because of the great effort which went into the distribution and collection of survey forms.

Across the college, the return rate was almost 100%.

Newsletter, September 26 Brisbane Water Secondary College