High school for performing arts?

Sydney has one, Newcastle has one too.

When the new high school at Kariong was proposed, I suggested to the Department of Education (to no avail) that it be the Central Coast School for the Performing Arts.

When you have world class talent like Karise Eden sitting under your nose, you realise we have a veritable treasure trove of artists waiting to be discovered.

With Naisda now at Kariong, a cultural focus for that site makes even more sense.

I know kids on the Coast who travel to Newtown so as to attend a high school focused on performing arts.

Again I ask the question, why are our kids forced to travel to Sydney to get an appropriate education?

If the same passion for sporting teams was channelled into education and higher learning, the Coast would be a better place.

Email, 1 Aug 2012

Warren Cross, Wagstaffe