Killara High School calls for demountables to be expelled| 17 May 12 @ 06:00am

SPECULATION is mounting that long-suffering Killara High School students and staff may soon bid good riddance to 20 demountable buildings.

Education Minister Adrian Piccoli recently visited the school and was given a first-hand insight into the difficulties students faced.

During the tour Mr Piccoli told principal Mark Carter, student leaders and P&&C president David Jordan funding for the school was “very, very high on the government agenda”.

“It would be great to see something funded in the budget but there are no guarantees at this stage,” he said.

“I think it’s pretty clear something needs to be done.”

The budget, to be delivered on June 12, will be eagerly anticipated by the school community, which first lobbied for the removal of the demountables six years ago.

The school’s 20 demountables currently include two which serve as toilet blocks.

Senior prefect Ninah Kopel told the minister students often had 7.30am starts because of the classroom shortage.

“A lot of people rely on buses and have to leave by 6am to get to school at 7.30am,” she said.

“I’ve had a 7.30am start and 4.30pm finish with no (classes) in between - that’s a long day.”

Meanwhile, school representatives earmarked a potential site within school grounds for a future three-storey building - in the corner nearest to Churchill Rd and Koola Ave.

P & C president David Jordan said Killara High School contains the second highest number of demountables in the state, second to Mt Druitt High School (now known as Chifley College Mt Druitt).