Parents fight plan to close 120-year-old Mittagong primary school
A 120-year-old Catholic primary school in Mittagong will close in 2029. It will merge with another Catholic school in Bowral.
St Michael's Primary in Mittagong will close in 2029. The Bishop of Wollongong announced it will merge with another Catholic school in Bowral.
The combined school will become Corpus Christi Catholic Parish Primary. The Diocese gave two reasons for the closure.
There are fewer students enrolling and long-term costs are too high. More than 1,600 people signed a petition in three days against the closure.
Parents said no one asked them about the decision. They felt shocked and blindsided by the news.
- 120 years
- School age
- 2029
- Closure year
- 1600 plus
- Petition signatures
- 190
- Families notified
Why it mattersFamilies will face changes to their children's schooling. A historic community school will no longer exist as an independent institution.
AustraliaMittagong and Bowral families will need to choose between sending children to the merged Bowral campus or other schools; the school site's future remains uncertain.
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