Heritage-listed school to close to make way for Olympic stadium

Heritage-listed school to close to make way for Olympic stadium
A heritage-listed state college in east Brisbane will be shut all the way down to make room for a brand new Olympic Stadium in Woolloongabba.

The East Brisbane State School, a main college for youngsters aged 5 to 12, will likely be closed and moved down the street.

Its heritage buildings will then be refurbished and built-in into the renovation of the stadium, nicknamed the Gabba, for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
The East Brisbane State School - a primary school for children aged five to twelve - will be shut down and moved, with its heritage buildings to be refurbished and integrated into the renovation of the stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics - nicknamed the Gabba.
The East Brisbane State School will likely be shut all the way down to make method for the Olympic Stadium renovation (Nine)

The determination comes after dad and mom and college students had been “met with a brick wall of silence” throughout protests to maintain the college open.

“There’s no rhyme or reason as to why this should be going ahead displacing a school community,” father or mother Haline Ly stated.

“People have been coming here for 123 years.”

The college and its college students have three choices to discover a alternative campus.

One suggestion is opening a brand new main college on the Cooparoo High School grounds 2km away, the opposite is making a merged main and highschool with Cooparoo High.

The East Brisbane State School - a primary school for children aged five to twelve - will be shut down and moved, with its heritage buildings to be refurbished and integrated into the renovation of the stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics - nicknamed the Gabba.
One scholar advised 9 that the transfer will likely be “heartbreaking” for her. (Nine)

The third choice is reshuffling the 300 college students to different faculties within the space. 

“It’s gonna be really sad I’m gonna lose all my friends and teachers,” one scholar advised 9.

“It will be heartbreaking.”

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stated the college will likely be relocated in 2026.

Brisbane gained the bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. It would be the third Australian metropolis to host the occasion, after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

Source: www.9news.com.au