$11m school plan reveal
NEW renders have offered a first look at the planned $11m upgrade of Exeter High School in the West Tamar, the centrepiece of which is the redevelopment of the years 7-8 and 910 learning hubs.
First proposed in 2021, the project has now progressed to a second round of community consultation, providing the public an opportunity to review the master plan before the formal design is locked in.
The redevelopment is expected to be completed by 2025. Education Minister Roger Jaensch said the state government was fulfilling the commitment to upgrade the school it made at the 2021 state election.
“We know how important multipurpose spaces, outdoor areas and classroom sizes are to the Exeter High School community and it is exciting to see this vision come to life in the artist impressions by Morrison and Breytenbach Architects,” Mr Jaensch said.
“The upgraded facilities at Exeter High School will include new outdoor courtyard beside the library, kitchen upgrade, new bus shelter, new visual arts facility, refurbished student bathrooms, and replacement of uneven paved areas.”
Mr Jaensch said the state government was delivering on education, with recently completed redevelopments at Devonport High School, Southern Support School, Sheffield School Farm, Jordan River School Farm and Queechy High School.
Morrison and Breytenbach Architects director James Morrison said his team had worked collaboratively with project working group members from Exeter High School.
“We are very pleased to have designed flexible, connected, contemporary learning hubs for the transformative delivery of exemplary 21st-century education into the future,” Mr Morrison said.
The release of the construction tender is expected in mid-2023, with building works anticipated to get under way in the second half of the year.
Feedback can be provided to getinvolved@decyp.tas.gov. au until January 30.