By CASEY NEILL
MARALINGA Primary will reopen if Greater Dandenong Council gets its way.
The school closed at the end of 2014, and all pupils moved to nearby Chandler Park Primary School following a merger process drawn-out over five years.
At their 14 December meeting, councillors agreed to write to the Education Minister and local MPs on the issue.
They’ll ask the State Government to outline the abandoned site’s current status and intentions for it, and to consider reserving it for future educational use.
Cr Roz Blades said the demographics were changing in Noble Park and Keysborough east of Chandler Road, and young families were once again moving in.
She said there was presently no nearby primary school for families in the area immediately north of Maralinga.
“The very real hope is that the government might change its mind on Maralinga Primary School,” Cr Blades said.
“We’ve got insufficient schools and we need more.”
