jason wood commits $1.5 million for completion of insight specialist primary school

$1.5 Million for Completion of Insight Specialist Primary School for Blind and Vision Impaired Senator Mitch Fifield - Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector Jason Wood - Liberal Candidate for La Trobe A Federal Coalition Government will allocate $1.5 million to enable completion of the Insight specialist primary school for blind and vision impaired students on the Berwick campus of Monash University. While there are six schools for deaf and hearing-impaired students in Melbourne and a number of specialist schools for students with other disabilities, there is no school in Melbourne specialising in the education of blind and vision impaired students. Victoria’s only school dedicated to the education of blind and vision impaired students was closed in December 2009. A group of dedicated parents have put forward a plan and started to build a specialist primary school to serve as a centre of excellence for the education of blind and vision impaired students. Insight has been operating from temporary premises since February 2013 and has started construction of a permanent facility at Berwick. The $1.5 million a Coalition Government would provide would allow completion of the new school, which commenced with funding of $2.14 million from the Victorian Coalition Government. “I’m really pleased that, if elected, a Coalition government will be able to provide this much -needed support for the Insight specialist primary school,” said Jason Wood, Liberal Candidate for Latrobe. While integration of blind and vision impaired students is a shared goal, some students can, for a period, benefit from a more specialised environment.

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Page 1: Jason Wood Commits $1.5 million for Completion of Insight Specialist Primary School

$1.5 Million for Completion of Insight Specialist Primary School for Blind and Vision Impaired

Senator Mitch Fifield - Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector

Jason Wood - Liberal Candidate for La Trobe

A Federal Coalition Government will allocate $1.5 million to enable completion of the Insight specialist primary school for blind and vision impaired students on the Berwick campus of Monash University.

While there are six schools for deaf and hearing-impaired students in Melbourne and a number of specialist schools for students with other disabilities, there is no school in Melbourne specialising in the education of blind and vision impaired students.

Victoria’s only school dedicated to the education of blind and vision impaired students was closed in December 2009.

A group of dedicated parents have put forward a plan and started to build a specialist primary school to serve as a centre of excellence for the education of blind and vision impaired students.

Insight has been operating from temporary premises since February 2013 and has started construction of a permanent facility at Berwick.

The $1.5 million a Coalition Government would provide would allow completion of the new school, which commenced with funding of $2.14 million from the Victorian Coalition Government.

“I’m really pleased that, if elected, a Coalition government will be able to provide this much-needed support for the Insight specialist primary school,” said Jason Wood, Liberal Candidate for Latrobe.

While integration of blind and vision impaired students is a shared goal, some students can, for a period, benefit from a more specialised environment.

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