For the fourth morning in a row Singleton Heights Public School P&C president Ann Fuller has braved chilly conditions to stop the education department moving a well-utilised demountable building from the school grounds.
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Today (Thursday) the 69-year-old grandmother arrived at the school at about 6.30 am, and was joined by group of concerned parents in attempt to not only stop the demountable being taken away but to also highlight the issue to the wider community.
For although the building is not used as a permanent classroom since numbers at the school dropped, it is occupied daily for many different purposes.
These activities range from specialist welfare programs, like Seasons for Growth and chaplain services to cultural activities and defence force tutoring.
It has also been used as storage space by the P&C in a school that is already short on room.
A P&C that nearly made a profit of $40 000 last year.
Protesting with Ms Fuller was the uniform shop co-ordinator who says she has been working out of a former janitors closet – and has just secured some appropriate shelving.
By her side was the school banking co-ordinators, and they told The Argus finding a place to work is always troublesome.
Although a temporary fence was erected around the building on Wednesday and some furniture was taken away this morning, the building still remains.
The department maintains there are not enough students at the primary school to warrant leaving the classroom there.
A spokesperson says demountable classrooms are moved between schools across the State throughout the school year to enable schools to manage fluctuating enrolments.