Transportable buildings will be trucked into Lyneham and Hawker primary schools and used to boost the capacity of Gungahlin College to cope with the extra demand for places under the ACT budget's schools funding arrangements.
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The transportable classroom strategy is being used by the government to "improve our ability to respond quickly to increased enrollment demand across Canberra".
"This [strategy] will support the delivery of an additional 350 places in schools across the city," Minister Yvette Berry said.
The transportable buildings at Gungahlin College will be used for staff rooms and specialist science classrooms.
Elsewhere, the permanent capacity of the Franklin Early Childhood School will be increased to 600 students from kindergarten to year 6, in addition to the existing early childhood places.
The permanent capacity of the Gold Creek School senior campus also will be increased by 200 extra places but not until the 2022 school year.
"We are also continuing to plan strategically for student growth across Canberra in urban infill areas as well as in newer suburbs," Ms Berry said.
Feasibility studies will be funded to predict future student demand in residential growth areas in west Belconnen, the Molonglo Valley, south-east Canberra and the Belconnen and Woden town centre areas, as well as within existing schools in the city and inner north.
