Education Minister, Andrew Barr must now return the John Flynn Memorial plaque and restore the entire Memorial promptly or open himself to possible criminal prosecution following revelations in the Canberra Times today that the memorial is a Commonwealth asset.
The Flynn community is giving Education Minister Andrew Barr seven days to return the plaque and restore the integrity of the John Flynn Memorial.
The ACT Government has a moral and social obligation to retain closed public schools as community facilities and not capitulate to opportunistic pressure from land developers.
The announced closure of Flynn Primary School has sent shockwaves through the local community bringing warnings for the Canberra community to brace itself for further fallout and casualties from the Towards 2020 ‘train smash.’ Thousands of supporters of Flynn throughout the suburb and the region remain outraged and in mourning over the imminent loss of […]
The Flynn P & C, staff, students and members of the broader community condemn the government’s decision today to close Flynn Primary School at the end of this year.
Flynn Primary School has received eight new enrolments since mid-year and the school is projecting an expanded Primary School and Preschool over coming years based on established population trends and confirmed enrolment rates.
Flynn is undergoing a baby-boom and renewal of the suburb’s school-age population that will ensure its Primary and Pre-Schools remain viable and in-demand for many years to come, according to the preliminary results of a suburb-wide survey