469-05 Reject the P-12 proposal for Roma’s existing preschool to year 10 school

Eligibility - Residents of the State of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
R Northam
21 Hoffman Street
ROMA QLD 4455
Total Signatures - 464
Sponsoring Member: Howard Hobbs MP
Posting Date: 11/05/2005
Tabled Date: 11/05/2005
Referred to: Referred Minister on 12/05/2005
Responded By: Hon Anna Bligh MP on 08/06/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of residents of the State of Queensland draws the attention of the house to the Department of Education and Arts and Department of Employment and Industrial Relations to proposal to extend Roma’s existing Preschool to Year 10 school to a P-12 school in 2006.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to • not disrupt the learning of the students of the SQIT Roma College; • retain the SQIT Roma College in its present form as it delivers high quality schooling in an independent environment, with a choice of over 40 subjects that more appropriately caters for diverse rural and regional community of Roma and district; • reject the P-12 proposal as it will mean loss of jobs for members of the community; • reject the hasty and inadequate consultation processes.