State-of-the-art Super Schools open doors in South Australia

Jennifer Trijo

By Jennifer Trijo
Community contribution / May 21, 2018

As part of a $323 million Education Works New Schools Public Private Partnership Project which commenced in 2009, the South Australian State Government has condensed twenty regular schools into six “super” schools.

A 15 hectare corner lot is the foundation for one super school which opened on 27 July, 2011.

This co-educational campus ...

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By Jennifer Trijo

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Jennifer has a double degree in Music and Education from The University of New South Wales. She lives a double life as a music teacher/performer and enjoys reading, singing, playing the piano, observing human behaviour, and walking her greyhound. She has worked as a music teacher privately and as a classroom teacher at Murray High School (NSW), Loreto College (SA), and Mercedes College (SA). Jennifer is a freelance writer and author of The Serenade Files, and Cadenza Notes column on AussieTheatre.com

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