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Upwey South Primary School
School Council Membership 2025
Following our recent call for nominations, we can now announce the following membership for School Council:
Parent Members:
- Rob Shepherd (2025-2027)
- Lonia Mitchell (2025-2027)
- Clare Stewart (2025- 2027)
- Emily Rainey (2025-2027)
- Damien Capocchi (2024-2026)
- Jessica Arnall (2024-2026)
- Cameron Glover (2024-2026)
Staff Members:
- Llewela Humphries (2025-2027)
- Mel Rowe (2025-2026)
- Stacey Bowles (2024-2026)
Executive Officer:
- Damien Kitch (ongoing)
In announcing the above cohort, we would also like to acknowledge and thank the following parents/carers for their valued input to School Council over the past year:
- Hazel Tindal
- Eric Burgess
- Jess Mortimer
The 2025 School Council Membership Cohort will meet for the first time on Monday 17th March, during which Executive postions will be allocated, and subcommittee formed. Following this meeting, we will be sending out a communicaiton to call for expressions of interest from parents/carers to join various subcommittees.
Facilities Upgrade Grant awarded to our school
Throughout this year, our School Council have been engaging in a lengthy grant application with the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA).
We are pleased to say that, in the final week of December 2024, our school was informed that we have received a significant financial grant to upgrade and refurbish the breezeway toilets. Whilst this is an exciting outcome for our school, we must be mindful that the project will be VSBA managed (with school input) and is part of a series of grants across the state of Victoria.
Indicative timelines indicate that building works will occur at some stage in late 2025.
We will keep our community informed of progress, as information is provided to the school.