Tell us: is your child’s Australian public school seriously in need of an upgrade?

Guardian staff

30 June 2024 at 8:24 pm·1-min read

<span>A decrepit bathroom at a public school on Thursday Island. Let us know if your child’s school is in a state of disrepair.</span><span>Photograph: Anna Paton</span> — A decrepit bathroom at a public school on Thursday Island. Let us know if your child’s school is in a state of disrepair.Photograph: Anna Paton

New research from the Australian Education Union shows four in 10 principals won’t have enough classrooms to meet student demand in the next three to five years. Two in 10 don’t have enough now.

The findings are exacerbated by a 2017 commonwealth decision to scrap its recurrent capital works contribution to public schools, entrenching a large divide between public and private school infrastructure.

We want to hear about the experiences of Guardian Australia readers. Is your child’s school seriously in need of an upgrade or a refurbishment? Is overcrowding forcing students into temporary classrooms? Let us know.

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