Oakwood Park Primary School

Oakwood Park Primary School
Location
Noble Park North, Australia
Information
Type	Public
Acting Principal	Mary Verwey
Color(s)	Green & Gold
Website	www.oakwoodpark.vic.edu.au

Oakwood Park Primary School is located in Noble Park North, Victoria, Australia. It has won National Literacy Awards in 2006 and 2007 ^[1] It pioneered both the "Ready-Set-Prep" kinder to school transition program and the "It's Cool to be at School" program^{[citation needed]}.

In August 2008, the School Council of Oakwood Park and Yarraman Park Primary agreed to merge to form a new school to be located at the current Yarraman site. Some Oakwood Park Councillors reported that the Government/Education Department had said that the school would receive no extra funds if it stayed a stand alone school and the Acting Principal had stopped taking future enrolment which also went to the decision of council. It was later revealed in a case study about leadership by Acting Principal, Mary Verwey, that the decision to close the school was actually made by "the regional regeneration team".^[2]

References

1. ^ "SCHOOLS WIN LITERACY AND NUMERACY AWARDS". 2006-08-29. http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/bc348d5912436a9cca256cfc0082d800/03f1b540e5291412ca2571da00062f8a!OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
2. ^ "Master in School Leadership" (PDF), Willing to Lead, Victoria, Australia: School Workforce Reform and School Improvement Division Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, 2009-08-18, pp. 42–45, http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/staffdev/schlead/Willing_to_Lead/Willing_to_Lead_-_Master_in_School_Leadership.pdf, retrieved 2009-11-17 

Coordinates: 37°57′38″S 145°11′25″E / 37.96056°S 145.19028°E / -37.96056; 145.19028