Swimming Carnivals held At Mount Druitt This Season.......' whyilovemmountdruitt' Face Book Group

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Swimming Carnivals scheduled for the next few weeks. For lap swimmers to plan around. 😊

NSW New And Upgraded Schools Opening In Term 1 2019 - Not Within Our Area....

NSW Government is announcing a $6 Billion into school infrastructure and not one cent is being place in our area. 

One of the reasons why I started this blogspot for our area was to our area to get recognition for community improvements required  in all areas within and outside Mount Druitt. 

I'm sure with the new announcements of School upgrades, there is no mention of any school upgrades within our area. We hope there is no neglect for any reason to our area. Meaning that any local school need upgrades are not put into the back burner.

Click here for details of the $6 Billion School Infrastructure announced 

So It Is Difficult For NSW Education Policy Department To Confirm Or Not On This Blogspot - Being Educational!

Hi everyone, I am raising this issue again, raised a few days ago. eMaybe, I'm taking this to heart, only because of the few people of Mount Druitt that has asked myself to follow this up on.

Sometimes, when I can smell a win I will chase up with relevant authorities, where they can get the resources backing their responses and directions or non-supportive decisions. 

Click here for previous blog 

So the responses are from the same NSW State Education officer that responded on a former email. Here it is from the recent email received:

Hi John,

There is no judgement on the service you deliver or your blogspot. We simply do not promote non-departmental services or websites to schools. It is a local decision for schools.

I am unable to provide that information to you. You will be able to conduct a google search and find details there for both governmental and independent schools. Schools have their own websites.

Regards,

 (Name omitted)
Policy and Information Management

It is apparently clear now, that the NSW Education (Policy and Information Management)  do not have a policy on this as yet and they don't list of contact Principals and schools from the area. They use Google search engine!

NSW Education's On Promoting Local Commmunity Website's - No Policy But For State Yet Local Scools Could Be!

I have been invited by quite a few local community members to request the local NSW Educational Office, to  have local schools within Mount Druitt showing educational blogs on this blogspot (this wasn't my idea), this will keep the community up to date on local issues within and surrounding suburbs of Mount Druitt.

So the from response from the spokesperson of the NSW Education, Policy and Information Management:

Hello John,

Thankyou for your enquiry.

The Department does not endorse or promote non-departmental services or websites to schools.

I suggest that you contact schools directly.

Regards,

(Name withheld)

So that means The NSW State Government doesn't accept and local schools could accept it! I  hope this answers the questions raised by the members of our local community.

So does this mean they don't like local community websites which are 'Educational' as long as they cater for the local community.  Maybe local children could have their own blogspots/websites (age permitting).

The Difficulty With Groups Of School Children In Mount Druitt Purchasing Tickets!

It was reported to myself by a Sydney Trains spokesperson that a lady representing a local school within Mount Druitt recently contacted  the staff of the Mount Druitt train station, asking how 120 school children (going on a school excursion) can purchase tickets easily?

If multiple amounts of school students children like a 120 want to purchase 120 train tickets, a hand written receipt can be provided by the Sydney Trains Mount Druitt staff to the school officials call a GPT (General Purpose 

General Purpose Ticket Book

Ticket) receipt, which excludes schools from paying government tax. This has to be notified to the Station staff before the event, to make it easier.

The  Multiple ticket issuing machine (for one transaction) at St  Marys train station  has been removed as advised by Warren from St Clair and the same has been done in Mount Druitt, leaving individual ticketing machines available for purchasing. I was advised by Warren that at St Marys train station  it took a lot of time for 12 school students to purchase 12 individual tickets and it was time consuming, making other commuters wait.

Just imagine if 120 school students were queuing at Mount Druitt ticket vending machines and commuters were impatiently waiting for their individual purchase of tickets - it would take 10 time more then the 12 school children at St Marys train station.

Maybe our State Member for Mount Druitt, Councillor Edmond Atalla will look into this with Opal as ticketing machines we have do not cater for multiple tickets on one transaction!