Dig in for work

By Year 9 students
CONSTRUCTION began at Cranbourne Secondary College in June to build the school’s new administration office as well as the extension of its music block.
Assistant principal and facilities manager John Jovic said construction is estimated to be completed at the end of 2010.
At completion, staff and students, he said, were set to enjoy a new administration office, two sound proof music rooms and several new facilities including classrooms, undercover area, library, canteen and more storage area for musical instruments.
The current administration office will be turned into a more earth-friendly library.
The current library is set to become a new staff room with two new cooking rooms, which was likely to be used for the VET Hospitality courses, so that the students will not have to travel to Chisholm TAFE to complete their course.
The new canteen will be at the end of the building and the current one is to be demolished to make more covered area for students to enjoy.
Mr. Jovic hoped that the construction would not have too much of an impact on the environment. Very few trees were removed prior to construction work starting.
He also hoped that the end result would have a positive effect on the environment, considering that the library will have more windows and a glass ceiling to afford more sunlight.
At the beginning of November, the junior courtyard will be locked up, so that the toilets and two locker bays on either side of the toilets can be demolished to allow space for portable classrooms as part of Stage 2 of construction work.
Stage 1 took place in 2006 when the VCE building and Learning Centre was upgraded.
Stage 3 will take place within a few years when the school gets accepted for funds from the Government.
Stage 3 will include a new science block and new art rooms.
When completed, the school is planning to demolish the VCAL block, relocate the VCAL students and use the land for more basketball courts and parking for the students and teachers.
Stage 2 of the construction will cost about $7.2 million, which the school received three years after construction began in 2006.
Mr Jovic hopes that once Stage 2 of the construction is completed, the college will be accepted for funds from the Government to begin Stage 3.