Bridgewater High School (Tasmania)

Bridgewater High School
Location
Municipality of Brighton, Tasmania
Australia
Coordinates 42°44′17″S 147°14′25″E / 42.737998°S 147.240375°E / -42.737998; 147.240375Coordinates: 42°44′17″S 147°14′25″E / 42.737998°S 147.240375°E / -42.737998; 147.240375
Information
Type Public, Co-education, High School
Principal Rosanne McDade
Website http://education.tas.edu.au/jrlf

Bridgewater High School is a co-educational public 7-10 high school in the lower socio-economic area of Bridgewater, Tasmania, a suburb in Greater Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Buildings at the school were involved in a fire on 23 October 2007 causing extensive damage valued at $5 million.[2] Lessons at the site were abandoned and students were initially accommodated at Geilston Bay High School and Claremont College. From the beginning of the 2008 school year, students were taught in temporary arrangements at the adjacent Bridgewater Primary School. Bridgewater Primary Students were temporarily accommodated at Green Point Primary School. All buildings at Bridgewater High were demolished and a new combined middle school, senior college and vocational education facility was constructed on the original site. The new facility is named Jordan River Learning Federation[3] and includes management oversight of Gagebrook, Herdsmens Cove and East Derwent Primary Schools and a Child and Family Centre.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Education :: School & College :: Bridgewater High School". Department of Education (Tasmania). Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bridgewater High fire reward increased". ABC News website. ABC. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Andy Bennett (October 2010). "New name reflects single learning organisation" (PDF). Brighton Community News. Brighton Council. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  • Jordan River Learning Federation - The former Bridgewater High School's facilities have been completely converted and extended as part of the Jordan River Learning Federation


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