Glenfield. Government accepts farm findings

The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, has announced the NSW Government will accept the findings of the Peters Inquiry into the future of Hurlstone Agricultural High School, at Glenfield. “I will be instructing the Department of Education to implement the inquiry’s key recommendation which is to abandon plans to sell the majority of farm land from the school site. We have also accepted the report’s recommendation to sell 10 hectares at the western edge of the site, with 100 per cent of the proceeds to be used to revitalise the school, including improving the boarding facilities and farm infrastructure,” she said. The former head of the NSW Farmers Federation, Mal Peters, found there were significant opportunities to revitalise the school to ensure it delivered a world-class agricultural education.

Glenfield. Recommendations for ag. school

The State Government may be forced to spend almost $13.8 million improving facilities and increasing land size at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, at Glenfield, if it follows the recommendations of a report. The Sydney Morning Herald said the report recommended rebuilding and a land swap, under which 10.6 hectares would be sold for $15 million, and 30 hectares leased from the Department of Planning - increasing the school's size from 160 hectares to 180 hectares. Chairman of the inquiry, Mal Peters, said capital investment and changes to management and direction were required to realise the school's potential.

Glenfield. Agriculture college may expand

The NSW Government could be obliged to increase the size of the threatened Hurlstone Agricultural High School, at Glenfield, by another 20 hectares following the findings of a report. The Government may also have to spend as much as $10 million on refurbishments and agricultural equipment upgrades to bring the 83-year-old school up to the premier agricultural educational institution status expected of it. Without the improvements the report is understood to warn the 160-hectare school site will soon become irrelevant to agricultural training, according to the Land newspaper.

Glenfield. Agriculture school listed

The National Trust has listed on its heritage register the grounds of Hurlstone Agriculture High School, 140 hectares of which the NSW Government plans to sell.The Education Department hoped to sell all but 20 hectares of the school's land as part of a directive in the mini-budget last November to raise $239 million through land sales.The Education Minister, Verity Firth, is due to receive a report on the possible sale today after an inquiry led by a former president of the NSW Farmers Association, Mal Peters.But the outcome will be delayed until after the HSC to limit disruption to students.

Glenfield. Mal Peters to head enquiry

The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, has appointed Mal Peters, former president, of the NSW Farmers Association, to head an independent inquiry into the sale of land at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, at Glenfield.

Glenfield. School land to be sold

The NSW Government plans to sell up to 140 hectares of land at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, at Glenfield, and at Seaforth TAFE, to pour about $240 million into the state's coffers. The government wants to use half the money to fund front-line services. The government is overturning its policy that money from the sale of school land be reinvested into the school from which it is sold, according to the ABC.