Newcastle East Public School is celebrating today, after securing air-conditioning units for the new classrooms being built at the school.
Original plans for the new classrooms did not allocate funding for cooling units.
Parents from the school contacted State Member for Newcastle, Tim Crakanthorp, who pushed for the government to reprioritise funding towards installing air-conditioning in NSW classrooms.
"A future Labor Government will prioritise air conditioning our local schools over knocking down and rebuilding stadiums in Sydney," said Mr Crakanthorp.
The MP is referring to Labor's $300 million election pledge to 'Cool Schools,' which was adopted, and raised, by NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrotet's 2018 Budget, offering a $500 million package in force now.
As a result, the Newcastle East Public case was reviewed by Education Minister Rob Stokes, who agreed to install the units in the new classrooms.
Mr Crakanthorp said "this is a win for common sense, the Government should not be building new classrooms and not providing the basic services associated."
