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Melbourne Catholic girls school Presentation College Windsor to close in 2020

Topic: Religious Schools

The school grew out of the Presentation Convent Windsor, which was established in 1873. ( Facebook: Presentation College Windsor )

One of the oldest Catholic girls schools in Victoria has announced it will close at the end of next year, leaving students, parents and staff shocked.

Key points:

• The school, which has about 700 students, will close at the end of the 2020 school year
• The Victorian Presentation Sisters say falling enrolments have made the school unviable
• There are concerns many teachers at the school may struggle to find new jobs

Presentation College Windsor (PCW), which was founded 146 years ago, has told the parents of about 700 girls enrolled at the school that it will shut its doors at the end of the 2020 school year.

The congregational leader of Presentation Sisters Victoria, Sister Maria Lazzaro, told parents in a letter the "sad and difficult decision" had been made due to falling enrolment numbers.

"Despite our best efforts to sustain and grow our learning environment, enrolments have continued to be a challenge for us," Sister Maria wrote.

"Comprehensive reviews of the college in both 2002 and 2018 indicate that the number of students intending to enrol in the college in the next decade are unlikely to recover to the level needed to resource a successful Catholic secondary college in the 21st century."

Despite a sign outside the school Tuesday morning, it will close at the end of next year. ( ABC News: James Hancock )

The news has left parents reeling as they plan where to send their daughters in 2021 and has also left dozens of teachers facing potential unemployment.

Premier Daniel Andrews ruled out a providing a Government bail out and said it was a matter for the Catholic Education Office.

"I'm not announcing that we're going to try to keep the school open. It is a private school," he said.

Year 11 student Kiara Katiforis said news of the closure was "a bit shocking".

"It's just very sad because suddenly we're going to be losing our friends … but you know what I think, we'll be able to pull through this, and I think you know we'll form tighter friendships because, like, this is just going to bring us together," she said.

Fellow Year 11 student Luka McMahon said the idea of students merging with the nearby Christian Brothers' College had been raised as a possibility.

"We'll always be a community no matter what," she said.

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Sam Baker, whose daughter is in Year 8 at the school, said she had been "blindsided" by the announcement.

"We were never told this was on the plate … this is all news to us," she said.

She said she had chosen the school for her daughter because of its small size.

"We actually don't know where we are going to go. Every other Catholic school in this area is full to the brim."

Sam Baker (left) and Janet Mitchell, who have daughters in Year 8, said the closure announcement was unexpected. ( ABC News: James Hancock )

Janet Mitchell, whose daughter is also in Year 8, said she was angry that the school community had not been given a chance to save it.

"There's a very strong alumni network … and those alumni will be feeling just as bad as we do [Tuesday] morning and I'm sure they would be more than happy to support the school in an organised and ongoing way.

"I'm not prepared to give up — I know a lot of other parents are not prepared to give up.

"This is something worth fighting for."

Stieve De Lance, the mother of a Year 10 student, said her daughter was in the process of picking her subjects for Year 11 and 12.

The college told parents "comprehensive reviews" had found enrolments were unlikely to be able to sustain the school in the future. ( ABC News: James Hancock )

Ms De Lance said she wasn't sure where her daughter would finish school, but was considering home education, or the prospect of travelling to another suburb.

"The only local school is Prahran High and because at the moment because it's brand new, they only have a Year 7 class," she said.

She said some other nearby schools charged $35,000 a year.

"This is the only place that you can get a cheap education for your girls," she said.

Ms De Lance was cynical about the school's motivations for closing, saying other schools operated successfully with fewer students.

"I suspect the real estate value of the highly desirable location might be a leading driver for the decision," she said.

"I would wonder whether the property the land is situated on is more valuable than ongoing girls' education."

The school was established by the Presentation Sisters, who came to Melbourne from Ireland. ( Presentation Society of Australia and Papua New Guinea )

Another parent, Jacinta Scott, told ABC Radio Melbourne her daughter Jamie had started in a Year 7 cohort of about 70 girls, which had shrunk to about 50 by Year 10.

"They're a very, very small class … and they've had quite a few classes cancelled over the years due to numbers — so their drama classes, which is one of the reasons why I sent my daughter to the school, French classes got cancelled this year.

"Being in Year 10 and the school only being open for another year means Jamie could stay at the school for the end of Year 11 but then what does she do for Year 12?"

Principal says 'families are spoilt for choice'

Principal Filina Virgato said the decision to close the school had been a "really hard" one.

"PCW has always been a school that's really fought for women's education," she said.

"We're a unique school. The girls are fantastic, they come from all parts of Melbourne, they don't just come from this area here, but despite that we are a very close-knit community, and it's going to hit us very hard."

Ms Virgato blamed competition from other schools for a decline in enrolments.

"There are a lot of schools here — families are spoilt for choice.

"There are a lot of new government schools that are opening, and we just weren't able to sustain the number of enrolments that we need to really be able to offer our girls [the] robust and rigorous curriculum that they deserve."

Principal Filina Virgato said the student population included girls from right across Melbourne. ( ABC News: James Hancock )

The school held a special assembly this morning for the students and will run information nights next week to brief parents.

Ms Virgato said Tuesday's assembly would be an opportunity for students to "grieve" the loss of the school.

"But I also want the girls to still be proud. I want us to go out on a high. I don't want this next 18 months to be a funeral, I want these next 18 months to be a celebration of the great school that we are and the amazing people that make it up."

Michael Elphick, a consultant assisting PCW with the school's closure, told ABC Radio Melbourne the school would not reverse its decision, despite public support for it to remain open.

"The decision has been made … it's not reversible.

"It's great to think the community value the school enough to want it to stay open, it's a good school and people love this place … but the economics are just not there.

"It's just a matter of demographics … there's a lot of schools in the area, both independent and government schools.

"They're good, well-run, they've got the numbers, they can offer a wide range of opportunities to the kids, things that a small school with these numbers can't compete with."

The director of the Grattan Institute's school education program, Peter Goss, questioned why enrolments were dwindling at a school in a growing part of Melbourne.

"Parents are voting with their feet," he said.

"In a suburb with a growing population, a school that is delivering the goods should be seeing increased enrolments."

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Our heritage, st mary’s college is a co-educational secondary school – an authentically inclusive school where girls and boys learn together, side by side..

The school, formerly an all-boys school known as CBC St Kilda, was reimagined in 2020 to incorporate its renewed vision and purpose of sustaining quality Catholic secondary education in the precinct.

The decision to become co-educational was prompted by the announced closure of our sister school Presentation College Windsor.

The two schools and their stories are interwoven. Connected by an overpass, they have worked closely together for many decades, sharing classes, musicals, immersions and community events. Their charisms are also connected through Presentation Sisters and Edmund Rice Education Australia.

St Mary’s College will continue to preserve and promote the prophetic response of Nano Nagle and Blessed Edmund Rice to the times and challenges of our contemporary world.

Where it all started:

Christian brothers college st kilda (cbc st kilda), for over 140 years, cbc st kilda has been a catholic secondary college for boys in st kilda east. established in 1878, its beginnings may be traced back to the efforts and foresight of dr corbett, parish priest of st mary's, who was responsible for securing the arrival of the christian brothers and presentation sisters from ireland..

These dedicated men and women left their homes in the nineteenth century with little expectation of ever seeing them again, and travelled around the world to St Kilda and Windsor to serve and educate the children of the Irish immigrants they followed.

CBC St Kilda was established to provide an education in the Catholic tradition as an alternative to the state system that was to be phased in after the passing of the Education Act of 1872. After speaking to Brother Ambrose Treacy, who agreed that the Brothers would do well in colonial St Kilda, Dr Corbett wrote to his half-brother John Patrick Corbett - a Christian Brother in Ireland, to secure for him a couple of Brothers for St Mary's Boys School. Brother John Patrick Corbett, the school's first Headmaster, and seven companions left Plymouth on the SS Kent on the 17 May 1878. Since then, the CBC St Kilda has educated thousands of young men to fulfil valuable roles in society.

The Christian Brothers were part of the Congregation formed by Blessed Edmund Rice. Inspired by the work of Nano Nagle who founded the Presentation Sisters, Edmund commenced his mission to provide education for boys living in poverty. His handful of helpers later became the Christian Brothers. This education broke the cycle of poverty and marginalisation. More than 150 years after his passing, Edmund was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His legacy lives on in the work of Christian Brothers around the globe, and through more than 50 Edmund Rice Education Australia schools across the nation including St Mary’s College.

PRESENTATION COLLEGE WINDSOR

The presentation story in victoria began in 1873, with the establishment of presentation convent windsor. seven sisters arrived in melbourne after a three-month journey by ship, determined to provide catholic education to young people in the region..

Mother Mary Paul Mulquin led her six Presentation Sisters in work steeped in the tradition of Nano Nagle, providing a holistic education, with great emphasis placed on social justice, together with the well-being of the individual and the nurturing of community. This collaboration with parents, students and teachers in a lively educational environment continued until the school’s closure at the end of 2020.

Nano (Honora) Nagle, was the founder of the Presentation Sisters, also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Nano Nagle was born in 1728, in Ballygriffin, Cork, Ireland. At the time, Catholic education was forbidden, so Nano’s parents arranged for her to leave Ireland to be educated in France. Nano lived a privileged life, but it was here that she first became aware that many people lived in poverty.

Nano believed that education was the key to alleviating poverty. She knew that without it society could not change. On her return to Cork, Nano began to open small schools, and in 1775, she founded the Congregation of the Presentation Sisters. In 2013 Nano Nagle was declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

Over the years both the Presentation Sisters and Christian Brothers have made a significant contribution to both Church and nation through their education of generations of young people who, from their schooling in St Kilda East and Windsor, have taken up positions of influence across Australia and internationally.

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Melbourne's prestigious presentation college windsor announces its closure.

School with smallest class ever

Parents of a prestigious Melbourne school forced to close down have questioned why management spent millions of dollars on pricey renovations when it knew it was already struggling to keep its doors open.

Four hundred students have been left in limbo after Presentation College Windsor - one of Melbourne's oldest Catholic schools - announced it would close at the end of 2020.

Watch the video above: Is this Australia's smallest class?

Falling enrolments have been blamed for the decision.

There were emotional scenes outside the school gates this morning as parents, students and staff came to grips with the shock decision.

Some students were too upset to attend classes and have been allowed to head home.

"I still can't get my head around it," Year 8 student Nellie-May said. "I'm pretty upset."

Mum Janet Mitchell said she didn't know what the future held.

"I've hardly slept all night," she said. "I don't know what our options are."

One parent, Danny, told radio 3AW, he was absolutely dumbfounded.

"They took on a couple of million-dollar extension on the school which started this year. I don't know why they would be spending millions of dollars," he said.

"It would have been in the wind since 2012 so I wouldn't spend a couple of million dollars on a house if I knew it was going to have a freeway put through the middle of it."

Stability needed

The school had only recently made additions to its uniform.

He said his daughter, like so many others, was at the pointy end of her education and needed stability.

"I just think it is quite harsh," the father said.

In a statement, the school acknowledged the decision was a difficult one.

" 'For our community ... this announcement will come as heartbreaking news.' "

"For our community, particularly those with a long history of connection to the college, this announcement will come as heartbreaking news," it said.

"Despite our best efforts to sustain and grow our learning environment, enrolments have continued to be a challenge for us."

The school said discussions were underway with Catholic partners regarding the future of Catholic education in the area.

"We hope to provide the community with more information as to future options for their daughters as it becomes available."

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PRESENTATION COLLEGE WINDSOR

In 2015, Presentation College Windsor Melbourne celebrates over 140 years of sustained commitment to education for all, inclusion and social justice. PCW Melbourne has always been a school of its time — looking forward, taking risks, providing challenges. In the 1880s our graduates were at Melbourne University, establishing a tradition of achievement and leadership that the College continues to embrace and reflect. As of 2014, our school is to now known as PCW Melbourne. Identification of our school with Melbourne reflects our inner-city location as well as our emerging identity as a school with an international focus and engagement, especially with Asia. Our diverse community reflects the contemporary Australia this generation of young women will lead —internationally connected, interested in excellence, innovative and open to change.

Facilities:  We are at the forefront of contemporary educational technology with in-classroom electronic applications, iPads for all students and staff, 24/7 online communications for students, staff and families including regular, live, constructive and ongoing feedback on assessments.

PCW Melbourne is a learning-teaching school, with highly qualified, expert staff and a very wide range of studies and programs. As a base school for Melbourne University’s Masters of Teaching, PCW Melbourne is a leading educator of emerging teachers. Research partnerships with Monash and Swinburne Universities contribute to the knowledge of staff and maintain a vital connection with the contemporary education discourse.

Curriculum:  Our curriculum promotes academic achievement leading to further education, training and work. Subject selection and careers advice is a 1:1 program, ensuring each student has opportunities to experience success and find their pathway beyond school. The twenty-two year partnership with CBC St Kilda provides co-ed senior classes in 36 VCE studies as well as 18 VET studies and Intermediate and Senior VCAL. Our Year 9 program ‘Eachtra’, offers a year of adventurous learning. Being located 5kms from the CBD, enables us to create a dynamic curriculum that extends well beyond the classroom.

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'Part sadness, part joy' as historic inner-city Catholic schools merge

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Two of Melbourne's oldest single-sex Catholic schools will merge into one co-educational school next year, although boys will outnumber girls about five to one.

Boys' school Christian Brothers College St Kilda will merge with girls' school Presentation College Windsor under the new name St Mary’s College.

Students of CBC St Kilda and Presentation College Windsor will attend a merged co-ed school next year. From left: Nick Howard, Audrey Smart, Maddie Leroi, principal Terry Blizzard and Raj Johnston. Credit: Justin McManus

The new school will incorporate both campuses and have about 450 boys and 90 girls.

Presentation College shocked families last year when it announced it would shut at the end of 2020 because of sliding enrolments. Neighbouring CBC St Kilda then invited Presentation students in years 10 and 11 to complete their secondary education there.

While many Presentation students have departed for schools including Sacre Coeur, Star of the Sea, Firbank and Prahran High, some stayed on and will become St Mary’s College students.

CBC principal Terry Blizzard will also lead St Mary’s College. He said the merged school was "in it for the long haul", with hopes of one day having a more even gender mix.

"Our dream is to have a fully functioning two-campus school with equal numbers of girls and boys working together," he said.

But with girls so heavily outnumbered, Mr Blizzard conceded this would not be easy.

"This might take a little while for us to build up numbers. I’m told that’s not unfamiliar when schools go from being single sex to co-ed."

The school’s new governors, Edmund Rice Education Australia, have taken out a five-year lease on the site of Presentation College Windsor and students will use both campuses. Next year, students will wear their respective boys' and girls' uniforms, before a new uniform is phased in over three years.

The two schools already combine for many VCE subjects but will merge in years 7 to 10 for the first time next year.

Former federal speaker Anna Burke, who attended Presentation College Windsor, said she felt "part sadness and part joy" at the merger.

"I’m joyous that it is not going away; I’m joyous that it’s not going to be residential housing," she said.

"I think we need more co-ed, I think that’s what the world is and where we need to be.

"But at the same time, a twinge of sadness that it’s not going on."

She said the roughly five-to-one ratio of boys to girls was "indicative of the fact that Windsor announced more or less overnight that it was closing ", but said many newly merged schools had started out with an uneven gender mix before finding a good balance.

"Hopefully the numbers will grow … you’ve got to start somewhere," Ms Burke said.

Media personality Eddie McGuire attended CBC St Kilda in the 1970s and '80s on a scholarship, and said it "opened the world" to him.

That world included dancing lessons and drama classes with the girls of Presentation College Windsor.

He said the merger of the schools "makes sense" and would hopefully give students in inner-Melbourne an opportunity for a good education without the higher fees of neighbouring Catholic schools such as Loreto, St Kevin’s and Xavier.

Single-sex schools have fallen out of favour. In the decade to 2018, Victorian student numbers rose 15 per cent while enrolments at private girls' schools rose 2.4 per cent and boys' schools 4.2 per cent. Researcher Katherine Dix said girls' schools were under pressure as new schools tended to be co-ed, and boys' schools were converting to co-ed "out of economic necessity".

Julie Sonnemann, acting program director of school education at the Grattan Institute, said single-sex schools "might be a harder sell these days as research showed their academic benefits aren't as big as previously thought".

"Although I suspect that academics is only one small part of the reason why parents send kids to single-sex school, so I’m not sure how much the academic research influences parental decisions," she added.

Education consultant Paul O’Shannassy said the school would probably be successful in the long term because it would be different to the high-fee, single-sex schools nearby.

"This is going to take time but I’m reasonably bullish about it," he said. "They would be unique in their area in terms of co-ed and price and might even attract some non-Catholics."

Mr O’Shannassy, of Regent Consulting, said the COVID-19 pandemic had hit families hard and there was "going to be more of a market for that mid-priced offering".

Presentation opened in 1874 and was the state’s second-oldest Catholic girls' school. Once a prep-to-year-12 school with boarders, it had just 466 students last year. CBC opened in 1878.

Associate Professor Susanne Gannon, who is an expert on gender in education, said the school would need to be gentle and subtle to create a gender inclusiveness for all children.

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