Mark Boothman MP Blog - May 2023

Thank you to everyone who supported the Rotary Club of Coomera Valley Oxenford Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. 👌 Hopefully, we cooked your snag to absolute perfection or pretty close to it.

School Funding Question On Notice to the Minister for Education: Invest for Success funding is allocated to schools based on their ICSEA value (Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage), notionally, a higher ICSEA value would equate to lower funding per student and vice versa.

This afternoon's debate topics by youth parliamentarians at the Cairns Regional Parliament are internet curfew to allow students to help around the house (clean their bedroom) and play sports. Plus, afternoon homework classes. 🤔 Most parents would love the idea of their children cleaning their bedroom.

Congratulations, Vadyakala Gold Coast on your first performance! It has been 13 months of practice to get to this level, but it has paid off. Vadyakala is a drum line that play at a high intensity. Outstanding effort!!

Highland Reserve State School Parents & Citizens Assoc. (P&C) Colour Fun Run was a blast for the students and the volunteers. I was lucky enough to group up with the messy team. We successfully coloured every student head to toe, even ourselves, in the process. Thank you to the P&C Volunteers and HRSS staff for allowing us to paint them with colour. A big shout out to Mister O’Brien (Principal) for being a truly good sport!!