Mabel Park State School Explained

Mabel Park State School
Motto:Truth Conquers All
Established:1974
Address:Cnr Aldrin St and Borman St
City:Slacks Creek
Postcode:4127
Principal:Glenn Chippendale
Type:Primary school
Campuses:Two
Enrolment:722 (2023)
Grades:Prep to Year 6
Colours:Maroon

Mabel Park State School is a public, co-educational, primary school, located in the Logan City suburb of Slacks Creek, in Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 722 students and a teaching staff of 53, as of 2023. The school serves students from Prep to Year 6.

History

The school opened on 29 January 1974.[3]

In 2011, the prime minister of the time, Julia Gillard, visited the school to comfort the students involved in a major Slacks Creek house fire.[4]

During February 2015, the school was sent into lockdown after it was believed that a murder suspect, who was on the run, was trying to contact his kids, who were attending the school at the time.[5] The lockdown was lifted after the school grounds were searched and there was no sign of the suspect.[6]

A fire destroyed two of the school's classrooms and caused the evacuation of its students in 2015,[7] five students were treated for minor smoke inhalation.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mabel Park State School Department of Education . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816075450/https://schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au/Details/0356 . 2024-08-16 . 2024-08-16 . Schools Directory.
  2. Web site: ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240501085934/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx . 2024-05-01 . 2024-08-16 . Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority.
  3. Web site: 2019-04-14 . Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240501085934/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx . 2024-05-01 . 2024-08-16 . Queensland Department of Education . en.
  4. News: Thomas . Griffith . 7 September 2011 . Gillard lifts school's spirit . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403064551/http://www.thereporter.com.au/news/gillard-lifts-schools-spirit/1091716/ . 2015-04-03 . 21 March 2015 . The Logan Reporter .
  5. Web site: 2015-02-11 . Accused killer John Zarnke to face further charges over Logan Central stabbing death . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816085845/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/accused-killer-john-zarnke-to-face-further-charges-over-logan-central-stabbing-death-20150211-13blvh.html . 2024-08-16 . 2024-08-16 . The Brisbane Times . en.
  6. News: Withey . Andree . 2015-02-10 . Queensland school locked down amid hunt for murder suspect . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816093409/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-10/school-lockdown-lifted-as-search-for-murder-suspect-continues/6081812 . 2024-08-16 . 2024-08-16 . ABC News . en-AU.
  7. News: Harazim . Kristina . 2015-09-02 . Fire destroys demountable classrooms, forces evacuation of Slacks Creek school . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923232343/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-02/fire-forces-evacuation-at-logan-school/6743340 . 2018-09-23 . 2024-08-16 . ABC News . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Silva . Kristian . 2015-09-02 . Mabel Park State School evacuated after fire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816084211/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/mabel-park-state-school-evacuated-after-fire-20150902-gjdaev.html . 2024-08-16 . 2024-08-16 . The Brisbane Times . en.

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