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By Iliana Stillitano■ A new school means an exciting fresh start

No first day jitters: Pavone siblings Zac, 7, Alec, 3 and Alicia, 5, can’t waitfor the first day of school at the new Oran Park Anglican College.

Picture: Jonathan Ng

ORAN Park Anglican School willopen its doors to students for thefirst time when school starts nextweek.

And siblings Zac, 7, Alicia, 5, andAlec, 3, are among the 50 pupils thatwill start at the school under theguidance of principal Ross Whelan.

Mr Wheelan said: ‘‘We’re reallyexcited to start school in a brandnew facility.’’

‘‘We have about 50 students that

will start this year including someformer students from Hope,’’ MrWheelan said of students formerlyenrolled at Hope Christian School atNarellan which closed last month.

Theresa Park mum Sandra Pavonesaid the new, permanent buildingswere a drawcard when she sought anew school for her three children.

Zac will start year 2 next week and

sister Alicia will be in year 1. Theirbrother Alec will begin prep.

‘‘What was also very appealingwas that the school will go up toyear 12,’’ Mrs Pavone said.

Oran Park Anglican is a campus ofthe 1400-student Thomas HassallAnglican at West Hoxton which MrsPavone said was a ‘‘bonus becauseof its good reputation’’.

‘‘The kids are super excited. It’s anew school, a new start for everychild regardless of what year they’rein and that the class sizes will besmall is very appealing,’’ she said.

There won’t be too many first dayjitters, Mrs Pavone said, because thestudents were treated to a familyday barbecue and orientation even-ing last Friday.

Construction has begun onanother two new schools also inOran Park.

St Justin’s Primary School and StBenedict’s Catholic College will beco-located on Oran Park Drive andwill cater for 840 primary and morethan 1000 high school studentswhen they are completed.

Students from St Benedict’s arehoused at Mt Carmel Catholic HighSchool at Varroville and St Justin’spupils are based at St Paul’s PrimarySchool in Camden.

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Refunds unlikelyfor Hope parentsHOPE Christian School parentsmay face a long wait to hear if theywill see any of the prepaid fees orbonds again.

The school went into voluntaryliquidation on December 23.

Liquidator Simon Cathro fromErnst & Young said the future of theschool was yet to be determined.

‘‘We are investigating all options,including continuing the school ifan interested party can be found oralternatively identifying potentialbuyers for the assets of the school,’’he said.

Parent Matthew Chenhall, whohad two daughters about to startyear 1 and pre-prep, said manyparents had been lucky in findingplaces for their children at shortnotice. ‘‘We managed to get oureldest daughter into EldersliePublic School and our youngestdaughter into pre-prep at MountAnnan Christian College,’’ he said.

Mr Chenhall said the missingfunds were still causing a lot ofstress to some families.