North Lakes State College
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| North Lakes State College | |
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| Coordinates | 27°14′14″S 153°01′30″E / 27.237283°S 153.024879°E |
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| Type | Public, College |
| Motto | Learn, Lead, Succeed |
| Established | 2002 |
| Principal | John Thornberry |
| Grades | Prep to 12 |
| Enrolment | 2,280 (2023) |
| Colours | Purple, navy blue, white and cyan |
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North Lakes State College is a public, co-educational, P-12, school located in the City of Moreton Bay suburb of North Lakes in Queensland, Australia.[1][2] It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 2,280 students and a teaching staff of 190, as of 2023.[2]
The school serves students from Prep to Year 12, on two campuses, with the main campus situated on Joyner Circuit, and the second campus, known as the Urban Learning Centre, is situated on North Lakes Drive.[1][2]
The State Government allocated $24 million towards the construction of the college, with the Commonwealth contributing $19.4 million. According to Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts Welford, it was built around a circular ‘spine’, with the design of the facilities taking into account of the various stages of school life.[3]
The school was opened on 1 January 2002[4] as a P–3 college with an enrollment of approximately 150 students, 75 of which were in Prep and the other 75 were enrolled in Years 1–3.[5] In 2003, Years 4, 5 and 6 were introduced to the college, along with the facilities known as the Villa Precinct.[5] 2004 saw the introduction of Year 7, and the facilities known as the Lodge Precinct opened.[5] This year also saw a large development across the site in preparation for the introduction of the secondary component of Years 8 and 9 in 2005.[5] In 2006, North Lakes State College established the Facilitation Agreement with the Moreton Bay Regional Council for the shared use of the nearby North Lakes Library and town common in the upper campus and sports hall and oval in the lower campus. Monthly meetings were held to discuss issues.[6]
The year 2006 saw the introduction of Year 10 and the construction of the Urban Learning Centre, with the Senior Secondary years of Year 11 introduced in 2007 and Year 12 introduced in 2008.[5] In 2010, the agreement ceased after the Department of Education acquired the library, sports hall and ovals. The council now leases the swimming pool located at the upper campus and various sports group have made arrangements to use the sports ovals.[6]
On 28 May 2018, an online shooting threat emerged on forum 4chan, stating “A school in North Lakes QLD is going to get professionally shot up with as many casualties as possible,” featuring images of students involved in the Columbine shooting. In response, police presence was increased across Brisbane's North Lakes areas, with North Lakes State College among them. Two days later, a teenager was arrested by police for posting a copycat threat, charged with one count each of using a carriage service to make a threat to cause serious harm and violence.[7] In 2018, a five-storey vertical senior campus began construction by building contractor Hutchies Builders. The new facility was located on a tight urban site, making the construction of multiple stories necessary, which included general learning areas, staff rooms, special education, music spaces, a roof top terrace, lecture theatre, and Student Well Being Space. It was completed in 2019, taking 64 weeks to build and costing approximately $15.2m. The development was described as being state-of-the-art, as it was one of the first of its kind in Queensland.[8]