Six colleges destroyed by Queensland's February flood disaster have reopened to college students with new renovations, as hundreds of youngsters return to lecture rooms.
Within the state's south east, 2000 college students returned at this time to newly refurbished amenities at Milpera, Aviation Excessive Faculty, Milton, One Mile, St Helens and Rocklea State Faculty after the faculties had been devastated by floods.
At Rocklea State Faculty, two buildings had been so broken they needed to be demolished.
"Rocklea, they're rocking they've new buildings and infrastructure," training minister Grace Grace stated.
Principal Paul Zernike from Milton State Faculty stated the floods had destroyed 4 of their buildings.
"All of this space was flooded we needed to change all the unreal glass," he stated.
"The pool was underwater we had many lecture rooms, tuckshop, uniform store, outdoors hours care facility."
Repairs for these colleges value the state $5 million.
The federal government has additionally efficiently put in air-conditioning in every classroom of all 649 colleges across the state, a purpose which has taken seven years and value $477 million.
"Greater than 10,000 lecture rooms, libraries and employees rooms," deputy premier Steven Miles stated.
"Many faculties required electrical upgrades."
Wavell State Excessive Faculty principal Liz Foster stated the brand new installments would make an enormous distinction in lecture rooms.
"Huge distinction, I feel that we all know most lecture rooms, you set 20, 25, 28 our bodies, the temperature will increase dramatically," she stated.
An additional 80,000 photo voltaic panels will even be put in to cut back emissions from the extra air con models.
The panels will all be put in by June.
"They're used when the solar is shining, and when it is not, colleges out," Ms Grace stated.