When a pitch for state funding for his daughter’s high school in Sydney’s north was accepted, James Wiggins thought he would finally see the dilapidated school redeveloped, and it would begin to claw back dwindling enrolments.
It was hoped the money would, to name a few items off the wishlist, replace the gas lines used for experiments in the science labs which were too dangerous to use in certain classrooms; upgrade facilities that had not been updated since Wiggins graduated from the school in 1980; and replace the leaking roof, which has left mould and damp marks all over the walls. But Wiggins says the funding for Narrabeen sports high school was whittled down to a point where straight repairs are no longer feasible, let alone refurbishment.
