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Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University

School ovals and playgrounds are sitting unused. Why aren’t more open to the community?

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Schools are full of extremely useful and valuable facilities. These include playing fields, play equipment, sandpits, netball courts, concert halls, libraries and even pools.

But these are often closed to the public and can sit unused for hours, days and weeks, depending on the time of year. For example, in Victoria, about a third of government school grounds are not currently open to the public.

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