Shelley Hancock asks for one final push of signatures to secure SAS school site

Mrs Hancock has asked residents to sign her petition that calls on the NSW Government to purchase the former Shoalhaven Anglican School site in Milton.

To date, Mrs Hancock said she had collected close to 9,000 signatures and required an additional 1,000 to ensure the issue was debated on the floor of the Parliament, when it resumes next week. 

“As a community we need to ensure we reach the 10,000 signatures needed to have this issue debated in State Parliament,” Mrs Hancock said.

“The Government cannot ignore the voice of 10,000 South Coast residents, who have been calling for an additional education facility for the Southern Shoalhaven for years.

“The need to secure this facility for the future educational needs of local students is essential and the calls from the community have been emphatic – they want a new school to cater for the growing population.”

Mrs Hancock said during her 15 years a local member she had “never utilised the provision of a 10,000 signature petition in order to force debate in the Parliament on a local issue”. 

“However, the need for a new educational facility in the Southern Shoalhaven is one that is important to the entire South Coast, and one that cannot wait,” she said.

Mrs Hancock praised the community for its support to date with more than 9,000 signatures collected in a “matter of months”.

“It is clear that there is overwhelming support to purchase the site. And with the community’s ongoing support, I will not stop until the government purchases this site.”