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Smart and sustainable Sustainability Victoria is inviting Macedon Ranges schools to join its sustainability program. ResourceSmart Schools is a free program that supports schools to embed sustainability across facilities, the curriculum and community. ResourceSmart Schools facilitator for the Loddon Mallee, Emily Condon, said schools that join the program will learn, practice and share ways to integrate sustainability with access to a free online portal, professional development and teaching resources. “As the local ResourceSmart Schools facilitator, I provide personal support to schools and offer sustainability sessions online and face-to-face for the whole school community – teachers, students, maintenance and administration staff, school council, and parents – helping drive positive changes both in the classroom and across school operations,” she said. Kyneton Primary School, Sacred Heart College in Kyneton and Newham Primary School are all part of the program. Newham achieved five-star status and was a ResourceSmart School of the Year finalist in 2024. Kyneton Primary School students Theresa, Leroy, Aarav, Moss, Gene and Angus.(Damjan Janevski) 533413_01
Crossing petition By Georgia Tacey A Woodend parent is calling for a pedestrian crossing to be installed at “dangerous” and “confusing” intersection regularly used by school children. For families living in Woodend’s north, crossing over Romsey Road is unavoidable, and Woodend parent Kathryn Tollerud said the intersection where High Street meets the Avenue of Honour is of biggest concern. She has started a petition which she will soon deliver to Macedon Ranges council, calling for the installation of a pedestrian
crossing at the site. Ms Tollerud said the crossing is the only practical crossing point for children travelling from Woodend’s north to Woodend Primary School and St Ambrose Primary School. The crossing point is already regularly used by many pedestrians, and Ms Tollerud said there uncertainty around whether drivers will stop to let them pass. “It’s just a really dangerous part of the road because drivers are trying to do the right thing,” she said. “It’s already a confusing intersection for drivers and we’ve actually witnessed a car
crash at that site on the school run before.“ Ms Tollerud said she lives in a court with 16 kids in it who want to ride all their bikes to school together. “I won’t let the kids ride sometimes, I’m like ‘you have to walk or you can go in my cargo bike’ because the kids panic, we panic, and you have to really gun it across the road,“ she said. Ms Tollerud said more than 150 residents had already signed her petition. The road is included in council’s 2022 Woodend Integrated Transport Plan, which recommended a refuge crossing at Romsey Road-Avenue of Honour intersection.
Macedon Ranges assets and operations acting director Daniel Grigson said council would flag the feedback on this intersection and petition, once its submitted to council, to the responsible body, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP). “Council officers have previously explored potential options at this location, including in the lead-up to the recent Old Lancefield Road works nearby, though any solution requires DTP assessment and approval,” he said. DTP was contacted. Details: https://www.kathryntollerud. com/romsey-rd-crossing/
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