Five hacks to fix Victoria's overcrowded schools

By Henrietta Cook, Education Editor
Updated May 31 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 8:18pm
Overcrowded, overextended: we need to find fixes for Victorian schools.  Photo: Michele Mossop
Overcrowded, overextended: we need to find fixes for Victorian schools. Photo: Michele Mossop

Victoria might be called the Education State, but its schools are far from perfect.

Some are screaming out for students, while others are so dangerously overcrowded they have drawn up rosters to determine when students can use the playground.

There are families who drive for kilometres to access a quality education, while others are shunning their local schools leading to a phenomenon known as "white flight".

Infrastructure Victoria has outlined a number of possible solutions in a major report which will pave the way for the next 30 years.

Here are five ways to ease the squeeze:

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