What was the final submission document from the ISHS P&C?

What is being proposed right now?

**Note that this response was changed on 6/07/2025 after receiving input that there will be no more formal consultation for any of the projects after 10 July 2025.

There are four projects included in the Ministerial Infrastructure Designation. This is the only formal consultation on all of the projects. No individual line items were included in the State budget for Indooroopilly State High School, so we are unclear what budget is available for Project 1 or any additional projects in the future.

If it is approved, when would Project 1 happen?

*Note that this response was changed on 6/07/2025 after the State Budget was released to the public.

No individual line items were included in the State budget for Indooroopilly State High School, so we are unclear what budget is available for Project 1 or any additional projects in the future. We are guessing commencement within 12 months. While specific start and finish dates for Project 1 are not explicitly stated, it is marked as an ‘immediate delivery priority’. The project is part of the Government's 2024-2025 Capital Statement, saying it is a priority for ‘within that fiscal period'.

What is being proposed in the overall master plan?

The plan is to construct several buildings over 4 major projects:

Project 1: Science & Industrial Tech Design Centre - Develops a new 3-storey Science and Industrial Technology building with staff parking and recycling centre, partly to extend existing parking, and replace existing parking lost during construction. It involves demolishing Blocks F, J, K, and N.

Project 2: Performing Arts & Music Centre - Replaces the existing school hall with a new 3-storey Performing Arts and Music Centre, featuring spaces for drama, dance, and music, including car parking.

Project 3: Administration & Food Tech Centre - Constructs a new 2-storey Administration and Food Technology Centre with General Learning Areas, Kinesiology, and a cafe, along with a new visitor drop-off area.

Project 4: Learning Building - Introduces a new 3-storey flexible learning spaces including Specialist/Art Precinct, requiring demolition of Blocks H, S, and P, and includes an Olympic running track, new pathway connections, relocation of 2 tennis courts and sports field upgrades.

What would project 1 deliver?

The Government project document is still fairly general.  The project will require the demolition of Blocks F, J, K, and N to make way for a new three-storey building. Blocks V and D, which also house science and flexible learning spaces, will remain.

The new three-storey building on the North-East corner of the campus will provide new science labs, workshops, specialist learning spaces, and staff areas. Additionally, a staff car park will be located on the ground level. The P&C will seek more specific details regarding the exact facilities that will be delivered, and post once we are clearer on types and numbers.

Below is the list of included facilities as we understand them from the current project document:

Science Laboratories: 7 new science teaching spaces.
Junior Multipurpose Workshops: 4 new workshops.
Senior Engineering & Construction Workshops: 4 new workshops.
Staff Car Parking: A car park with 67 spaces on the ground level of the new building. *This aims to extend existing parking and provide replacement spaces, addressing overall shortfalls.
Refuse/Recycling Area: 1 new area.
Turn-around Bay: 1 new turn-around bay at the northern end of the internal road to redirect traffic. 

*The new building is designed to align with existing building lines to minimize disruption to protected tree areas.

How does the P&C feel about Project 1?

Whilst we welcome the Government's commitment to improving the facilities at Indro we remain concerned about a master plan that caters for 2,500 students.

Our year 7s, 8s and 9s do not currently have the same amount of time in science labs as students at Kenmore, Corinda or Kelvin Grove State High schools. Building facilities for 2,500 students, when we have 2,966 enrolments in June 2025, and forecast growth to 3,175 students means the science lab gap does not close.

On a site with significant fire and flood constraints, and in a catchment with significant residential density growth, it would make sense to add another two levels of classrooms to the Project 1 footprint.  

I saw it said it was planning for 2,500 students, is that right?
Aren't we bigger than that now?

Yes! The P&C has been meeting with the Department Planning Reps for more than a year in the leadup to this and that planning assumption has been a concern for us. Indro currently has 2,996 student enrolments and is managing with demountable classrooms that have been provided as an ‘emergency’ stopgap.

But you can’t teach science, manual arts, hospitality, music, dance and drama in demountable classrooms.

The Department's plans for facilities are designed for only 2,500 students, but we already have 2,996 students enrolled, and projections show we'll reach 3,175 by 2029! 

Without adequate upgrades, our students and staff will face even greater pressure. This funding could be a chance for Indro High to finally close the facilities gap and receive the same resources already available at schools like Corinda, Kenmore, and Kelvin Grove State High Schools. 

How do I have my voice heard? Where do I give feedback? 

Here are three things you can do --

Complete the Departmental feedback form here: https://planning.dsdmip.qld.gov.au/infrastructure-designation/submission/new/c8f667cb-f91f-f011-998a-002248124e74

Contribute your thoughts to the P&C submission here: https://forms.office.com/r/WNdiSPtMY4

Contact the State Member for Maiwar here: https://www.michaelberkman.com.au/contact 

How long has Indro been overcrowded?

Many years. In the data we have supporting this proposal we can see that by 2021, the school had an enrolment of 2,466 students, which was already greater than its built capacity. Now, in June 2025, we have 2,996 students with a built capacity several hundred lower than that.

As part of the 70th Birthday Celebration in 2024, we turned up a letter from only a few years into the school's life requesting more investment to keep up with the flourishing school. Successive P&C’s since then have continued to work with the School Leadership and the Department to lobby for the investment our school needs.   

What has the P&C been doing about the overcrowding?

The P&C has participated in several meetings with the Department Planning Reps to discuss the pros and cons of this proposal for more than a year.

While waiting for this facilities proposal to be implemented, the P&C has invested its own money to renovate the existing Tuckshop facilities to provide healthy and affordable meals to as many students and staff as possible. The renovations include improving the efficiency of moving customers through the building and making available several microwaves for students’ use. 

Have a different question or want more information?

​We know there will be a need for more information and we want to provide as much as we know to those that are interested. *Please note that the ISHS P&C only has email addresses for those parents that share contact information with us, so it is difficult to reach ALL the parents.

Read the detailed proposal: Queensland Department of Education Detailed Documentation
 
Question #3 in the P&C survey for the facilities proposal includes a way to contact P&C members with additional questions and ideas: https://forms.office.com/r/WNdiSPtMY4

Or send email to ISHS P&C Vice President - Community: David Gunsberg at: vp.community@ishspandc.org.au