The rebuild of Lismore South Public School and its preschool is entering its final stages, more than four years after the school was extensively damaged in the 2022 floods.
All of the new school’s elevated building modules have now been installed, including classrooms, preschool facilities and the school hall, with construction and landscaping expected to be completed before the end of the year.
The rebuilt Lismore South Public School and Ngulliboo Jarjums Public Preschool will include 13 classrooms, a library, multipurpose hall, outdoor learning areas and dedicated indoor and outdoor preschool spaces.
The buildings have been elevated and designed to better withstand future floods and other extreme weather.
Students have been learning from temporary facilities on the school oval while the permanent campus is rebuilt.
School principal Larissa Polak said the project was now visibly taking shape.
‘You can really see our new school coming together now that the structures are all in place,’ she said.
‘Before long, students and staff will be learning and working in these new spaces.’
Ms Polak said the rebuild represented ‘a big investment in the future of this community’.
Construction began in October last year, with the first building modules craned into place in March.
The project is one of nine extensively flood-damaged Northern Rivers schools being rebuilt with funding from the jointly funded NSW and Commonwealth Infrastructure Betterment Fund.
Eighteen flood-damaged schools across the Northern Rivers have now either been repaired or rebuilt since the 2022 disaster.
The new Lismore South campus is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
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