Text Box: HISTORY OF THE EAST LODDON COLLEGE The school draws its clients from a large area with all but a handful of students bussing into the school on 7 buses, from as far away as Mitiamo, Raywood, Serpentine, Calivil and Dingee. The staff are a mix of locals and those living in Bendigo. Those living in Bendigo travel in carpools to the school each day. East Loddon Consolidated School opened on the 6th February 1951, with an enrolment of 127 pupils to Grade 8. The Head Teacher was Mr J Henry and he had a staff of 4 assistants. It was officially opened in 1954 when the attendance reached 201 pupils to Form 3. In 1973 the school was divided into the East Loddon High School and the primary section remained the East Loddon Consolidated School. In 1975 it was envisaged that the school would become a 13 year school with an unbroken span of education from Year Prep to HSC. This was thought to be suited to the particular needs of the area. The school has operated as a P-12 school since February 1977. In December 1987 an agreement was reached between the School Council and the Ministry of Education recognising the school as a single Unit P-12 school with an interim administration arrangement. In 1988 the secondary Principal was the P-12 Administrator. The School has now been recognised as a formal P-12 College under the recently developed P-12 Agreement. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. This site will be developing over the next six months. We will cover from the school opening to the year 1980. The forum is up and running Connect to the Blog If you have any pictures, documents etc. that would be of interest, please contact the school. If any year level would like a separate Blog please contact the school. These could be used to keep in touch or organise a reunion. School renovations 1974 Text Box: Menu