Wade High School (WHS) P&C president Julie Andreazza said she was at a loss to understand why the school had been overlooked when Building the Education Revolution (BER) funding was handed out.

"We simply don't understand why WHS, the biggest high school in the area, has been overlooked," she said.

"We missed out completely; now we are trying to fundraise and ask the Department of Education and Training for some funding so that we can build a hall, which our school actually needs, unlike others who accepted the money because that was what they were told they had to spend the money on.

"This just proves yet again the senseless waste of taxpayer money and what is worse is now we have to beg and hope that we might get a hall for WHS."

She said the P&C was looking at donating money towards the hall, while principal Ken Chalmers was doing everything he could to access any other funding from the department.

“It is just so frustrating. We put in for a hall when all of the BER funding was being allocated, but for some reason we were overlooked,” she said.

“The current hall just isn’t big enough to fit all of the students. We are looking at reaching 900 next year and they need a structure that will keep everyone out of the weather.

“We don’t even want anything fancy. It’s really just a covered outdoor learning area (COLA) over the basketball court and an annex to store sports equipment.”

Mrs Andreazza said they were currently getting quotes to build the structure but estimates they would need around $500,000 to complete it.

“We are gathering quotes and doing our sums and just hope the money will come through,” she said.

“At the moment the kids have to stand out in the weather.”

According to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, as Wade High School does not have primary school enrolments, it was not eligible for the P21 program.