State School 1491 opened on Barrabool Road in 1875. State School 3934 opened in a wooden schoolroom on Old Baker Road, bordered by Massina Road, in 1916. At that time enrolments were 150, but had increased to 1,455 by 1967. Fortunately, some former students arrived in time to save the 1984 time-capsule from the bulldozers. In 1988 the school absorbed Exhibition High to form Fitzroy Secondary College. Ironically, if the original building had survived it would have acquired heritage protection. It moved to a new site on Mywee-Koonoomoo Road in 1905 and was renamed Mywee. The Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society purchased the historic building, which was transported to Lakes Entrance to become the Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum. The school was rebadged as Footscray Yarraville Secondary College in 1990, but declining enrolments led to its closure in 1996. Would you like to know more? It was rebadged as a Secondary College in 1990 by which time numbers were in marked decline. Deep Creek State School (SS2096) was opened in 1878. Echuca Village Settlement School (SS3253) opened on Simmie Road in 1896. A time capsule was buried beneath a commemorative plaque on 17 December 1993 at the nearby Uniting Church. Although enrolments had been high for much of its history, they fell to 100 in 1996. Enrolments were generally low, and ultimately led to a merger with Narrawong Primary at the end of 1993 to form Narrawong District Primary School. However, at the end of 1997 the Oak Park campus was closed, and promptly sold. The school closed at the end of 1993 and the buildings reverted to Malvern Primary use. Declining enrolments led to the schools closure in 1990, and by 1995 it had been sold ($5,000). State School 1840 opened on Kalkee School Road in 1877. However, the Heathmont Road campus was VCE level only, and therefore the former Ringwood Technical was effectively closed at that point. Would you like to know more? It became known as the Morwell Heights campus, catering for Years 7-10. The school was merged with Everton Primary (Great Alpine Road) for the 1994 year and closed. State School 4329 opened in a new red-brick building on the corner of Station and Agg Streets in 1928. The carefully maintained property was resold in April 2016 for $80k. No development occurred for many years though: the site became overgrown and attracted the interest of local historian Michael Weichel searching for long-buried time-capsules. The school closed in the 1920s as many of those families moved away. Enrolments reached 710 by 1969, with many parents employed at nearby Essendon Airport. Would you like to know more? The school was rebadged as North Shepparton Secondary College in 1990 but declining numbers led to closure at the end of 1993. In 1992 a major amalgamation of schools in the area occurred, whereby Altona North Technical, Altona North High, Williamstown Technical and Paisley High merged to form the triple campus Bayside Secondary College. The former Clayton Technical buildings were demolished in order that the adjacent Fregon Reserve could be moved to cater for an expansion of Monash Medical Centre.