 In June 2000, the Department of Education and Training announced that the school would close because of falling enrolments.Following the announcement, local residents formed a committee to prevent the closure, and later to prevent a Government sale of the school site and make the site available for the community, known as the Retain Beacon Hill High School Committee.The closure of the school was criticised by the Greens New South Wales Education spokesman, John Kaye, who said in a media release