▁School ▁Le ad ership ▁Award ▁of ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Education ▁Ex cell ence ▁Awards , ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁Public ▁Service ▁Medal ▁as ▁a ▁Queen ' s ▁B irth day ▁Hon our ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁M s ▁Gill ▁was ▁a ▁vocal ▁oppon ent ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁an ▁aut ism ▁P - 1 2 ▁school ▁for ▁Western ▁Melbourne ▁despite ▁it ▁being ▁revealed ▁in ▁the ▁Aut ism ▁Education ▁Pro vis ions ▁Review ▁that ▁approximately ▁half ▁the ▁students ▁from ▁W AS ▁transition ▁to ▁Special ▁Education ▁School s . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁purpose ▁built ▁school ▁in ▁La ver ton ▁with ▁a ▁sw imming ▁pool , ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁opened ▁on ▁ 9 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁school ▁ran ▁an ▁ad oles cent ▁program ▁called ▁the ▁Bas ero om ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁room ▁at ▁Ess end on ▁Ke ilor ▁College ' s ▁N idd rie ▁campus . ▁It ▁was ▁closed ▁down ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁due ▁to ▁budget ▁cut s . ▁The ▁Bas ero om ▁allowed ▁students ▁to ▁attended ▁E K C ▁as ▁usual , ▁in ▁full ▁E K C ▁uniform , ▁while ▁using ▁the ▁Bas ero om ▁at ▁l unch ▁breaks . ▁The ▁school ▁also ▁ran ▁an ▁ad oles cent ▁art ▁and ▁music ▁program ▁for ▁some ▁years , ▁which ▁too ▁was ▁ax ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links