{"id":5228,"date":"2026-05-27T14:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/app.tapforteacher.com.au\/news\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:04:30","slug":"merri-river-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app.tapforteacher.com.au\/news\/merri-river-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Merri River School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5228\" class=\"elementor elementor-5228\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045ee5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"045ee5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc5cb51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc5cb51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Merri River School entered a new phase of its development at the beginning of 2020 when we moved into brand new magnificent premises at 189 Wollaston Road. This campus and its facilities has enabled exciting new learning opportunities for all of our students.<\/p><p>Merri River School is a school that provides a well-rounded education for students from all backgrounds. All of the staff at Merri River are educators, counsellors and role models to our students. This responsibility drives and inspires us to assist our students to reach their full potentials and become happy, engaged and productive members of their communities.<\/p><p>The school is a special educational setting presently catering for approximately 170 students (aged between 5 and 18) who have an intellectual disability and have met the eligibility criteria for enrolment. This criteria has been determined by the Department of Education as having an IQ of below 70 as well as significant deficits in adaptive behaviour and displaying a history and evidence of an ongoing problem, with the expectation of continuation during the school years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c77e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c77e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/app.tapforteacher.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Merri-River-School.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5229\" alt=\"merri river school\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.tapforteacher.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Merri-River-School.jpg 176w, https:\/\/app.tapforteacher.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Merri-River-School-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\"  title=\"Merri River School\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merri River School entered a new phase of its development at the beginning of 2020 when we moved into brand new magnificent premises at 189 Wollaston Road. 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