Victoria's Catholic education body is warning of school closures under the Turnbull government skorsky 2.0 funding model with two melbourne schools set to shut this year in recent months Holy Eucharist primary school in Malvern East and mother of God primary school in Ivanhoe East have told parents that they will be closing in amalgamating with neighboring schools share share on Facebook share share on Twitter tweet link Holy Eucharist primary school principal Terry Gardiner small schools can offer great opportunities photo Lois a free Catholic education Melbourne executive director Steven elder said the closures were a warning of things to come under the government's funding changes as matters stand there is a very real threat of future closures in the dislocation that will bring he said mr. elder said the two small schools had received financial support from the broader Catholic school system but this would be difficult to maintain under gauss key 2.0 enrollments have slumped at both schools 106 students attended the mother of god school in 2016 the narrative twenty-five students attend the Holy Eucharist Primary School advertisement Titan requestcode I show a LED push at spot - 300 extension to 500 three federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham hit back saying the Catholic sectors would still determine how it distributed funding he said funding for the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria would increase by eighty six point six next year and 1.1 billion dollars over the next decade it is unfortunate if someone to play politics with foreclosures despite increasing levels of funding mr. Birmingham said given theft funding is projected to increase by six point six million dollars next year the question many will ask in response to stories like this is where is the money going Barry gardener became the principal of Holy Eucharist earlier this year and had hoped to reverse at swindling enrollments he said parents were incredibly upset about the school's closure it's an amazing community he said small schools can offer great opportunities students get close attention and parents love that everyone knows each other a billboard outside the Melvin East will now reach Polly first primary school nineteen thirty 2017 thanks for the memories on the other side of town father bill edibles from Ivanhoe parish believes that federal funding changes and sluggish enrollment growth led to the closure of the mother of god school and a smaller school another effort has required significant financial subsidy from a wider Catholic education system and under the recent changes to school funding enacted by the Turnbull government it will be extremely difficult to maintain the levels of assistance mother of God needs he said in a statement posted on the parish website instead the burden would have been passed on to parents in the form of significantly higher fares together with a debt burden that would be answered