Dandenong High School is one of the largest co-educational government schools in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school caters for students from Years 7 to 12. At the start of 2007, Dandenong High School, Cleeland Secondary College and Doveton Secondary College officially merged to become the new Dandenong High School, as part of the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution. As of 2011, the school has 281 teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as 2050 students, who come from 66 different cultural backgrounds. The revitalised Dandenong High School takes an innovative approach to teaching and learning, adapts well to educational and technological changes, and caters for all students in its new state-of-the-art, world-class learning centres. Stages 1 and 2 of the Dandenong Education Precinct Project have been completed as of 2011, whilst $10 million has been approved for a part of the final stage of work, Stage 3. The 2012-13 State Budget made provisions for $9.4M for the rest of Stage 3 to be completed.
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