TWINS Phoebe and Huw Porter finish primary school this week and, like other 12-year-olds, feel a mix of trepidation and excitement about the transition to high school.
Next year the two Coburg residents – with no nearby all-access high school – will travel south to Brunswick to attend school.
They are among the Coburg youths forced to commute to start year 7 in 2012.
Their mother Julie Porter said she was happy with the Brunswick school, but was disappointed the lack of local choice.
"Literally, we had no choice as to where to send the kids … if there was a Coburg high school for them it would have been great," she said.
High School for Coburg co-founder Cate Hall said Coburg was an "education black hole".
"There are 22 local primary schools, including Catholic schools, but then nowhere for this kids to go (to attend high school)," she said.
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development spokesman Stuart Teather said the department had regular meetings with High School for Coburg.
A final meeting for the year
between the department and High School for Coburg to discuss possible solutions was held last week.
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