sentences:  In 1982 Gordon Simpson, the state government member for Cooroora, recognised the necessity for a school to cater for the growing population.However, the Queensland Education Department claimed there would be only 86 children which was insufficient to erect a primary school and claimed that the school reserve was "half low-lying tea-tree swamp" and not adequate for school facilities.In 1986 there was overcrowding at Bli Bli State School with 488 children enrolled, necessitating a new school.