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Plans to build a private primary school for more than 300 students have distressed locals in a tiny farming community of 100 people near Geelong.

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School has applied to build a private primary school at its Staughton Vale campus, 40 minutes from Geelong, which now teaches agriculture, outdoor education and environmental studies to 150 students.

If the government approves the school, it would mean there would be 300 extra students commuting to the 83½-hectare property, dwarfing the local…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU