A SCHOOL for disengaged teenagers to be built at Victoria Point has been given a $2.4 million boost from the state government.
The vocational school will be on the YMCA's property on Link Road and run as a Y-Care program.
According to the YMCA's application to Redland City Council for an educational facility, the school will accommodate about 80 students and 14 staff.
However about 50 to 55 students were expected to be at the school each day, while others would be attending courses at TAFE and elsewhere.
The school will be on vacant land behind the YMCA facility.
In December 2017, Redland City Council quashed the not-for-profit organisation's plans to build 48 units on the land, with concerns the proposal posed traffic issues and contravened zoning requirements.
Cr Lance Hewlett said he had met with officers about the school application as he was concerned about traffic management and parking.
He said the development exceeded the number of required car parks by 21 and he understood that most students would arrive at the school by bus.
"I think that the school is a great initiative of the YMCA," Cr Hewlett said.
Redlands MP Kim Richards said the government would provide $2.4 million for the school from the capital assistance funding for eligible non-state schools.
"...The funds will be used for the construction of five extra classrooms, withdrawal rooms, a dance/drama/arts flexible learning area, resource room and multi-purpose hall," Ms Richards said.
"The funding will also be used to cover site works, furniture and equipment.
"The Palaszczuk government remains committed to ongoing support for non-state schools and I'm pleased that YMCA Vocational School has received this much-needed assistance."
Ms Richards said schools used the capital grant funds for specialist classrooms, libraries, canteens and sports courts, or refurbishing or converting existing facilities and improvements to school grounds.