Geelong Northern Bay College is calling on its local community to sponsor a student, providing them with financial support in a plan to reduce intergenerational disadvantage in Geelong's northern suburbs.
The college principal, Fred Clarke, said statistics show that the suburb is the third most disadvantaged in the state of Victoria.
The college hopes the financial assistance will enable students to give up frequent part-time work, pay for desks and internet connection, as well as school supplies in a bid to ‘break the cycle’.