The controversial site of the new Bungendore high school is one of the hot button issues of the coming Monaro byelection in neighbouring NSW, with the two leading candidates at odds over how the $50 million project should proceed.
The politics stacked up behind the proposal was on view on Monday night at a "meet the candidates" forum in rural Wamboin, on the ACT border, with the Nationals candidate Nichole Overall standing alone on pushing ahead with the contentious centre-town Bungendore Park location for the much-needed school.
