On Thursday, Aratula State School Principal, Damien Butler, will be presented with the keys to a new administration building.

Yet while the facility is new, the building is old.

Mr Butler explained that the Education Department had funded a complete refurbishment of what was once the headmaster’s residence.

The home, until recently, stood on high stumps and faced Elizabeth Street.

“It has been turned around and set further back on the grounds so it faces