Construction on an education precinct to combine three state schools in a Victorian country town remains partly finished almost one year after it began.

The Warracknabeal community has been fighting for Government funding for the precinct for over 15 years to amalgamate the town's primary school, special developmental school and secondary college onto the same campus.

Stage one of construction of the precinct was finished in November but the State Government has not allocated funding for stage two, and parents have said none of the classrooms built so far are fit for purpose.

In one classroom at Warracknabeal Secondary College there are large cracks in the walls, it is poorly lit, and like much of the school, the ceiling sags with built-up damp and possum urine.

Room 12A is the worst classroom at Warracknabeal Primary School. It is dimly lit with deep cracks running through the walls. ( ABC Western Victoria: Jessica Black )

Kate Liersch is a parent and former student from Warracknabeal Primary School and said her seven-year-old son has sat on the same carpet she did 30 years ago.

"Students are learning in some really old and rundown buildings, water is leaking through the roofs, and air conditioning isn't working properly," Ms Liersch said.

"How are they supposed to learn when the classrooms are not up to scratch? They're really missing out."

Making the best of a botched job

With stage one complete building contractors have left the school however it still looks like a construction site.

An unfinished wall of concrete surrounded by dirt, some turf, with basketball courts behind ( ABC Western Victoria: Jessica Black )

Large stretches of exposed dirt have been cordoned off, and some sections have pipes poking through the ground where plumbing has been partly installed.

These conditions are unlikely to change before the Warracknabeal Special Developmental School is scheduled to move into the half-built precinct in early 2019.

Students who attend the special development school will use the science wing meant for the secondary students.

"The schools are doing their best to make use of what they've been given," Ms Liersch said.

"They're going to have to cut back programs and adjust the way that the schools are run in order to make these buildings usable."

Stuffy classrooms 'like a prison'

Summer is hot and dry in Warracknabeal, but sometimes the schools' air conditioning fails and students spray themselves with water bottles and use mini fans to keep cool.

Lachie Stewart is in Grade 10 at Warracknabeal Secondary College and said in some classrooms the windows have been nailed shut.

"It's pretty bad in summer. You can't open the windows so it feels like a prison," he said.

Lachie Stewart says Warracknabeal Secondary School's rundown facilities do not reflect what the students are capable of. ( ABC Western Victoria: Jessica Black )

At the Warracknabeal Primary School a classroom has had to be cleared out because of an earwig infestation and another classroom is unusable when it rains due to leaks.

Twelve-year-old Charlie Inkster is in Grade 6 at the primary school.

"We've got leaky roofs and lights that don't work and faulty air conditions in some," she said.

"One of our Grade 2 classrooms actually leaks and they have to get buckets. We had a rainy week and they actually had to be moved to a different classroom."

Charlie said she just wants to see stage two of the project finished.

"At the moment it just looks unfinished, it's not a very nice look when you come through. You're looking at what they're doing and it doesn't look that great," she said.

Raining cats and possums

Students said they feel embarrassed by the schools' rundown facilities.

The ceilings are so sodden that a cat fell through a ceiling panel in the staffroom. ( ABC Western Victoria: Jessica Black )

"It makes us feel pretty bad. We're not as good a school as some of the others are," Lachie said.

"[It] doesn't reflect on what the students' capabilities are."

The high school has not been refurbished for more than 20 years.

The quadrangle floods when it rains, and the staffroom ceiling is so weak that a cat fell through one of the panels and into the recycling bin.

A possum and her baby fell through the staff toilet ceiling and had to be trapped until they could be relocated.

'Show us the money'

Frustrated with the lack of progress and with no change in sight Warracknabeal parents have created the Finish What You Started campaign to raise awareness about the Government's inaction and lack of commitment to the students of the town.

Parents have said they feel they are suffering because the school is in a safe National Party seat, and are campaigning for both political parties to commit the remaining $16 million required to complete the project.

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Labor promised 100 new schools across Victoria if it wins the next election, but the party has made no commitment to finishing the Warracknabeal education precinct.

The Opposition has pledged $6.6 million to complete the specialist wing for the Warracknabeal Special Developmental School.

Lowan MP Emma Kealy of the National Party said the Coalition would need to win government before they can put a final figure on the build.

"We back this project 100 per cent," Ms Kealy said.

"Until we get the dollar value we can't make that commitment but I want to see the project finished."

State Education Minister James Merlino said in a statement that the party knows "there is a lot more work to do".