Schools that Excel: Keilor Downs College thrives despite COVID hit We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement The Melbourne school hit by the most COVID closures last year emerged with happier students and improving VCE scores. Keilor Downs College principal Linda Maxwell said the upswing in academic results and student wellbeing was down to a collective effort to keep the school community connected through shutdowns when coronavirus cases were detected, and during the state’s hard lockdown and move to remote learning. Keilor Downs College principal Linda Maxwell with some of her students, who thrived despite COVID disruptions.