The school, which is in transition to a new single campus on the old Shepparton High School site, has been in the public eye in recent weeks for confrontations at the school and a critical report on systemic racism.
“The best thing to do was to come up, have a look and have meetings with a number of community leaders and parent groups to learn about the challenges,” Mr Hodgett said.
After speaking with groups concerned about the transition process and the conflict it had created, Mr Hodgett urged the government to be more transparent with its plans to deal with merging different communities on one large site.
“This is a massive project and everyone I have spoken to so far wants it to succeed,” he said.
“We need to hear the government's plan of how they are going to make it succeed, everyone wants it to do well, parents want good educational outcomes for their kids, this is a massive project the government have committed to, but what is their plan to make this work.”
After the tour he said the sheer scale of the new single campus would be daunting to any Year 7 student and better communication and consultation was needed.
“We have our own ideas, we didn't come up to bag the project,” he said.
“People that live here and know the community can put forward the best ways of bringing the schools together and community groups together.”
Beyond ensuring educators and managers had the resources and support they needed, Mr Hodgett said the new campus needed to be "demystified" by opening it up to the community.
