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Every public school should be provided the resources needed to ensure every child gets the best education, regardless of background or circumstances. That's not possible given the current funding arrangements and special deals. #EverySchoolEveryStudent
Newington College
Revenue from Govs including grants: $11.4mil
Rifle range, 8 tennis, 6 basketball & 3 volleyball courts. 17 cricket wickets, 3 rugby fields, a boat shed, fencing and table tennis facility, gym & Olympic pool.
2019 Gross income: $72.7 mil
Total assets: $246 mil
St Brendan's College, Yeppoon
$8.5 million in recurrent federal gov funding… just given an extra $3.7 million for science rooms, a library and others.
4 ovals, 2 tennis courts, 25m pool, gym, rodeo arena,788 seat auditorium & a manual arts and trading centre.
Loreto Normanhurst
In 2019 more than $7.8million from state and federal governments.
Has developed a “Maser Plan 2017-2047”
Collected $27.2 million in school fees
Spent $10.3 million on capital in 17,18,19.
$5.1million in cash and equivalents in the bank in 2019.
Knox Grammar School
More than $11 million in state and federal recurrent funding.
17-19 Capital expenditure of $95.3 million
2019 total net recurrent income: $98.3 million
2019 Total assets: $244 million
2200 seat hall, cafe, 150 seat lecture theatre, performing arts centre.
School funding is broken. Public schools are underfunded by billions of dollars meaning kids who need help miss out. The Federal Gov's funding priorities favour private schools and they give no capital funding to public schools. But here's just some of what they DO fund...
Loretto Kirribilli
Seven-storey Innovation Centre...
2019 $6.5 million in federal funding on top of $24 million in school fees... sound fair??
The Armidale School
$5.3 million federal gov recurrent funding
$11 million in school fees
Feds just gave them $600k to refurb "a science building to include three science labs, two multi-purpose science labs, a prep room, storeroom, student amenities & a lift"