LET THEM EAT CAKE
Here's a collection of when pandemic privilege was all that matted...
April 28, 2020
Morrison offers privates schools $13 billion to return to face-to-face teaching while public schools waited for leftover hotel soap to keep students safe smh.com.au/politics/feder…
July 6, 2021
The bungled vaccine rollout is no match for elite private school, St Joseph's College Hunters Hill. Health Minister Hazzard's snappy response to journos the following day was, "there was a mistake...so what...move on" #COVID19#COVID19NSW smh.com.au/national/nsw/y…
July 19, 2121
Public schools subject to increasing restrictions, including limitations on excursions and sporting activities. Yet Sydney Church of England Grammar School escape to Jindabyne for a ski trip. #COVID19#COVID19NSW smh.com.au/national/nsw/r…
August 10, 2021
Pymble Ladies’ College on Sydney's affluent upper north shore sets up a private clinic on-site to administer Pfizer vaccinations #COVID19 theaustralian.com.au/nation/teacher…
August 12, 2021
Private schools plead for more autonomy over #COVID19 response, but presumably not more autonomy from the billions of dollars in federal and state handouts they get each year. smh.com.au/national/nsw/p…
August 27, 2021
More than two mths after exposure in Bondi, remote Indigenous communities in NSW are plunged into crisis with growing #COVID19 cases. Transmission in Wilcannia, Goodooga and Dubbo. Elite private schools still exercising their privilege. news.com.au/lifestyle/heal…
And we had the NSW Health Minister calling a community where males have a life expectancy of 37 "selfish". Gaslighter Brad likened the funeral of an Indigenous person in the town to a party in Bondi despite no health orders being in place at the time. sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2…
Here's more. Thread: 👇
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.
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"