Voluntary School Fees in a Public School
If School Fees are "Voluntary", why do we get reminder notices sent home?
By definition, voluntary indicates you have a choice whether to "donate" or not, I dont need to be given a reminder of a choice I may or may not have made.
Public Schools should be that.. available to the Public.
Excursions, Uniforms, Electives, Stationery etc etc etc the list goes on!! These expenses are all paid by the parents, to get a reminder that you havent volunteered a contribution is, in the words of Rowan Atkinson, "like being shot through the neck with an arrow and finding there is a gas bill attached to the end of it!"
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Permalink Reply by Karen McCulloch on -
I have to do without uniforms and text books and shoes to pay fees, its great sending children to school in shirts that are so threadbear they are see through, shorts that have to be sewn back together when the fabric is so thin it can hardly hold a thread. I pay tax, and lots of it, it is the governments responsibility to make sure our public schools are public and abolish school fees. It angers me that I keep getting reminders to pay school fees that are voluntary, oh, and by the way, if you are having difficulties paying you can see the principal to make payment arrangements.
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Permalink Reply by AJ on
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Karen, if you are in the state of Victoria there is a fund available for uniforms- the Principal needs to fill in a form on your behalf and your child can be provided with a full (ie shoes, socks, underwear etc) plain uniform (may not have school logos on it- but will be appropriate colours) or money towards a "branded" uniform. You can find the info you need at http://www.ssr.net.au/About-Us.aspx. And yes, if you are having difficulties paying for the other fees schools will take payments whenever you can make them (I know of one family that pays $3 a week). I hope this helps with the uniforms.
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Permalink Reply by Geoff H on
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Don't blame the school. The Government has reduced the amount of money each school gets and schools are stuggling. While society expects schools to teach all the new and beaut things in life, they also cost a lot more money that years ago. Parents want robotics to be taught, well each kit cost quite a few hundred dollars, what about programs on the computers, once again getting a licence for these programs cost a lot of money also. Even excursions cost so much more money now, for example if a bus is required to travel on a highway they must have seatbelts. While this is certainly good, the bus companies then charge more for a bus with seatbelts.
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Permalink Reply by kim scharkie on -
I have a question, you're all saying about how it's only $3.25 per week for school fees. Can someone tell me if there's a limit/maximum public state schools can charge for fees in SA. The above rate works out a lot cheaper than what we pay at Mawson Lakes where it's around $275 per year and increasing $10 annually. Just for those who say it's easy just speak to the principal about a payment plan, I would have thought the Principal had more important work to do and Administration Staff would deal with this. Unfortunately my wife did try this and offered to pay $30 per fortnight only to have the Admin Staff knock this back and say it's not enough. All of this had to then wait until the school got the debt collectors onto my wife. Let's just say I wiped my hands of this school a long time ago, they will get nothing extra from us, I guarantee it.
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Permalink Reply by Julianne Spranaitis on
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That is just aweful....
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on
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My children attend a catholic school, we pay the required schools fees and we also pay for the fundraising for the school and also for charities outside of the school, sometimes I do feel a bit frustrated when I dig and dig into our pockets for more fundraising etc. but I guess school fees just don't cover everything and we do what we can. If public schools have voluntary fees, just be glad it is "voluntary" and not mandatory as in catholic and private schools and you still have a choice. We have chosen catholic schools for our children and we pay the fees and cross our fingers that they are getting a good education.
PS Although I have always thought that public schools are fully funded by the government, guess I thought wrong.
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