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今天SMH报道说,悉尼北区的一所中学要求家长“志愿”捐献将近700刀一年的“赞助费”,理由是政府的教育财政拨款短缺。
这个费用相对有通常的“赞助费”高了近一倍,所以引起了记者的关注。
这里我们可以看到公立学校系统“穷”的状况。
原文如下:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-schools-700-plea-to-parents-20090601-bsze.html
Public school's $700 plea to parents
Anna Patty
June 2, 2009
A NORTH SHORE public high school is pressing parents to make "voluntary" contributions of up to $700 a year, more than double the rate charged by most schools, to make up for a "shortfall in government funding".
The Mosman High School P&C has written to parents urging them to pay an average of $400 for subject contributions in addition to the voluntary general contribution of up to $254 for year 12 students.
"At MHS we don't want to lose any of our teachers to better resourced schools," the letter says. "Parents and students can show their appreciation by paying the requested school and subject contributions. In doing so, our principal can say "YES WE CAN" when teachers request funds for resources that enable the continuation of the high standards that we have come to expect."
It thanks the 37 per cent of families who have paid their voluntary school contributions. To the 63 per cent who have not, the P&C "is asking for your help".
The letter includes a graph that shows 60 per cent of year 7 families have paid compared to 19 per cent of year 12 students, despite year 12 students drawing on more resources than other years.
The president of the NSW Secondary Principals Council, Jim McAlpine, said subject contributions generally ranged from nothing to $80 per subject in addition to a general contribution of around $50 each year. "It could be that in some schools in leafy green suburbs parents are contributing more because they can afford to," he said.
The NSW Greens MP John Kaye said the school was right in saying the Government was not providing adequate funding. "That does not, however, justify them putting the hard word on parents," he said. |
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