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SA private schools fear for future as pandemic fee pain bites
Written by Belinda Willis, INDaily, Adelaide Independent News
Parents struggling to meet private school fees as COVID-19 restrictions bite into their savings are seeing their children being turned away from public schools already at capacity.
And the state’s 103 independent private schools warn some of their campuses will not survive unless the Federal Government steps up with vital support funds.
Association of Independent Schools of South Australia chief executive Carolyn Grantskalns said private schools had been hit hard by the economic downturn triggered by COVID-19 rules, and a significant number of families were asking for fee relief.
Many schools were being forced to stand down non-teaching staff including school nurses and boarding house staff as buildings were closed.
Schools take COVID-safe approach to fundraising
Emily Lowe, Griffith University, The Junction
School communities around the South East are having to come up with new and unusual ways to raise vital funds and generate community support thanks to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The state government’s COVID-19 restrictions together with ongoing uncertainty about the virus have led many schools to either cancel or postpone their major fundraising events for the year, leaving them seriously short of funds for planned developments and projects.
But according to Fundraising Directory founder Mandy Weidmann, although times are difficult at the moment, there are still ways to garner community spirit to raise the necessary funds despite the restrictions.
“Events have been a big no-no, and fundraising product drives have been put on the backburner, so many people are doing it tough right now,” Ms Weidmann said.
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