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Kindergarten forced to back down after proposing to charge parents $2,200 for their own children’s art
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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So it was a fundraiser? Hm, I actually don't have a problem with that and I think it's a nicer (more creative if you will) option than - idk, simply asking for money.
I work in this area and underfunding is a constant companion. Add to that the abysmally low pay and the disregard for all the extra work educators do, I get positively pissed off that they get in trouble for trying to fix a bad situation. Probably, as you said, brought up as unpaid labor by someone who had no nefarious thought at all about the whole thing, just wanted to help. Apparently they were unaware of rules and regulations, is the worst I can say here.
Did parents step up and donate money anyhow? That is the real question.
Yeah. I feel like a little bit of finesse could've averted this disaster.
$40k debts is pretty manageable. If that's owed to the ATO for example, as soon as you get a payment arrangement (easy to obtain) then you're no longer "insolvent". Pay it off over 2 years, so you get 3x of this type of fundraiser.
Given the staff "walk out", it's possible that the money is owed to employees, which muddies the waters.
Instead of saying "everyone has to pay $2,200", they should have said...
It's still a long shot, but it's a better chance than trying to guilt every parent into paying $2,200.
Possibly. From experience, I can almost guarantee you that there's way more drama behind the story than the numbers show.
That's the read I got from the article too, but again I'm pretty sure the whole thing had a long prelude that also involved parents, so it didn't exactly come as a shock.
Yeah. Nothing like solvency issues to drag out a bit of drama is there.
Sadly, everyone involved in this fiasco is at best underpaid but more likely a volunteer.
That's only half of what I meant. Working with children & their parents, it tends to get very emotional. Or maybe I didn't get your phrasing; I'm not a native speaker.
Underpaid for sure.