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Parents in regional NSW will also pay more than the national regional average for botha Catholic education,$112,248 compared to$109,877; and an independent education,$203,654 compared to$201,210. said she and her husband William had a “long cheap canada goose term plan” that allowed them to send sonsIsaiah, 9,and Finn, 7, tothe independentHunter Christian School from which she is taking maternity leave and she expects her younger boys Angus, 3, and Solomon, four months, will attend too. “We’re blessed we can afford it and while there are great public schools around, we’ve chosen this path,” she said. “We’re Christians and we value the Christian input of teachers thatwas our number one priority. Mychildren are with them more than they are with me. It’s important they’re with people who are going to teach them about values, morals and Jesus. “You can’t put a price on the community or spiritual side of school.” She said the estimate of$203,654 per child was “way off”. “For us that’s ridiculous, we would not even come close to that,” she said.”Plus the more children you have the more of a discount you get.” The school charges$4900 for kindyfor the first child, but this drops to $615 for the fourth. “There’s no out of pocket expenses, it covers all excursions, camps, equipment, technology, books, art supplies, pencil uk canada goose store reviews cases and glue canada goose offers uk sticks. Theonly thingsI’ve bought arebags and lunchboxes.” Mr Higgins said althoughpublic schools were seen as free, theycame with voluntary and subject contributions, plus “hidden”costs such as devices. A Department of Education spokesperson cheap canada goose bodywarmer said there were no charges to attend a public school and thatpublicschools wouldreceive$15.7 billion this year, including$6 billion forregional and rural schools. A spokesperson for the NSW P Federation declined to comment on the figures but said it believed “the purpose of public education is to be equitable and without fees and public schools must be sufficiently resourced so that no child https://www.nationaalzweminstituuteindhoven.nl or young person faces disadvantages in education due to factors beyond their control”. Mother of three Nicole Schreiber estimatedshe would have spent about $4000 per child per year or a combined $156,000 overall for their education at Hamilton South Public and Newcastle High. “Even with voluntary contribution fees of $60 there’s still add on things they need asports uniform, joggers, a backpack, a computer,” she said. “The most expensive time would have been at the start you’re constantly buying shoes and uniforms because they’re growing so quickly and between yearfive and 10 when they’re doing more activities.” Still, she said, public schooling was a “good investment”. “I liked the diversity, that they could mix with other people with different beliefs and cultures and there was also agood sense of community at both schools. Wegot a lot more than we paid for.” Council of Catholic School Parents acting executive directorMary Ryan said ASG’s figures seemed “excessive”, assystemic Catholic schools charged “modest”fees and most offered discounts for subsequent children. 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