Posted on 07/04/2009 7:05:58 PM PDT by naturalman1975
A SCHOOL with just one pupil for 2010 has been given a $140,000 government grant to build a covered playground - even though it already has a new one.
Another $110,000 grant from the Rudd Government's $14.7 billion education stimulus package will be used for classroom refurbishment at tiny The Lagoon Public School, 20km from Bathurst in New South Wales central west.
But even locals say it is a shocking waste of money. The tiny rural school has one teacher and five pupils, two of whom go to high school next year.
The mother of two girls there said she was considering transferring them to a larger school.
That would leave just one pupil - the teacher's daughter - as the beneficiary of the federal funds.
The school is one of 1500 to receive Primary Schools for the 21st Century program funds.
Government documents show it has been given $140,000 for a covered open learning area (COLA) and $110,000 for "upgraded classrooms".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Labor - improving education one pupil at a time.
When you’re spending other people’s money, things like this really don’t matter.
So what? See my tag line....
Look at it this way, this woman and her daughter are the best funded home school in the world.
Nice!
Obama needs to send a delegation of Community Organizers to Australia. He could pick up some pointers for his next stimulus package.
Just plain crazy
She should have an IQ of 15000. All the money wasted will be repaid.
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