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We won't pay for July school fee if classes continue to be suspended
To those parents who support their KGs and will keep paying school fees, we understand why you would do that and guess perhaps you have more financial freedom than others.....
But for most of the working parents like us, it's ridiculous to keep paying. Here are the reasons.
1. We are a typical middle class working family. We want our kids to have the best education we can afford, and we pay > $8,000/month for our 2 kids to go to private KG. That's almost 1/4 of our family income, excluding other extra curriculum fees, school bus...etc. If we don't get anything in return (e.g. education for our kids), why should we sacrifice so much money? It's not that we don't need those money in other parts of our lives.
2. Why should we worry about the schools don't have money to run and teachers don't get their salaries? In the first place we are not the ones who order to close schools. So the government should compensate them, not us parents. And if we don't pay for a month or two, I don't see why the schools will run into financial trouble immediately. If so, the principals must have problem controlling his/her finances.
3. Since school closed on June 12 we have already spent extra money to keep our kids busy (e.g. join outside learning classes, buy them story books..etc.) so they don't waste their time sitting at home and doing nothing. That's extra burden to our already tight budget. If schools keep close why do we have to keep double spending, and until when can this stop? How many parents can afford this? Who will worry about our financial situation for us? The teachers? The schools? Or the government?
4. In other countries not ALL KGs and PS are closed. Only those with outbreaks. And closure is for 7 days, not 14. Why the government made such a reckless decision for us, and not asking what we want? Yes, the disease may be dangerous but it also has a low mortality rate. Not higher than the seasonal flu. School close may be a way to prevent large outbreaks, but did the government think of other consequences, like how to help the working parents and the stay home kids (already one killed by car accident during school closure)??
5. Do you see the public libraries and shopping malls are packed with school kids? Will they be better off not going to schools, but go to those places? The gov. always advice us to go outdoor. But how long can the little kids stay outdoor under 32 degrees sunshine, or thunderstorms? Do you think the gov. just want to avoid making mistakes by ordering school closure, but not to take responsibilities in dealing with the consequences?
6. Has anyone heard any gov. officials say they will mitigate the potential conflicts between the KGs and parents, or give financial incentives to KGs or the parents (e.g. tax breaks, subsidies) so we parents don't have to pay full school fees during closure, and KGs won't run into budget deficits? Nothing. again they try to avoid responsibilities.....
If you read till here thanks for your patience. I can go on and on but will stop here. Just want to remind those parents who will keep paying for nothing. Not everyone is lucky enough to have so much extra money to spare. We have to look at the facts of this disease and school closure to give it a fair judgment. Money can sometimes buy us out of trouble, but justice is what we want for our kids.
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發表於 09-6-20 23:10
!!!簡直同每月收兩份錢無份別(政府1份+家長1份)!今次停課,如果我哋唔交學費,對幼稚園嚟講都只不過係俾返少少回饋我哋啫!我絕對唔覺得佢哋平時賺埋賺埋,會唔夠出1個月糧俾D職工囉!:-x
