Parents abandon private schools

In the current economic downturn, parents are leaving the fee-paying independent schools sector and enrolling their children in local public schools. In other drastic measures, some parents are even trading in their 4WDs and picking their kids up in Taragos. Helen Dwyer a mother at Mosman stated "It's terrible, they don't even have rowing for sport - we'll be craphouse by the time of the London Olympics."