Walgett school crisis: parents get money to send kids to better schools under Isolated Children's Scheme

By Julie Power
Updated May 30 2015 - 3:08am, first published 1:55am
Walgett High School student Keria Fernando,16, with her grandmother, Iris Fernando. Keria is leaving the high school to go to a school in Dubbo. Photo: Peter Rae
Walgett High School student Keria Fernando,16, with her grandmother, Iris Fernando. Keria is leaving the high school to go to a school in Dubbo. Photo: Peter Rae
Alyssa Walford, 18, who works in Walgett, left the town because the high school was so bad and finished her HSC at a private school in Sydney. Photo: Peter Rae
Alyssa Walford, 18, who works in Walgett, left the town because the high school was so bad and finished her HSC at a private school in Sydney. Photo: Peter Rae
Walgett Public Primary School ... parents are getting financial help to send students elsewhere. Photo: Peter Rae
Walgett Public Primary School ... parents are getting financial help to send students elsewhere. Photo: Peter Rae

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