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Kindergarten parents told to pay thousands for kids' art - sparking uproar and a midnight heist
How much would you pay for your child's art?
That's the question one Australian kindergarten posed to dozens of families this week when it asked them to stump up A$2,200 (£1,000; $1,400) for the pleasure of taking home a curated portfolio of their child's artwork.
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Craigslea Community Kindergarten and Preschool in Brisbane closed last month after funding was halted amid an investigation into claims about its governance.
Its obscure request, however, has sparked anger in Queensland, with the state's leader calling it "emotional blackmail", regulators staging an intervention, and one parent allegedly going to extreme lengths to take back their child's collection of artworks in the middle of the night.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ed2g95zlo
That's the question one Australian kindergarten posed to dozens of families this week when it asked them to stump up A$2,200 (£1,000; $1,400) for the pleasure of taking home a curated portfolio of their child's artwork.
...
Craigslea Community Kindergarten and Preschool in Brisbane closed last month after funding was halted amid an investigation into claims about its governance.
Its obscure request, however, has sparked anger in Queensland, with the state's leader calling it "emotional blackmail", regulators staging an intervention, and one parent allegedly going to extreme lengths to take back their child's collection of artworks in the middle of the night.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ed2g95zlo
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