Principals urge for workable solution to student quarantine

Sally Gall
Updated August 27 2020 - 5:06pm, first published 4:00pm
Burren Junction's James Slacksmith is one of hundreds of NSW boarding students in Queensland faced with not returning home until the end of the year.
Burren Junction's James Slacksmith is one of hundreds of NSW boarding students in Queensland faced with not returning home until the end of the year.

The growing distress at the critical circumstances facing a number of boarding school families as mid-semester holidays approach has prompted nine school principals to make an urgent joint appeal to the state government.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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