Guardian Australia understands the letter was sent on the school's own initiative, and not in response to a federal or state government directive.
My older sister was once sent on a school trip with a Thermos of beef burgers (the quintessential British food, my mother believed) - even the teachers laughed.
"Children should be sent to school on proper scholarships, and learn income-generating skills.
He derived satisfaction from reading annual reports, but took true delight reading the improving report cards of youngsters he'd sent to school on scholarships.
Do you know what it's like to be sent to school on a nice enough day where the weather might, at any moment, turn cataclysmic (which could happen any day at all during September, October, November, March, April, and May in my hometown, which is the broken buckle of what is called "the snowbelt" in Canada) wearing a full snowsuit?
Elena – whose parents are slightly better off than Lila's – is sent on to the middle school while Lila is pulled out to work in her father's shoe repair shop.
When schools were reopened in Isis-held parts of Aleppo last year, detailed instructions were sent to school heads on how this was to be done.
Cast yourself as a secret agent, sent to school to report back on the activities of these local youth.
In a 10-page letter to be sent on Tuesday to thousands of school districts and colleges, the Department of Education urges the nation's educators to ensure that they are complying with their responsibilities to prevent harassment, as laid out in federal laws.
One potential vendor, Pearson Education, has approached districts offering curriculum resources, in a letter sent to schools on May 13.Ms.
