Regulators made a surprise visit to kindy in crisis – weeks before parents told to pay for kids’ art
By James Hall
Copyright brisbanetimes
Senior department officials made a surprise visit to a Brisbane kindergarten following revelations of a staff exodus and parents’ fury at the make-up of the committee running the centre.
The regulatory authority within the Queensland Department of Education visited the Craigslea Kindergarten on September 11 – a day after this masthead revealed claims a parent was being investigated for running the Chermside West centre on his own.
C&K, as the central governing body, cut funding to the affiliated kindergarten and launched a probe into the make-up of the management committee after its previous members stood down following a months-long bitter dispute.
Thomas D’Souza, the parent at the centre of the claims, dismissed the concerns at the time, claiming the committee was legitimate and C&K did not have authority over the community-run kindergarten.
