Maninder Kaur Rosha, whose son Fateh was in Grade 4 at Colmont School, says the students are “full of tears”.
“On late Wednesday [27 July], we were notified by email that the school was going into voluntary administration and on Thursday, we were told that Friday would be the last day of school. It’s just shocking and unbelievable,” she tells SBS Punjabi.
Ms Rosha, who lives in Cragieburn in melbourne’s north, says hundreds of children from her suburb were enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) school.
Just a handful of schools in Victoria offer this curriculum, and Colmont School was the closest option for those living in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
The Craigieburn-based Rosha family is part of #savetkis campaign. Source: Supplied by Mrs Rosha
Previously known as Kilmore International School, it was also one of the few IB schools with both boarding and day students.
“There is no other IB school in our 60 km radius; where will the affected students go now?” she asks.
“Where are they going to get the quality education they were receiving, and who will be responsible for the ruined friendships? It’s not as easy to find a new school as it seems.”
Affected families gathered on Friday for a community…
