Classrooms of decay

AdelaideNow... Classrooms of decay:

"'It's an indictment against South Australia's aspiration to be a progressive and modern state when it is failing to provide appropriate facilities and safe environments for children in public schools,' he said."

As you drive around these days there is certainly a widening divide in the look of public and private schools. A while back many state schools were closed and I often wonder if this is the plan again because why else would you let schools become run down? Many of them are location, location, location and some which were closed have been turned into plush accommodation of one sort or another. I believe though we have to solve the problem of constant theft and arson which is always on the news and in the papers. State schools have been bearing the brunt of the ills of our state. Why is that? Only last week there was another account of a school having its windows smashed for the umpteenth time. I sometimes think we need to make them safer and better protected. The kids must get tired of losing their work or coming into a mess and rubble. It might make them resilient but it does seem very unfair. Maybe this is all incentive to get parents to shift children to private schools so there is no state funded education. Would save money.