coming home from your Summer holiday away Shanghai, arriving home to receive this letter saying your kid's school has been split to various locations? And the teachers didn't even know about it until 3 days before school begins? And you are the selected 8 parents out of 200 that know this is coming because the school owner thinks you are "worthy" of being notified? It's true! That's what happened to Audrey's friend. She moved the entire family to Pudong so that they are closer to the school. Even moved the Ayi (a term used to refer to the home helper) - pay for her rent and has bought her a motorcycle! Then this week, you are informed at a special parent night meeting that the school has lost the lease. The students are to be split into smaller classes in different locations.
The owner apparently did not even have a proper licence to register as a school! She got it because she's "connected". Welcome to China. This school has excellent teachers, education methodology and a good reputation among parents. Apparently the owner doesn't even have the right to the name of the school! Wow... what a big scam.
Parents are scrambling. Good school is tight to get into. Always full; but tuition cost has gone up quite a bit; so parents might think twice staying in those good schools and have space available. Here in China, you need to pay in full for kids education if you want a good one.
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