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Calls for a national solution to interstate boarding school students returning home during COVID-19 lockdowns
Their first year at boarding school should have been an exciting time for twins Kalen and Jade Russell.
Key points:
- Concerns have been raised for the welfare of interstate boarding school students caught up in lockdowns
- Educators are especially concerned for Indigenous students
- There are calls for a national approach to dealing with interstate students returning
The 13-year-olds from Darwin attend boarding school in Adelaide, along with their older sister Taliyah, who is 17.
But they ended up spending part of term one, and all of term two, studying remotely in Darwin, unable to be at school in Adelaide.
“We were living in a time of uncertainty with COVID so there was the extra pressure of that but … that online learning is a mode that’s…
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