Private schools: how to have your cake, eat it and still ask for more

The demise of Mowbray has raised an interesting angle on the Private v State school debate.

My view is: If parents want their children to be schooled in a particular way, well, good luck to them - I just don't see why tax dollars should go toward it while there are perfectly good State schools available.

The counter argument is that funding private schools with public money offsets the total cost of public education funding so we all win.

Suggestions that private schools must be accountable if they take public money was howled down by the private school lobby

Which brings me to Mowbray:  An independent school, getting government funds, despite its "independence", goes broke and what happens?

Out comes the claw for more public dough without any sense of irony.  Talk about yer entitlement! Maybe Joe Hockey is right

And to top it off they have the cheek to wave "shame Julia, shame" placards

Let's just hope they don't teach accounting in VCE

Turns out they won't be able to pay their creditors and are owed fees

Don't pay your debts? So much for much vaunted private school "values".