Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp is calling for Premier Gladys Berejiklian to honour the Gonski funding agreement to schools before Newcastle lose more than $5 million from their budgets.
According to figures obtained by the NSW Teachers Federation under Freedom of Information laws, Lambton High will lose around $670,000, and Hunter School of Performing Arts will lose nearly $620,000.
Across NSW, more than $846 million due to be delivered in 2018-19 for public schools will be slashed under the federal government.
Tim Crakanthorp can't understand how the Premier can praise a government and a budget which means schools lose out.
"The Hunter is losing out and it's simply not good enough. This government is absolutely flush with money from huge stamp duty income as well as selling off our assets at bigger than expected sale prices. They really should be putting money into health and education," he said.
Tim Crakanthorp says as a father himself, he's very disappointed in the Government's commitment to Gonski.
