Thanks fionas...

i chose catholic private school as it's the cheapest. High School will cost (inc fees, books, uniforms etc) $4K pa... so $2K each or $38 a week.

I don't think that's too much to find.. I mean.. we all live on a budget.. and there's always ways to squeez money.

We drive a crappy 14 yo car as we don't believe in credit or loans and can'r afford to buy a new one just yet... but they have a 4yo ford and about a 8 yo holden.. so to me.. i just think they don't budget and my DD misses out..

I forgot to mention before.. the dental work was 2 extractions, 2 crowns, 4 fissure sealings. I had relied on the school dental system and o boy... did they miss some major stuff that my local dentist diagnosed when I took her there for a tooth ache.