Struggle for parents to pay exclusive school fees [Independent.ie]
- Published: 04 September 2011
WHEN Ken Lee's marriage broke down, his teenage son's schooling was an unexpected casualty. Legal fees mounted. The family home in Stepaside in south Dublin was up for sale. Last spring, he struggled to pay the fees for their son's private school in Ranelagh.
Daragh, now 18, was a pupil at Sandford Park, an exclusive boys' day school where annual fees were €7,200. The Lees had paid more than half the fees but €2,782 was still outstanding when Daragh returned to school after the summer break.
Daragh was to have sat his Leaving Certificate that year. On August 26 last year, the first day of term, he turned up for school but was sent home again shortly afterwards, according to evidence later given in court.
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