White flight

The Sydney Morning Herald covered the issue of “white-flight” from NSW schools this morning. A report says that students in rural towns are enrolling in catholic and private schools to avoid going to local schools with high indigenous enrollments.

In their report, principals say this is so the students can “get away from their local school”.

“This is almost certainly white flight from towns in which the public school’s enrolment consists increasingly of indigenous students,” the report says. “The pattern is repeated in the Sydney region. Based on comments from principals, this most likely consists of flight to avoid Islamic students and communities.”