Australian kindergarten asks parents to pay thousands of people for the art of their children

How much would you pay for the art of your child?

This is the question that an Australian kindergarten asked dozens of families this week when they asked them to overflow $ 2,200 (£ 1,000; $ 1,400) for the pleasure of winning an organized portfolio of the art of their child.

The files included a lot of random blob and sploge, alongside happy snaps of potential picassos making creations, only a parent could love.

Presented as fundraising, the debt center said that portfolio money would reduce a long list of late invoices, including unpaid wages for educators.

Kindergarten and preschool of the Craigslea community in Brisbane closed last month after funding was interrupted in the midst of an investigation into allegations concerning its governance.

His obscure request, however, aroused anger in Queensland, the head of state calling him “emotional blackmail”, regulators organizing an intervention, and a parent was going to extend extremely to bring back the collection of works of art from their child in the middle of the night.

The controversy was months in manufacturing – tensions between management and parents of the kindergarten center, about half an hour north of Brisbane, have regularly prepared this year.

It is a community center affiliated to one of the largest day care providers in the State, Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K). Although the latter helps to distribute the financing of the government, the daily operations of the center were controlled by a volunteer committee, made up of parents and community members.

This committee was emptied last month when a dispute led to the mass resignation of its president, vice-president and secretary, leaving his treasurer Thomas d’Exza to take control of the bar, according to Brisbane Times.

The new management has dismissed existing staff and hired temporary workers, bringing many parents to withdraw their children from the center, according to their report.

The parents filed complaints concerning Mr. D’Exza being the only member of the Committee, which he denied, which prompted C&K to suspend funding while the authorities investigated the way the center was managed.

Sunday evening, the reception boxes of families with children in kindergarten have cracked with an email from the management wishing to address a few “tumultuous” weeks.

“It is our turn to speak,” said the email, according to the program A Current Affair on the Nine network.

The long missive said that the center could not pay its debts and had entered the voluntary administration.

A few hours later, another message landed, revealing a plan to sell the artistic portfolios of children for thousands of pop and ask all the parents to send him an email.

The demand left Brooke, one of the parents in the center, speechless.

“It’s ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. I don’t even have any words for that,” she told a current affair.

She added that when she decided to take the work of art without paying, the center reported it to the police.

Although it is not clear if they refer to the same incident, the Queensland police told the BBC that they had received information from an alleged break and the entry to kindergarten about fifteen days ago and investigated.

The kindergarten management did not respond to the request for comments from the BBC.

But the saga has caused a public counterpoup, thousands of people weighing on social networks and the first of the state won demand as “non -Australian” and “sore levels”.

“I have never seen Picassos go home, that’s for sure. But they mean something for you,” said David Crisafulli about the crafts of his own children, on the Nine Today program.

“Let’s give children their finger painting and continue life.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Education also sought to provide parents on Wednesday that they had a legal right for the work of their children.

“Under national regulations on education and care services, parents can request certain documents relating to their child. The approved supplier must make the documentation available on request,” they said.

Later Wednesday, the Ministry of Education and C&K confirmed that they had launched a successful recovery operation and had recovered the children’s children’s collections.

“C&K recognizes the importance of these portfolios and unequivocally condemns any practice that involves invoicing parents for their children’s wallets,” a spokesperson for C&K at the BBC in the press release.

“These important recordings are now available for families to collect.”

For these parents, the art of their children is now invaluable and free.