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| posted by muss12 211 days ago (edited 211 days ago) |
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How long have people had to wait to get their child a place in an ESF school? Anyone home schooling cause they can't get a placement? Holding a place for my child for 6 months before I even get to Hong Kong will cost me a small fortune.
Hmmmm Now is it me or the wife that wrote this message?
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| posted by shazza 211 days ago |
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Though it seems like more and more expats coming or/and the expats here are all getting to the age of becoming parents. International Schools tend to have rather long waiting list.
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| posted by Load Toad 211 days ago |
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>muss,
If your company is sending you to work in HK then the HR dept should be helping you out on this.
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| posted by HKBloke 211 days ago |
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but HR can't help get them a place in a school that has no availability - unless they are the likes of Goldman Sachs who have bought up a load of corporate debentures over the past 18 months.
Actually I have never heard of anyone buying and paying for a place in advance - having said that xmas is often the best time to arrive in HK for school places as lots of families leave at this time.
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| posted by Load Toad 211 days ago |
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Yup agreed - but a HR dept should be offering advice on options for education...oh I forgot the golden rule - all HR depts are full of w***ers.
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| posted by HKBloke 211 days ago |
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muss12 - if it helps pm me with contact info and i can get my wife to give you a call (agree with LT's comment above the generally HR depts have no experience in this area). We have 3 kids in the local system (inc 2 in ESF) and the wife works at one of the international schools here.
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| posted by muss12 207 days ago |
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Any cheaper schools?
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| posted by muss12 207 days ago |
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This position is first overseas posting for this company. They are not aware of all the requirements yet.
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| posted by muss12 207 days ago |
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worked out that we needed 10 posts to activate PM service. This is #10
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| posted by yiyee 205 days ago |
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Why don't you try some local schools. You could contact the Dept. of Education
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| posted by muss12 183 days ago |
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HKBLOKE you said to PM you with my details so your wife could phone but I can't seem to work out how to PM. Are you able to message me and I can reply?
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