i live in alstonville and went to one of the private schools on the FNC. i went to primary school in alstonville and alot of the people form my class went to alst high and i know a few of the others cause they live near me. i dont believe one bit that these guys cheated.
they r good at eng. all u have to do is look at how consitant they were over all 3 english subjects (adv, ext1 and ext2) on the distinguished achievers list.
they are also ranked pretty well in the top schools, which means that they must have good results over all of their subjects.
in the smh there was a list of the top perfoming english schools in the state. about 250 were listed. for the far north coast, 11 schools (out of about 15-20 schools) made the list, with alstonville ranking 21st and 10 other schools including xavier, woodlawn, trinity, lismore high, byron and kadina also making the list.
just goes to show that regional kids are smart too... and pretty good at english.