Parents of children enrolled in country kindergartens and schools are warning the ongoing drought in Queensland and New South Wales is putting the future of rural education in some towns at risk.

Key points: Remote kindergartens and schools in drought-affected areas are becoming financially strained

Remote kindergartens and schools in drought-affected areas are becoming financially strained Parents in these school districts fear if they shut down, they may never re-open

Parents in these school districts fear if they shut down, they may never re-open Community groups have been fundraising to keep kindies open, but people are reaching a limit of what they can donate

Advocates say the relentless dry weather has stripped rural communities of its main source of income and, as a result, local children are starting to miss out on essentials.

The group representing rural and remote education, the Isolated Children's Parents' Association, has been pushing the Federal Government to intervene, arguing some smaller schools and kindergartens will struggle to make it through to the end of the drought.

"Schooling is a right that's offered to every child in Australia and we've got large numbers of rural children at the moment that their education is being impacted, purely because their family lives in an area that's being affected by drought," ICPA federal president Wendy Hick said.

The group wants the government to establish a rural education hardship fund.

"A fund that's permanently in place so that every time something like a large drought like this hits a rural community that there is some source of funding there to help with education," Ms Hick said.

"So that education of the children can continue unchanged despite what the community's going through."

Hoping to pull a 'rabbit out of a hat'

Katie Smith, who lives in the border town of Texas in southern Queensland, is no stranger to hard decisions and rough working conditions.

But the local police officer, who doubles as president of the Texas and District Kindergarten, is facing one of her biggest tests yet.

"At the moment our town is struggling significantly because of the drought, it concerns me greatly," Ms Smith said.

Run by a volunteer parent committee, this kindy has only survived for the past 60 years because community fundraising props up student fees and government subsidies.

Katie Smith says she's "greatly" concerned the Texas and District Kindergarten will have to close. ( ABC Rural: Caitlyn Gribbin )

But the drought has robbed Texas of its income stream and ability to support local appeals.

The kindergarten's fundraising has almost halved this year and there is not enough to pay for essentials like staff wages, electricity and insurance.

Without those crucial funds, the future of the Texas and District Kindergarten looks grim.

"It is a real risk of closing if we don't pull a rabbit out of a hat and come up with something quite significant," Ms Smith said.

"It would be very sad to see our service close, because typically you wouldn't see it reopen, should it close in a small town."

Kindy at home, for now

Further to the north west, the drought-affected community of Glenmorgan has already lost its kindergarten due to ongoing low enrolments.

Grazier Amy Scholefield, who lives on cattle property Coomoomie Station, understood the commercial decision to close the kindergarten.

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She had the option of driving her daughter Emilee to a nearby town but said the "200 kilometres of driving" for each day of kindy was not practical.

For now, Ms Scholefield has taken Emilee's early education into her own hands, setting up play-based learning at home.

"I think it's hugely important for her growth as a little human," Ms Scholefield said.

But she was concerned about her daughter missing out on interacting with children her own age.

"Emilee needs that stimulation, she needs to be encouraged, she needs help developing and growing, socialising," Ms Scholefield said.

"Obviously being out here we're not close to neighbours or shops or movies or anything like that so a lot of the interaction they get is through kindy or school.

"Ideally it would be great for the government to come on board and help these rural towns out because our kids are just as important as anybody else's kids and it's really important for them to get a good education."

Glenmorgan grazier Amy Scholefield, with children Heath, Emilee and Payton, is taking her youngest's education into her own hands. ( ABC Rural: Caitlyn Gribbin )

Copping the ups and downs of the weather

The northern New South Wales historic town of Tenterfield is also running out of water.

Local agronomist Simon Piccini uses his agricultural science expertise to help farmers struggling to grow crops during the drought.

He is also facing the weather's harsh reality at St Joseph's School, where he is the president of the P&F.

"What it does is really restricts the amount of funds that can come into the school," Mr Piccini said.

No rain meant no money was being made on farms and without the usually generous community fundraising support, Mr Piccini said it was difficult for the P&F to help families struggling financially.

"Helping with school fees for example, actually helping do breakfast some mornings and things like that, just little things like that where it just becomes hard."

Simon Piccini, with children Felicity and Christopher, says school fundraising is difficult during drought. ( ABC Rural: Caitlyn Gribbin )

He agreed extra help would be welcomed, but said ultimately, it was a choice to live in rural Australia — and that included copping its weather patterns.

"We choose to live here, we choose to live in Tenterfield, we choose to have small communities," Mr Piccini said.

"When it does rain, it's an amazing place — when it doesn't rain the community spirit's still high.

"We just do the best that we can."