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Prepped and ready

Bright eyed and bushy tailed, preps are taking their first steps through the school gates this week, but for one Sunbury family the milestone is more important than ever. Six-year-old Ashleen has had a complicated start to her short life, but her parents Amandeep Kainth…

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