But there remains concern those outside of the zone will continue to be shut out from face-to-face learning.

Rachel King's children have been unable to attend Trinity Anglican College, being ineligible for a permit.

The 'border zone' was drawn along the hills that define the Kings' Huon Creek property, just 13 minutes from Wodonga.

The Kings' address falling outside of the zone left Jasmine, 13, James, 11, and April, 9, unable to join their peers after an exemption secured by their school expired on August 21.

The trio have joined those students who can't get permits or who attend Victorian schools, in learning at home over the past fortnight.

"Even if we had been in, there will be families who are just out, for whom Albury-Wodonga is their major service centre - it just doesn't make sense," Ms King said.

"I did contact Service NSW, and they said 'Oh, you have to fly to Sydney, quarantine, and come back'.

"You can't really have a discussion - to say we're low risk, the whole region has had no coronavirus, and it hasn't done for I think coming up to 50 days now."

Being unable to attend school has taken its toll on students like James, who told his mum he wanted to move back to Sydney.

Ms King feels grateful to have returned to the region where she grew up before the COVID-19 outbreak, but said the unknowns of the border permit system had been hugely stressful.

"If there was a really good reason, I could explain it to the kids ... but I don't have anything for them," she said.

"Trinity, Justin Clancy and Bill Tilley have been awesome advocating, but I really worry for them [families outside 50km], because they may be the true minority now.

"The worry is they'll be put in the too-hard basket."

Parents have questioned why a school-specific permit can't be made available that enables all students, despite the proximity of their address to the 50km zone, to attend Border schools.

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Madeline Larkin of Upper Gundowring is hopeful of obtaining a permit for her daughter to attend Trinity, after accessing the original 50km permit and then the day school visitor permit.

"If they're going to do the 50km zone, why not just give the kids a permit to get to school?" she said.

"That's all I care about. They need to be able to go to school with their friends.

"You feel for the kids, because when you've got all of them in class and three or four on Zoom, it's just not the same."

Ms Larkin is concerned that after NSW school closures and the potential of that happening again, permits keeping students from face-to-face learning was unfair.

"I feel for the Victorian parents and the schools. While NSW schools are still open, I can't see why our kids can't go to school," she said.