cd44, Reader's Comment 29 of 65, Teachers flip parents the bird, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, PerthNow, 13 November 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teachers-flip-parents-the-bird/story-e6frg13u-1226193897374 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Churchlands Senior High School, West Australia: students use water guns to spray teachers with cooking oil.
At Churchlands Senior High School, West Australia, M uck-Up Day celebrations spiralled out of control on 20 October 2011
Year 12 students used water guns to spray staff and students with cooking oil.
Fertiliser was dumped in the pool.
Doors were glued shut.
Hundreds of Year 12 students had to be sent home.
In a letter to parents, principal Neil Hunt said at least half of the 361 students currently enrolled in Year 12 at the school "conducted themselves in such a way that some students from other years were intimidated and injured, some students required a change of clothes, and some staff were treated with total disrespect (squirted with water pistols etc).
School vandalised as Year 12s run amuck, Yasmine Phillips, Perth Now, 20 October 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/school-vandalised-as-year-12s-run-amuck/story-e6frg15c-1226172265569 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Boyare Primary School, Perth: male deputy principal allegedly spat at by mother.
Boyare Primary School is in Mirrabooka, a northern suburb of Perth.
At 9.00am on Monday 29 August 2011, Sheree Janelle Egan, a 26-year-old Mirrabooka woman, went to Boyare School to deliver her child's lunch.
However, when Ms Egan recognised a 13-year-old girl, she allegedly chased the girl into the administration building and punched her.
The male deputy principal pulled Ms Egan off the child and tried to usher her out of the building,
As the deputy principal restrained her, Ms Egan spat on his face and clothes, police said.
Ms Egan has been charged with common assault and assaulting a public officer.
Two security guards have been employed to the school grounds and additional police patrols have been requested.
Mum charged with assaulting deputy head, AAP, The Courier-Mail, 30 August 2011: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/mum-charged-with-assaulting-deputy-head/story-e6freonf-1226125774325 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Woman faces school assault charges, Phil Hickey, Perth Now, 30 August 2011:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/woman-faces-school-assault-charges/story-e6frg13u-1226125588791 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Schools ban agro parents, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, The Sunday Times, 24 September 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/schools-ban-agro-parents/story-e6frg15c-1226145299141 Historical link preserved from the original page.
West Australia: depressed teacher goes missing in remote, cyclone-swept area.
Tracey Marshall, 35, a Pilbara school teacher, had been suffering depression.
She checked herself into Karratha's Nickol Bay Hospital at the urging of her husband.
She walked out of the hospital six months ago.
Her car was eventually found on a remote track 50 kilometres inland.
Just hours after Mrs Marshall disappeared, a cyclone swept through the area, delaying search efforts.
She has not been seen since.
Missing teacher's parents join search, ABC, 12 August 2011: http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/local/10028955/missing-teachers-parents-join-search/ Historical link preserved from the original page.
West Australia: the public don't realise that the turnover of teachers is horrific. No amount of pay or time off can make up for the violence and abuse that is now part of the job.
Australian universities have to pump out thousands of teaching graduates for the production line every year. Historical link preserved from the original page.
The turn over of teachers is horrific though the public aren't generally aware of this.
No amount of pay or time off can make up for the violence and abuse that is now part of the job.