Gold Coast woman charged over school lockdowns waged lengthy battle against Education Department
THE mother allegedly responsible for putting a Gold Coast high school into lockdown yesterday has waged a two-year battle against teachers, principals and the Department of Education.
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THE mother allegedly responsible for putting a Gold Coast high school into lockdown yesterday has waged a two-year battle against teachers, principals and the Department of Education.
The 36-year-old woman openly complained on social media about how her children were being unfairly treated at the school.
Upper Coomera State College was thrown into lockdown twice yesterday after two menacing Facebook posts where students were allegedly threatened. The second post also included a picture of a handgun.
Students were forced to hide under desks and huddle together in silence unaware if someone was roaming the campus with a weapon.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged this morning with use of a carriage service to menace or harass and wilful disturbance at an educational facility.
In a series of online posts since January 2016, the woman wrote:
“My daughter … who is being bullied by a student and who the school is protecting and my daughters other friend and are also being bullied by the teacher I have tried to have soultion (sic) or outcome as yet and today my daughter was threatened by the teacher today,” she wrote.
“I rang the school and ask (sic) to make a meeting with the principal as I am not sending my daughter back to the teacher unless she’s moved. and they have scedculed (sic) one tomorrow to try and have a ‘resolution’.”
In another complaint about bullying, she wrote:
“The incident happened on her birthday at Upper Coomera state college where the child … attacked my child she is 11 and the boy … well chocked her and punched her and her friend … had to pull him off her.
“I got a call from the behaviour teacher telling me he would call me back next day on Tuesday never heard nothing back and the child was back at school today and no further follow up I was told by teacher that she cant give any information on that.
“But she feels frightened after being bullied and attacked and no school action he viciously attacked her and no suspension nothing?”
She also complained about the school uniform:
“My daughter was sent to a uniform correction room because her shoes are black not black leather even paid $200 they were fine now they not,” she wrote.
“And education is not being met over shoes. Yesterday 100 student’s were they’re (sic) over uniform and made sit in the hot sun.”
She also complained about one access gate being locked and how she believed it was to stop students buying slushies from a nearby 7/11.
“A young mum who attends the college said the tuckshop ladies get angry,” the mother wrote.
“I believe this is truly a tactic to shut the gate stop them buying making things harder.”
She also complained to the Department of Education and Training about a specific teacher.
The 36-year-old woman will appear at Southport Magistrates Court in a fortnight.
The Gold Coast Bulletin has attempt to call the woman and she has not returned those calls.
A Department of Education spokesman could not comment on this exact matter.
However, more generally he said “if parents were unhappy with any aspect of their child’s schooling they were welcome to discuss that directly with the school or their closest regional office”.
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