Saint Stephen’s College principal ‘distraught’ after mass student drug overdose

DISTRAUGHT Saint Stephen’s College principal Jamie Dorrington has urged parents to monitor their children tonight as the private school reels from a shocking mass drug overdose today.

DISTRAUGHT Saint Stephen’s College Principal Jamie Dorrington has urged parent’s to watch their kids tonight as the private school reels from a shocking mass drug overdose of seven students today.

In an email to parents tonight, Mr Dorrington said the police had asked him to forward the following message:

“If your child receives any messages or film footage or audio files relating to today’s incident they MUST NOT forward to any other person,” said the memo.

“I ask all parents to monitor their child’s use of their phones and any computers in the house this evening.

Jamie Dorrington, principal of Saint Stephen's College at Coomera, is distraught after the overdose

“This is not a request from my office but from the Qld Police Service.”

Earlier, Mr Dorrington looked visibly upset as he addressed the media after the overdose.

“As you are aware we have students who have taken ill and are currently being looked after by medical practitioners,” he said.

“Our primary concern at the moment is the children and their wellbeing.

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“I’ll be visiting them later to ascertain how well they are going.”

In a post to the Saint Stephen’s College Facebook page, he wrote:

“A number of students attended the Health Centre today, seven students have been taken to hospital.

Students at St Stephens College in Coomera after seven students were rushed to hospital after a drug overdose. Picture Glenn Hampson

“All the student’s parents went with them. I will be visiting the hospital as soon as possible today.

“It is likely the students have ingested some kind of substance.

“While this is obviously of concern to me, it does allow me to reassure you that their illness was not due to anything contagious.

“The Queensland Ambulance Service has just been with the Executive staff and noted that the school’s response was exactly as they would have liked it to have been.

Police at the school after the overdose. Picture Glenn Hampson

“Students all received appropriate care as soon as we were alerted to the problem.

“I have been advised by Queensland Ambulance that if students were to exhibit any symptoms it would have occurred by now.

“As stated earlier this afternoon, I will provide you with more information as it comes to hand, while being respectful of people’s privacy.”