Sacked Trinity Grammar deputy headmaster writes letter to students

THE deputy headmaster sacked by an elite Victorian school for giving a student a haircut has written a letter to five of the senior students.

THE former deputy headmaster of Melbourne’s Trinity Grammar wants students to get on with life at the school after his departure.

Rohan Brown, who was sacked after a school photo day stunt earlier this month, wrote a letter to five senior students at the school this week. Mr Brown told them to end their protest.

Students at the school had been dressing in “casual smart” attire in protest over Mr Brown’s sacking. Last week they gathered on the school’s oval chanting, “Bring back Browny.”

They were supported by hundreds of ex-students and parents of current students who called for Mr Brown to be reinstated and for the entire school council board to be stood down.

“May I please thank you and the boys for your wonderful support over the last week,” Mr Brown wrote to Trinity Grammar’s school captain and four vice captains, the Herald Sun reports.

“It must be very trying, confusing and difficult for the five of you.” He asked them to end their protest and put their uniforms back on.

Rohan Brown participated in the Run for the Kids event on Sunday. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin

“It is my wish that the boys return to school uniform for the remainder of the term. I would like the boys to walk proud and tall, in uniform, to and from school and at school.”

The students said they would do what Mr Brown had asked and pass on the message to other students.

Fifty former captains and vice captains at the school from 2001-2017 wrote a letter to the school council and the headmaster last week in which they expressed “profound disappointment” and lamented the direction the school had taken in recent years.

“The school’s executive leadership has made clear its intention to change the school’s vision and direction,” the letter said.

Mr Brown was forced to resign after he chopped a student’s hair because it did not meet the standards set within the school’s grooming guidelines.

School Council chairman Roderick Lyle wrote to parents last week saying Mr Brown’s action was “in contravention of school policy and was also inconsistent with community expectations in this day and age”. But support gathered quickly behind Mr Brown.

Mr Brown has said he would like to return to the school — a place he’s worked for 30 years — if possible.

News.com.au has contacted Trinity Grammar for comment.

Rohan Brown wants students back in their Trinity uniforms. Picture: Jake Nowakowski