Gangs of armed men terrorise Calwell High

Many state high schools in QLD, especially those that have a bit of a “reputation”, have a police officer actually based in the school. Along with the usual breaking up fights and preventing armed thugs from coming on school grounds they have a pastoral care role too. They do a bit of counselling, give talks to classes, assist in the learner driver programs etc.

I don’t know whether the AFP in a moment of madness and community spirit would consider such a move.

@nyssa76
I don’t necessarily disagree with your sentiments, however I don’t believe:
a) “it’s always stupid brown nosers that get promoted” … I’ve known a number of damn good teachers get promoted over the years;
b) “those who do their job well are treated as scum and usually are forced out of teaching” … again, a sweeping generalisation as I’ve known many good teachers that stay in the profession because of their committment to education.

la mente torbida, I have issues when people don’t do their jobs properly and staff or students are injured/harassed etc. Besides, I was responding to a post by BerraBoy.

Now, if you see that as a waste of time, more power to you.

Those who are in the job usually have a better insight into the machinations than those outside it.

To say the school is “safe” when it is clearly not only shows inept behaviour and plain stupidity.

Ahh too many kiddies watching ‘underbelly’ it seems.

Back in my day (OMG, I’m saying that) it was fisticuffs…..now the cops are finding firearms in a vehicle that a youth detention escapee was found in.

Weak people need weapons….and gangs.

All I need is broad shoulders and a backbone

So do a lot of educators in the system…nyssa76’s previous posts on the subject just seem a little subjective…

La mente – as somebody thats in the industry, I have a general expectation that Nyssa would know a little bit about it.

nyssa76 – you really have some some issues with education

Mike, it’s because saying it happened at a school sells.

BerraBoy, it’s always the brown nosers who do stupid things who are promoted.

Those who do their job well are treated as scum and usually are forced out of teaching by poor decisions and incompetant leadership.

This is happening all over Canberra. The place is turning to shit

Ah. That explains, how every 5 minutes this morning, there was a cop car driving down casey cresent.
(at 7:30 in the morning through!!)

But guh! I’m so glad i left calwell before it went shit…ter!!

I wnet out with a teacher from Calwell High for a few years. She had no issue giving glsses of champagne to girls in her year 7 and 8 netball team. This despite me hearing one parent ask if there was going to be alcohol at this end of season party, I asked her what the hell she thought she was doing and her response was “well they’re not going to tell their parents are they”. I ended up dumping her after finding out she was screwing her boss, also a teacher. She’s now a headmistress in the ACT system. And they wonder why Calwell High is in trouble. Go figure…

Damn Gee, I have the sudden urge to bust out some old-skool gangsta rap……..y’all

I am a nightmare walking
Psychopath talking
If you come from Calwell it’s you I’ll be stalking
Come to ya school
Make ya look like a fool
When I empty the clip from my automatic tool

Now try saying that five times fast!

Why is it that Calwell High gets slagged off?
From what I have read of the alleged assaults , it wasnt Calwell High students doing it. It was randoms and it just happened at the school.

Its like saying that someone that got mugged on the street is thug because a thug mugged him..

There was a riot by some Year 10 students a couple of years back. Couple of kids set a bin alight, others were trashing a couple of rooms, throwing chairs and some windows were broken. The teachers were told over the PA to lock the doors to rooms to keep the Year 10s out. For those in the school community, who know staff (in my case) or know people who go there, the place has a definate reputation.

Straight outta Calwell, crazy motherfracker named Ice Cube
From the gang called Boganz With Attitudes
When I’m called off, I got a sawed off
Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off

I’m buggered as to why this is being treated as an ‘education issue’. It is a Police issue. Who is better equiped to handle this situation? The Education minister or the Police Minis…..ahhh forget it.

Poor bloody kids.

It’s okay, the cops sent a police car to drive round a few times. There’s a picture in today’s Times. Problem solved…where would we be without Mr Barr?

But Barr also said there was no plan to shut down schools.