A previous version wrongly attributed them to Scots College principal Ian Lambert.Two Texas republicans are set to appear at a three-day QAnon affiliated event, which also features some of the most prominent supporters of the conspiracy theory. This story was amended on 22 February 2021 to correct the attribution of quotes from Waverley College principal Graham Leddie. And we will continue to be ruthless about making this progression.” “Waverley College looks very different to how it did even just a few years ago. “We are constantly increasing the volume of measures in place to help stamp out the disgraceful culture of sexism that still exists in Australia,” he said. Leddie said half the Waverley College leadership team were women and that “every PDHPE class in year 7-12 teaches about consent, respectful relationships, power balance in relationships, domestic violence, forms of abuse”. “We all need to start the fight against sexism early, and that includes teaching boys that witnessing an inappropriate comment or gesture and tolerating it is actually participating in the appalling behaviour.” “Just this week we remember that it was 12 months since Hannah Clarke and her three children were killed,” he wrote. Waverley College in Sydney was one of the first schools to respond, with the principal, Graham Leddie, saying last week that schools needed to “start the fight against sexism early”. This means addressing slut-shaming in girls’ schools, and addressing locker room talk in boys’ schools, because that’s the foundation for this culture.” “There needs to be a holistic approach, and single-sex schools need to incorporate factors specific to their students. They have every resource to make sure it can’t happen. “In light of the testimonials from young women and men, The Scots College will now actively seek further input from additional health experts and community specialists working in the field,” he said.Ĭontos told Guardian Australia earlier: “The private schools have the resources to address these injustices. Lambert said that “safe and respectful relationships” were taught in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) and Christian Studies from Year 7, and “consent is specifically addressed in the Year 8 and Year 10 curriculum”. “They are to be commended for their bravery in standing up and speaking out. “It is a wake-up call for us all,” he said. “Non-consensual sex is a crime and this message is given unequivocally to our students as part of their education,” he said.Īlso on Monday, the principal of The Scots College, Dr Ian Lambert, wrote to parents, saying the school would review its education programs. The principal of Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview, Dr Paul Hine, also told Guardian Australia that the school “fully supports” the allegations against students being referred to the police.
“The school’s educational programs are most effective when supported by parents in word and deed,” he added. “The fact that so many young women have suffered not only sexual assault but also the long-term hurt, pain and damage it brings with it, is deeply saddening.
Sampson said the school needed to do more to teach its students about sexual consent and respecting women. “Existing, relevant programs have been in place for all year groups for some time … But quite clearly, we need to do more,” he said.Īs part of the petition, men have also sent Contos testimonies, saying they did not receive an adequate education about consent when they were students at single-sex schools. Sampson wrote that he was “greatly concerned and alarmed that there are so many references to Cranbrook students”. “Society makes it very hard to raise issues of this type.” “All of us at Cranbrook need to be grateful for the courage of these young women in speaking out,” he wrote, linking to the petition. Another who was 16 wrote that she was at a party and “woke up drunk in his bed with him penetrating me”.Īddressing the petition for the first time on Monday, Sampson told his students the content was “bleak but essential reading”. One student, who was 15 at the time, wrote that a boy from Cranbrook “pushed her head down” and forced her to perform oral sex. Students from Scots College, Cranbrook, Sydney Grammar, Waverley College, Kambala, Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Monte Sant Angelo and Pymble Ladies’ College are repeatedly mentioned in the testimonies.
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