I had 2 daughters at St Stithians and I am am old boy. I matriculated the other we removed due to the School tidally loosing a its way plus we were involved in a racial mater which was handled very poorly and totally biased.
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Greg Booyens
4 years ago
Parent of two boys in the Junior Prep
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Faith Zondi
4 years ago
I’m
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Timothy palmer
4 years ago
Alumni 1988
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Roland Benn
4 years ago
None
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Kate Lorimer
4 years ago
The school is doing the children and the parents a disservice by handling these matters in the way they seem to have done. It does them no credit and will ultimately add to the slow demise of a reputation that had been so good for many years but that has, over the last decade diminished. Integrity means standing up for principle in the face of a storm. A lesson Saints clearly needs to learn, possibly the hard way.
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Brendon Grainger
4 years ago
As a Parent and Alumni it is deeply concerning to see Saints turning into this petri dish for woke, misjudged and alienating policies. Ms James and her 'transformation' advisors need to consider deeply the impact and divisions that they, and the agendas they push, are creating. Our children are not social experiments. The legacy of the school, its values and its under pining traditions and what these mean to the wider Saints community should not be disregarded. Sadly, to be inclusive, the school is excluding the views of key stakeholders - paying parents, staff and alumni. "Don't bite the hand that feeds you".
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Chamu Mkombe
4 years ago
I had a contract with the school when I took my kids to this school based in how we would partner to raise my kids. The school unilaterally changed the contract without informing me.
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Samantha Pile
4 years ago
Totally agree as we are thinking of moving our girls out of Saints for this exact reason
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Paul Damhuis
4 years ago
If you tell children the only way they can get attention is to be different, they will make an effort to be different.
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Leigh Jackson
4 years ago
We are sending our girls to a monastic school. How are you going to protect our girls from perhaps physical abuse.
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Peri
4 years ago
Biology and Science over Woke Social Justice Agendas
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Kim batha
4 years ago
Schools have NO right to interfere with parent and personal beliefs......No child under 21 should be allowed to destroy their natural biological
selves.and any interference should be criminalized!!!!
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Anonymous
4 years ago
Agree with the approach on a topic that can be sensitive to most
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May Grotepass
4 years ago
That which has been tried and tested for decades need not be torn down.
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Norman Ingledew
4 years ago
It’s tragic to see this once great school go into free fall. There are no words to describe the destruction that has taken place over the past 4/5 years.
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Roy Richardson
4 years ago
Expecting to receive well considered responses to all of these questions
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Jane Parker
4 years ago
Interested
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Ian Macleod
· petition starter
4 years ago
Hi folks. Based on a number of requests, I have changed the letter to be from not only alumni, but anyone in the broader community who is concerned and would like answers to these questions. Please feel free to share with parents (current and past), teachers and beyond.
Utter rubbish
I had 2 daughters at St Stithians and I am am old boy. I matriculated the other we removed due to the School tidally loosing a its way plus we were involved in a racial mater which was handled very poorly and totally biased.
Parent of two boys in the Junior Prep
I’m
Alumni 1988
None
The school is doing the children and the parents a disservice by handling these matters in the way they seem to have done. It does them no credit and will ultimately add to the slow demise of a reputation that had been so good for many years but that has, over the last decade diminished. Integrity means standing up for principle in the face of a storm. A lesson Saints clearly needs to learn, possibly the hard way.
As a Parent and Alumni it is deeply concerning to see Saints turning into this petri dish for woke, misjudged and alienating policies. Ms James and her 'transformation' advisors need to consider deeply the impact and divisions that they, and the agendas they push, are creating. Our children are not social experiments. The legacy of the school, its values and its under pining traditions and what these mean to the wider Saints community should not be disregarded. Sadly, to be inclusive, the school is excluding the views of key stakeholders - paying parents, staff and alumni. "Don't bite the hand that feeds you".
I had a contract with the school when I took my kids to this school based in how we would partner to raise my kids. The school unilaterally changed the contract without informing me.
Totally agree as we are thinking of moving our girls out of Saints for this exact reason
If you tell children the only way they can get attention is to be different, they will make an effort to be different.
We are sending our girls to a monastic school. How are you going to protect our girls from perhaps physical abuse.
Biology and Science over Woke Social Justice Agendas
Schools have NO right to interfere with parent and personal beliefs......No child under 21 should be allowed to destroy their natural biological selves.and any interference should be criminalized!!!!
Agree with the approach on a topic that can be sensitive to most
That which has been tried and tested for decades need not be torn down.
It’s tragic to see this once great school go into free fall. There are no words to describe the destruction that has taken place over the past 4/5 years.
Expecting to receive well considered responses to all of these questions
Interested
Hi folks. Based on a number of requests, I have changed the letter to be from not only alumni, but anyone in the broader community who is concerned and would like answers to these questions. Please feel free to share with parents (current and past), teachers and beyond.