An incident at Armidale Secondary College on Tuesday morning led to a school lockdown, and ended with arrests, people in hospital, a police officer accused of striking a child, and school leadership accused of suspending students who were not involved.
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Marshall fights Nowendoc Public School closure
Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall is strongly objecting to a move to permanently close Nowendoc Public School
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Armidale Secondary College ‘codesign’ a lie
ASC Principal Bree Harvey-Bice promoted they were working on ‘co-designing a new vision’ for the troubled high school, but it appears that was a lie.
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Numbers don’t lie: critical incidents at ASC on sharp increase
Statistics reveal that incidents at Armidale Secondary College have sharply increased and are now at a shocking rate of at least one critical incident per school day.
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When a child cannot be kept safe: why Armidale needs two high schools
The inability to go to another school, and escape the routine torture they are subjected to, makes already vulnerable children an easy target.
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Education Secretary dismisses concerns about ASC; parents demand apology, resignation
NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar and other senior departmental staff have visited Armidale Secondary College this week in response to media reports about violence and other issues at the troubled school.
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One little lock, so much violence
**CONTENT WARNING: violence** The extreme violence at Armidale Secondary College is destroying families and placing huge financial burden on those that cannot afford it, and the catalyst for it all may be cost cutting on a simple toilet lock.
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ASC policy of locking bathrooms humiliating and unhygenic
Armidale Secondary College has been locking student bathrooms due to violence and anti-social behaviour, and in the process created a bigger issue of denying students basic rights and dignity.
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Grow Your Own Teacher Training program doubled
An innovative approach to teacher training in regional NSW has proven wildly successful and is now being doubled to accommodate demand from aspiring teachers.