Accused’s long battle with school
THE mother allegedly responsible for putting a Gold Coast high school into lockdown on Tuesday has waged a two-year battle against teachers, principals and the Department of Education.
The 36-year-old woman openly complained on social media about how her children were being unfairly treated at the school.
Upper Coomera State College was thrown into lockdown twice on Tuesday after two menacing Facebook posts where students were allegedly threatened. The second post also included a picture of a handgun.
Students hid under desks and huddled together in silence unaware if someone was roaming the campus with a weapon.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged yesterday with use of a carriage service to menace or harass and wilful disturbance at an educational facility.
In a series of online posts since January 2016, the woman wrote:
“My daughter … who is being bullied by a student and who the school is protecting and my daughters (sic) other friend and are also being bullied by the teacher I have tried to have soultion (sic) or outcome as yet and today my daughter was threatened by the teacher today.
“I rang the school and ask (sic) to make a meeting with the principal as I am not sending my daughter back to the teacher unless she’s moved. and they have scedculed (sic) one tomorrow to try and have a ‘resolution’.”
In another complaint about bullying, she wrote:
“The incident happened on her birthday at Upper Coomera state college where the child … attacked my child she is 11 and the boy … chocked (sic) her and punched her and her friend … had to pull him off her.
“I got a call from the behaviour teacher telling me he would call me back next day on Tuesday never heard nothing back and the child was back at school today and no further follow up I was told by teacher that she cant give any information on that.
“But she feels frightened after being bullied and attacked and no school action he viciously attacked her and no suspension nothing?”
She also complained about the school uniform:
“My daughter was sent to a uniform correction room because her shoes are black not black leather even paid $200 they were fine now they not,” she wrote. “And education is not being met over shoes. Yesterday 100 student’s were they’re (sic) over uniform and made sit in the hot sun.”
She also complained about one access gate being locked and how she believed it was to stop students buying slushies from a nearby 7/11.
“A young mum who attends the college said the tuckshop ladies get angry,” the mother wrote.
“I believe this is truly a tactic to shut the gate stop them buying making things harder.”
She also complained to the Department of Education and Training about a specific teacher.
The 36-year-old woman will appear at Southport Magistrates Court in a fortnight.
At 10.30am on Tuesday the college was locked down after staff became aware of a post on Facebook that read: “I’ll shoot the f***king school tomorrow, got a gun … this will be nothing on Colombians k***s”.
“Tomorrow k*** J block tomorrow lunch time and you need to stand up be strong enough for the first time and you need to attend the morning but can call in if I need to talk later,” read the rambling 3am Facebook post.
The lockdown lasted more than an hour but by 1.30pm the college was in lockdown again.
This time the Facebook post had a photo of a hand gun.
“it ain’t over til I say over,” the post read.
The school remained locked down until just before 3pm.
Upper Coomera State College P&C president Teresa O’Hanlon would not speak about the charges but did thank the staff and police.
“We are very grateful for the police service and staff who all went above and beyond and did an amazing job,” she said. it’s