, came from young women who said they had been sexually assaulted during high school or shortly after by young men who attended nearby Sydney private boys’ schools. Some said they were as young as 13 when assaulted.
“While we believed that we had taken many steps to educate and socialise our students, clearly there is much to learn from this series of events, and we need to take further action.” In his email to Cranbrook parents, Dr Sampson shared an online link to the testimonies. “All of us at Cranbrook need to be grateful for the courage of these young women in speaking out. Society makes it very hard to raise issues of this type,” he said.
“We have commenced conversations with neighbouring schools regarding the formulation of shared programs so that boys and girls can learn alongside, and get to know, each other beyond the pressure-cooker of the party scene and other unhelpful influences.” Former police officer Brent Sanders has delivered sex consent education courses in high schools for more than 15 years, and serves several Sydney private schools including Scots and Cranbrook. “Nothing that I hear in this space really surprises me,” he said of the testimonies.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)