an emergency newsletter from oakmead college

Dear parents, guardians, grandparents, carers, and other assorted au pairs and child-minders,

At Oakmead Technology College we try to maintain the highest standards of conduct and of education and when one of our students, irrespective of their previous record, does something that brings the reputation of our college into question then we must take swift and decisive action.

We do not, and will not, tolerate homophobic bullying of this nature. We have taken every possible educational avenue open to us to promote a fair and welcoming environment for students of all sexuality positions and this blatant disregard of the sensitivities of the LGBT students cannot go unpunished. Heterosexual pupils simply cannot express any kind of sweaty, dirty feelings towards each other in any situation where they might be encountered by a member of the LGBT student body.

We therefore have had no option but to ruin the academic career of our Head Boy. His actions might have caused intense distress, had they been witnessed, and we cannot condone them in the slightest. He will be permanently excluded from school as a warning to other students that none of them are exempt from following the rules.

All of the students in the school will be offered mandatory counselling sessions to help them deal with any emotional issues that have been raised by this issue.