You are well aware that University High selects students outside it's
geographic zone based on their academic merit. Presumably that is why
you are so upset that the child was not admitted. They make their
procedures clear here:
http://www.unihigh.vic.edu.au/enrolment/year7.htm. They even advise
you how to appeal. One of the grounds for appeal is if the child
actually lives closer to University High than any other secondary
school. I'm sure every politician, state and federal, regrets that the
child failed to get in but what do you expect them to do about it? Are
you suggesting that University High's admission policy should be
altered to favour children from Housing Commission apartments rather
than those who have done well at school?

"satan" wrote:

>The Parliamentary Leader of the Labor Party
>which promised to put an end to
>"wasteful consultancies" and ended up increasing
>the price of electricity to pensioners in order
>to pay for his own wasteful consultancies has
>no problems with public schools engaging in
>class discrimination.
>
>After the following posting was made, and e-mail
>was send to his office in which he was asked if
>his position was misrepresented.
>
>Mind you that I wasn't going to hold my breath
>for an answer the opportunity was given to the
>Mr. Bracks to clarify his position with respect
>to the issues raised in the posting and apparently
>Mr Bracks has no problems with it after all the opportunities
>given to him and his mates by previous Liberal Governments
>should not be made available to others.
>
>= Previous Posting starts here =====
>It is interesting to hear the new leader of
>the Labor Party talking about the fact that
>he was raised in the Housing Commission and
>the so called opportunities created by Labor for him.
>
>What Mr. Latham forgot to say is that most of
>the so called opportunities available to him
>were under previous Liberal Governments in
>NSW and at the Commonwealth level.
>
>Now, lets see, how keen is the current
>Labor Government in Victoria to create the
>same opportunities for children living in
>Housing Commission here in Victoria:
>
>Real case not some fictitious example:
>
>A child's enrolment application to the
>University High School and living in the
>North Melbourne Housing Commission was
>rejected on the basis that he lives "closer" to
>Debney Park Secondary School, which is rubbish,
>the child in question has been attending
>Errol Street Primary School which is virtually
>across the street from University High School
>for the past seven years and his place of residence
>is placed at equal distance from the above
>mentioned institutions.
>
>
>However, University High School has no problems
>accepting students living in the following areas:
>South Bank, Essendon, Kensington, Flemington,
>Flemington Banks, Epping, Hoopers Crossing
>and so on, and I am not referring to
>the accelerated program.
>
>And the Bracks Government is quite comfortable with
>this discriminatory policy, because when the office of
>the Local representative in the State Parliament was contacted,
>Hon. Bronwyn Pyke, it referred the issue
>to the Regional Director of
>Western Metropolitan Region of the
>Department of Education and Training,
>to the actual creature which put in place this
>discriminatory policy and is currently
>endorsed by the Labor Pary.
>
>The minion in her office mentioned that there are
>many students that living in public housing and
>attend University High School, which is a Labor LIE,
>you see, his best friend for the past seven years
>whom is living across the street was accepted
>without problems, the only difference is that his
>friend is not living in public housing.
>
>On the other hand Mr. Bracks can draw comfort from
>the fact that the Stateline program on ABC will
>always sing its praises, you see, the Stateline
>on ABC was quick to point out the fact that the
>Bracks Government financed an arts project in
>derelict car parks around Collingwood, which
>is saying a lot about Labor's attitude
>towards the disadvantaged,
>send them underground, out of sight out of mind.
>
>So ladies and gentlemen, be aware of LABOR bullshit,
>they will lie to you, they will say anything just to
>get into office, they do create opportunities
>for themselves ONLY.
>

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