Southport State High School Principal Steve McLuckie said students need to learn that posting abusive or offensive material online is unacceptable. Picture: Kate Czerny Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
A GOLD Coast high school has suspended students for posting abusive material on its Facebook page.
Southport High School Principal Steve McLuckie has told the Gold Coast Bulletin that he has suspended a number of students who posted offensive content on the Souhtport High Memes page.
?It is not a private page, this is a public page. The comments are inappropriate and will not be tolerated,? he said.
Mr McLuckie said several students had been suspended since the page was created on 23 August and children need to be educated about social media.
"We, as a society, do not put up with anyone putting people down and belittling them," he said.
"As a society we do not accept that, as we are trying to educate and train students to be a part of that society."
Parents have had mixed reactions to the controversial move to stamp out abusive behaviour outside school.
While some apologised for the online actions of their children, others had no idea their kids were posting offensive material on the internet.
One mother who asked not be named said the school was ?out of line? and the suspensions were inappropriate.
"They haven't done anything wrong. They have posted on a Facebook site - so what," she said.
"They have accessed the site in their own time. The school has no right to punish my children for what they do in their own time,? she said.
Read more about the school's controversial stance at The Gold Coast Bulletin.
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