Private school body must go: Qld parents

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 14, 2017

Parents and supporters of elite Brisbane girls school Somerville House will rally, to ramp up pressure on church moderators to dismantle its governing body.

BRISBANE, Nov 14 - The Presbyterian and Methodist School's Authority is under heavy fire from the Somerville House Parents & Friends aligned ...

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