How many Queensland state school students are being suspended?
An average of 21 Queensland state school students were expelled from school each week in the twelve months to June 2009.
The suspended students had physically attacked teachers or classmates, damaged property, disrupted classes or were caught swearing or with drugs, cigarettes or alcohol.
Students were also suspended 57,188 times for between one and 10 days.
An average of 278 students were suspended each school day.
Almost 280 suspended a day in Queensland schools, Rosemary Odgers, The Courier-Mail : 14 November, 2009
During 2009 it was recommended that -
* 383 Queensland students have their enrollments cancelled.
These students were over 16 years old.
* 864 Queensland students be excluded.
Five of the 864 excluded Queensland students were in Year 1.
More than half of the 864 excluded Queensland students were in Years 9 and 10.
Which seems to suggest that Year 9 and 10 classes in Queensland state schools are being very regularly disrupted.
And that this level of disruption must impact on the education of the better behaved students.
School principals win right to expel problem students, Alison Sandy and Tanya Chilcott, The Courier-Mail, 18 December 2009.
How many Queensland teachers have made formal complaints about workplace bullying?
* In 2007, 26 Queensland teachers made formal complaints about the bullying and aggressive behaviour of other teachers (I would presume that these "other teachers" are actually Queensland school principals).
* In 2008, 30 teachers made formal complaints.
* In 2009, 37 teachers made formal complaints ( to November ).
This represents an increase in complaints of more than 40 per cent over the past two years.
Teachers bullied to keep quiet on problem schools, AAP, 30 November, 2009
