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Former Kew Primary principal Kim Dray, who stood down in 2011 amid controversy over a radical toileting policy, will not return to the school next term despite being exonerated after a 19-month inquiry.

Dr Dray, who was slated to resume as principal next term, changed her mind late last night after staff unanimously voted they did not support her return and parents bombarded the government with complaints.

Australian Principals Federation president Chris Cotching said Dr Dray felt ‘‘pretty gutted’’ by the whole thing, but it would be very difficult for her to return to Kew Primary next term given the hostility.

‘‘I think the department needs to provide a lot more support to her to enable that re-entry to occur,’’ he said.
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Dr Dray came under fire from parents after she trialled a ‘‘whole class approach’’ to toilet breaks, in which the entire class would go to the toilets if one child needed to go.

Parents said they were not consulted over the trial and it led to children wetting themselves and girls being too embarrassed to go to school if they had their periods.

In August 2011 Dr Dray asked to be temporarily reassigned while the Education Department investigated because she was concerned about the effect of the media coverage on the school community.

But parents and teachers raised concerns when it was announced Dr Dray had chosen to return to Kew Primary in term two, after she was exonerated following a 19 month investigation conducted by Lander & Rogers Lawyers on behalf of the department.

At a full staff meeting on March 20, Kew Primary staff unanimously voted they did not support the return of Dr Dray.

‘‘Staff made it aware that it was a very toxic environment under Kim’s leadership and staff were divided, vulnerable and damaged,’’ according to the minutes seen by Fairfax Media.

‘‘It is unanimously felt by staff that Kim’s style of leadership does not fit with Kew Primary School and that her return is not in the best interests of the school.’’

Parents had also met with Kew MP Andrew McIntosh on Friday to express their concerns and an extraordinary council meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday.

But Mr Cotching said Dr Dray had been completely exonerated by an Education Department investigation and should be allowed to resume as principal.

He blasted the department’s decision to investigate Dr Dray under division 10 – misconduct and inefficiency – of part 2.4 of the Education and Training Reform Act, saying it was a ‘‘gargantuan stuff-up’’ and an investigation that should have taken a month had dragged on for 19 months.

‘‘It should never have got to this stage,’’ Mr Cotching said. ‘‘It’s the grossest mismanagement of a complaints process I’ve seen in my experience as a principal.

The investigation is understood to have called 20 witnesses, collected three folders of information, and examined every area of Kew Primary’s operation, including school finances, security and Dr Dray’s dealings with the school council, before recommending that no action be taken.

Fairfax Media attempted to contact Dr Dray through Mr Cotching but she did not respond.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/18-months-after-toilet-furore-principal-wont-return-20130325-2gqbt.html#ixzz2Obo4sioI
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