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Principal locks out 'disruptive' pupils     Andisiwe Makinana     January 17 2008 at 11:22AM A city school principal has dug in his heels and refused to accept five "disruptive" schoolchildren for the new year, saying he was prepared to lose his job in order to instil discipline at his school. The five pupils arrived at South Peninsula High School in Diep River on Wednesday for the first day of school, but they were told to leave by the principal, Brian Isaacs. The move has prompted irate parents to threaten to report Isaacs to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and they have also laid a charge of crimen injuria with the police, accusing the principal of using foul language while talking to their children. Isaacs has denied the allegations. The Western Cape Education Department is investigating the incident "as a matter of urgency", said Gert Witbooi, spokesperson for Education MEC Cameron Dugmore. However, Isaacs has the backing of the school's Parent, Teacher and Student Association and he told the Cape Argus he would walk (out of the school) with his head high if necessary, but would not back down. Isaacs is known to be passionate about education and he has a long history with the school having first been a pupil, then a teacher and now principal at the school. "Education is serious business. Teachers are here to teach, not to discipline children. That must be done at home," said Isaacs. "I know it's illegal and it's not education policy to throw them out but it's in the interest of the other pupils and the school. "We as teachers want to be respected. You can't teach at a school where there is no discipline," he said. The five boys who were thrown out on Wednesday are among 10 children who were "ousted" by the principal and issued with letters last year telling them not to return to school in 2008. One of the suspended pupils had 34 transgressions in 2006 and 22 last year, according to his file. After the five were excluded from class at 9.30am, eight parents gathered outside the school gates waiting to meet an education department official "before taking the matter further". The parents of the excluded children have also accused Isaacs of demeaning the pupils after they said they had been called "rubbish" and "scumbags of the earth" by the principal while he marched them out of the school. One mother said she had received letters since 2004 but it was the first time her child had been forced to leave the school. "It's now a human rights issue. They are denied education and they are embarrassed in front of other children. "We are taking the issue to the Human Rights Commission as we feel our children are harshly punished for petty transgressions," she said. The parents said they would not take the easy way out which was to take their children to other schools but "will fight for justice". "We want the department to discipline him - he can't be above the law," said one father. Witbooi said the Education Department was investigating whether the correct procedure had been followed in refusing to accept the pupils.           o This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Argus on January 17, 2008

Are you looking for something to do on Friday, 20 April 2007? SP Tennis Club is having a  Karaoke / Jazz Evening at the Elfindale Civic 8 till late R 40.00 - Curry and Rice on sale too!       DJ Selwyn                                                                    Bring your own alphabet...