Mt Evelyn Special Development School Exemption Application – Dec 2011
About the exemption application
Mt Evelyn Special Development School (a school for students with developmental delay and/or intellectual disability) applied for an exemption to enable the applicant to advertise for two male School Support Officer positions.
The Tribunal granted the exemption, which was sought because 20 male students need assistance with personal care including toileting, showering and other personal supervision matters and only eight of their 75 staff were male. The school argued that the lack of male staff affected the school’s ability to deliver its programs with dignity and respect.