A Queensland school is facing mounting public pressure after a series of disturbing bullying allegations surfaced on social media, painting a picture of an institution that repeatedly fails its most vulnerable students.
Flagstone State Community College (FSCC) in Woodridge has become the subject of intense community backlash, with parents sharing harrowing accounts of physical assaults, psychological torment, and administrative silence.
The spark that lit the fire came from an anonymous post in the Flagstone Community Facebook group, written by the grandmother of a Year 8 student.
The post named several students allegedly involved in a sustained campaign of abuse against her granddaughter, describing incidents that included hair pulling, repeated kicking that left bruises, being pushed off a chair, causing a head injury, physical threats, barking, chasing, and deliberate social exclusion.
All of this, she claims, happened in plain sight of teachers who chose to look the other way. The school’s initial response amounted to little more than a conversation with those involved, which the grandmother says only made the situation worse and drew more students into the bullying.
She confirmed the matter has since been referred to Jimboomba police after a fake social media account was created in her granddaughter’s name to manipulate other students.
A Pattern the School Cannot Ignore
What makes this story particularly troubling is that this is far from an isolated complaint. The post triggered an avalanche of responses from parents who have faced identical walls of indifference.
Montana Corey Kliendienst, whose family moved to Flagstone in May 2025, shared that her 14-year-old son, who has a facial abnormality from a cleft lip and palate, has been bullied repeatedly.
The school does not have must interest in bully prevention.
We moved to flagstone may 2025.
My 14 year was enrolled there shortly after. He has a facial abnormality (cleft lip and palate) .
In the 12 month period I have contacted the school 5 times about bullying 1 of these incidents involving police. The school has never contacted me back.
But if my bank declines the school fees they call me that day….
She contacted the school five times over 12 months, including once involving police, and never received a single callback.
“But if my bank declines the school fees they call me that day,” she wrote, a line that stopped many readers cold.
Ash Shayne Cameron recounted two years of bullying endured by her son at the primary school level, with the school taking no meaningful action. When she confronted a deputy directly, she was banned from school property.
She later escalated to the Department of Education, only to be told that an investigation found nothing wrong because, as she put it, “the teachers just back each other up.” Tracy Sheppard shared a similar outcome where her son, after months of verbal abuse, finally retaliated physically and ended up facing a police charge while his tormentor faced no consequences whatsoever.
Community Calls for Protest and Media Scrutiny
The community is now pushing hard for real accountability. Ash Shayne Cameron pointed out that with nearly 500 comments and 800 likes on the original post, the collective anger of those parents standing outside the school gates would be impossible to ignore, and urged someone to organise a formal protest event.
Lauren Davies advised parents to record every meeting and every interaction with school administration, noting that recordings can be shared if they serve the public interest.
Best advice is record everything! When you go to metting and record mettings so long as your part of the recording you do not have to say anything however you may share if it is in public interest. Happy for aca to contact myself for recordings and emails from Jimboomba state school sadly only a few good staff left there
James Stewart, who originally called for the matter to be referred to A Current Affair, believes only national media attention will force the Education Department to act.
The community has spoken loudly. The only question remaining is whether anyone in authority is listening.
