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Werribee Secondary College is a single-campus, co-educational, Year 7 to 12 college, with an enrolment of approximately 1400 students. Since 2000, Werribee Secondary College has experienced heavy demand for enrolments at Year 7 and at other levels. To manage this, a ceiling has been placed on the total school enrolment for 2013. The college established an International Students Program in 2000 and attracts overseas international students. The college has relationships with schools in USA, Spain and Japan. The college was accredited with the Council of International Schools (CIS) in 2006. From 2013 students will be the first in a Victorian Government school to have the choice of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Students will select the senior programme (VCE, VCAL or IB) which best suits their individual interests and learning styles. ==History== In 1997 the gifted education "Select Entry Accelerated Learning" Program or ''SEAL'' was introduced. ''SEAL'' is the only Department of Education accredited program in the City of Wyndham. The program is for year 7 to year 10. In 2003, three police cars were dispatched to the school when muck-up day activities went wrong after carloads of youths wielding baseball bats and wearing balaclavas arrived at the school. In May 2004 the college was hit by a massive fire that destroyed the school's technology and textiles wing. It caused up to A$2 million damage, including the destruction of students' VCE assignments. Junior students had up to 12 days off school while portable classrooms were brought to the school site. In August 2006 Werribee Secondary College received accreditation from the Council of International Schools. The 2006 Werribee DVD incident occurred when a group of teenage boys, some attending Werribee Secondary College, collectively calling themselves the "Teenage Kings of Werribee", filmed themselves committing various criminal acts, including the sexual assault of a teenage girl with a developmental disability. They then produced a DVD of their actions, which they sold for $5 a copy, and posted their footage to YouTube under the name "Cunt: the Movie". The DVD caused widespread controversy after excerpts were broadcast by television current affairs program ''Today Tonight'' on 23 October 2006, and led to a police investigation and widespread press coverage of the College about the content. In July 2009 Werribee Secondary College was granted the IB Diploma program (International Baccalaureate). The college was the first government school in Victoria to offer students IB Diploma Program for Years 11 and 12. Until now 15 private schools hold this privilege. The school was granted the IB Diploma program in 2009. However, due to financing complications with the previous State government, the program will start in 2013. 25 students are estimated to undertake the program in 2013. In December 2009, it was reported by the Sunday Herald Sun that four teachers from the school were taking legal action for psychological damage resulting from bullying and harassment by colleagues. Earlier in the same year, another staff member was awarded up to $140,000 in compensation as a result of his treatment by the school. Another case against the school was before the Supreme Court in October 2013. In 2014, a case brought by Mr. Peter Doulis against the Department resulted in Mr. Doulis being awarded damages and costs in excess of $1.2 million. It was also revealed by The Age, in February 2015, that the Principal of the College received a public service medal for his services to public education despite the school being involved in another case whereby a female staff member received a "six figure damages payout for psychological injuries" which resulted from her treatment by the school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Werribee Secondary College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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