Bernard_Monsha
March 17th, 2008, 09:31 AM
This is a first, sueing because your sons are idiots. I think the school should claim bad genes from the paternal side of the family as the cause.
Father wants refund on Brighton Grammar school fees (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23382416-2,00.html)
A FATHER whose twin sons flunked their final exams is demanding an elite private school repay up to $400,000 in fees.
Victorian Steven Weybury, unhappy with his sons' VCE results, has challenged Brighton Grammar to refund the money spent educating his twins from kindergarten to year 12.
He has alleged his boys were humiliated by their VCE results.
Mr Weybury - a partner in a city law firm - claims he warned the school that his boys were headed for academic disaster in their final year and attempted to remove them at the end of year 11.
But school bosses persuaded him to let the boys stay on and assured him that they could cope emotionally and academically, he claims.
"The boys did not successfully complete year 12 in any respect," court documents allege.
"The boys obtained placements in courses of a type which did not require year 12 attendance."
Mr Weybury has sought a refund of fees paid for the boys between 1994 and 2007, as well as damages and legal costs.
"The plaintiff paid fees to (the school) for a total of 28 years in an amount of the region of $400,000," court documents allege.
"The lack of achievement of the boys in all areas considered important . . . confirms that the payment of fees were (sic) excessive and unnecessary."
Mr Weybury has alleged his sons suffered psychological and emotional harm arising during their VCE year.
In a defence filed with the court, lawyers for Brighton Grammar said the school had provided special assistance to the boys throughout their schooling.
The boys were also given extra language and maths classes and speech therapy in primary school years, according to the school.
The school also claimed in its defence that each boy completed VCE and each was offered and accepted a place in a tertiary course of his choice.
Father wants refund on Brighton Grammar school fees (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23382416-2,00.html)
A FATHER whose twin sons flunked their final exams is demanding an elite private school repay up to $400,000 in fees.
Victorian Steven Weybury, unhappy with his sons' VCE results, has challenged Brighton Grammar to refund the money spent educating his twins from kindergarten to year 12.
He has alleged his boys were humiliated by their VCE results.
Mr Weybury - a partner in a city law firm - claims he warned the school that his boys were headed for academic disaster in their final year and attempted to remove them at the end of year 11.
But school bosses persuaded him to let the boys stay on and assured him that they could cope emotionally and academically, he claims.
"The boys did not successfully complete year 12 in any respect," court documents allege.
"The boys obtained placements in courses of a type which did not require year 12 attendance."
Mr Weybury has sought a refund of fees paid for the boys between 1994 and 2007, as well as damages and legal costs.
"The plaintiff paid fees to (the school) for a total of 28 years in an amount of the region of $400,000," court documents allege.
"The lack of achievement of the boys in all areas considered important . . . confirms that the payment of fees were (sic) excessive and unnecessary."
Mr Weybury has alleged his sons suffered psychological and emotional harm arising during their VCE year.
In a defence filed with the court, lawyers for Brighton Grammar said the school had provided special assistance to the boys throughout their schooling.
The boys were also given extra language and maths classes and speech therapy in primary school years, according to the school.
The school also claimed in its defence that each boy completed VCE and each was offered and accepted a place in a tertiary course of his choice.