Students at Hamilton’s Fraser High School are planning a protest in response to a speech by principal Virginia Crawford where she said being a truant made it highly likely you would become a rape victim, in prison or illiterate.
A student at the school confirmed to 1 NEWS that there was a plan to stage a ‘wagging protest’ outside the front of the school at 10am this morning.
1 NEWS also obtained a poster for the planned protest.
Last week, a recording of a speech by Ms Crawford at a school assembly was posted on YouTube.
"Every student who walks out of the gate to truant is already a statistic of the worst kind - highly likely to go to prison, either commit domestic violence or be a victim of domestic violence, be illiterate, be a rape victim, be a suicide victim,” she was heard saying.
In response, the Ministry of Education encouraged parents to complain to the school, if they were concerned about the speech.
The school has defended the speech.
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