**Content warning** Cliques, gaslighting, corruption, construction issues, incompetence, system failure. It's a heavy list of issues causing so much pain at ASC.
Some parents feel their kids are being treated differently at Armidale Secondary College, and if they speak up they'll pay the price.
The inability to go to another school, and escape the routine torture they are subjected to, makes already vulnerable children an easy target.
NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar and other senior departmental staff have visited Armidale Secondary College this week in response to media reports about violence and other issues at the troubled school.
One of Armidale Secondary College's big bragging points is the selective program, but concerns have been raised they aren't getting the opportunity they should.
The student who posted anonymously to Facebook about Armidale Secondary College says they were misinterpreted and they were trying to defend teachers.
Most of the ASC stories are about students bullying other students, but one parent reached out with their story of a deputy bullying her daughter out of school.
Some parents of kids with disabilities at ASC are concerned that their kids aren’t getting the support they need.
As many parents become increasingly concerned about what their children are being exposed to as Armidale Secondary College, some are opting for home school.
**CONTENT WARNING: violence, self harm** There is no scarier thing for any parent than when your child does something you would not have thought them capable of doing.
