Teachers at Sunshine Coast Grammar school have told the Sunshine Coast Daily that they received no warning of any pending redundancies. Independent Education Union of Australia representative and school careers counselor <name>Maria Campanini</name> said "teacher morale is very low and people are very disappointed and disillusioned".

Ms <name>Campanini</name> said that staff were saddened by the handling of the situation by headmaster <name>Nigel Fairbairn</name>. “We got an email announcing a meeting and I thought it would just provide some feedback about the review,” Ms <name>Campanini</name> said. “But the 21 teachers whose jobs were directly affected were herded into a room, Mr <name>Fairbairn</name> read out a prepared statement, turned on his heel and left. He didn’t take a single question. We were just left sitting there in shock.”

An anonymous staff member told the Sunshine Coast Daily that, “Some teachers, who rely on the income and whose positions were abolished, were very distraught and they had to go to class. It appears we’re not valued in the school community, not to be even asked our opinion as to what might be the best outcome, to try and make it work.”

According to Ms <name>Campanini</name>, one of the teachers being made redundant is 30 weeks pregnant with another returning to work after maternity leave. “It’s really stressful for all the people involved,” Ms <name>Campanini</name> said. “People can understand the need for restructure when it’s explained, but we’re none the wiser.”

“When it all happened on Friday, it was morning tea time and a lot of us had to go back in the classroom and teach all afternoon," the anonymous staff member said.