Katanning Senior High School

Katanning Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Katanning, a regional centre 300 kilometres (186 mi) south east of Perth, Western Australia.

Katanning Senior High School
Location
Katanning Senior High School
Location in Western Australia
Katanning, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates33°40′57″S 117°34′08″E
Information
TypePublic co-educational high day school
MottoWe Strive to Excel
Established1950 (1950)
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalNicki Polding[1]
Enrolment373 (2012)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)Red, blue and white             
Websitewww.katanningshs.wa.edu.au

History

The school was established in 1961 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 373 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 15% of whom were Indigenous Australians.

The school initially opened as a junior high school in 1950 and continued to operate as one until becoming a high school in 1961.

Beverley Stanes was the principal of the school from 2004 to 2010, before departing to take the principal position at Merredin College.[2] Nicki Polding has served as principal since 2011.[1]

Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 355 students at the school in 2007, 400 in 2008, 440 in 2009, 377 in 2010, 367 in 2011 and 373 in 2012.

Katanning Residential College

Katanning Residential College was located adjacent to the school and offered boarding facilities to many High School students from remote areas. The College was formerly known as St Andrew's Hostel. The Residential College closed in 2009.

The hostel is best known for the historical sexual abuse of boys by Dennis John McKenna who was employed as a warden in the facility from 1975 to 1990.[3] McKenna was found guilty of 63 offences on 28 victims and sentenced to 22 years in prison.[4] Neil Vincent McKenna, the younger brother of Dennis McKenna, was found guilty of sexually abusing girls at the hostel when he worked there as a senior supervisor from 1986 to 1991.[5] Wayne Leslie McKenna, another brother, was found guilty of sexually abusing two girls while working as a supervisor at the hostel in 1980. He received a 12-month suspended sentence for his crimes.[4][6]

See also

References
  1. "Department of Education Schools online". 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. "Merredin College Progresses". 24 August 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. "'We treated him badly': principal admits remorse over hostel abuse". WA Today. Fairfax Media. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. "Katanning hostel paedophile brother Wayne McKenna given a suspended sentence". WA Today. Fairfax Media. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. "Brother of school pedophile guilty of same". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. "Wayne Leslie McKenna guilty of sex crimes at Katanning's St Andrews Hostel but avoids jail". Perth Now. News Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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