The family of a severely disabled child, who is bound for a notoriously violent rural high school, fear a bump or knock could cost him his life.
There are fears for the safety of a severely disabled child after an application for him to bypass the town's only high school due to student violence was rejected.NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell visited Walgett to discuss the schoolWalgett resident Xander McKenzie, 12, has hydrocephalus, a condition that means he is tube-fed, in a wheelchair and has a shunt in his brain.
"He can't get out of the way. One knock anywhere between his head and his stomach where he has a shunt place could be life-threatening."Walgett is a town already devoid of education options due to its isolated location, almost 300 kilometres away from the nearest inland city, Dubbo. Ms McKenzie said it had taken years for Xander to get assistance with staff and modifications to which he now had access."The education department has spent a fortune in the last 12 months on provisions at the primary school for him and now they're telling us he can't stay."to Walgett yesterday after not receiving a response to requests for help.Big sister's fearsat the school, moving away from her family to attend school in central Queensland.
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