Last week the principal at Knox Grammar Scott James told parents it had uncovered the involvement of boys and girls from other schools in the group,and that the school’s investigation had identified 74 active handles in the chatroom materials provided to the school.
A NSW Department of Education spokesperson said it had recently been made aware that student emails from the two public schools were used to access the Discord channel.
“Currently we haven’t been able to identify the students and will be contacting Knox Grammar School for any additional information,” they said.
It comes after revelations that students from Knox used a chat room to share racist,anti-Semitic and homophobic videos,messages and rantings on violent misogyny. NSW Police confirmed a review of the content found no child abuse material.
Twenty students from Knox have faced or are facing disciplinary action after offensive material was posted in the online group,James told parents on Tuesday.
In the letter to parents,James said it had been a “complex and forensic exercise to systematically and fairly apply the Knox discipline policy”.
The north shore private school’s board commissioned law firm MinterEllison to review the school’s process and found the process was comprehensive and measured.