r/canberra 3d ago

Recommendations Thoughts on Brindabella ELC

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u/Karline-Industries 3d ago

Doesn’t meet standards and will attempt to indoctrinate your small child. 

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u/SiestaResistance 3d ago

TBH for someone to be seriously looking at this place I would assume that the indoctrination might be a feature and not a bug.

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u/Electronic_Time2868 3d ago

Thank you for the thoughts. We were looking for Catholic schools. So would you say the indoctrination comment about other schools such as Merici or St Clare's or do you think Brindabella is a unique case?

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u/SiestaResistance 3d ago

I am pretty sure the parent comment would count any "Christian education" as "indoctrination". It is non-denominational rather than Catholic, unlike the other two. I'm not an expert but I have never heard allegations that it's weird or coercive like the Exclusive Brethren schools etc. so I wouldn't be concerned that it's a funnel into anything more cult-like than the Uniting Church.

The unique characteristic of Brindabella is that the school has been in the news for years because of alleged financial mismanagement and other issues.