Toxicity at Darlinghurst Public: When Power and Fear Collide The email, marked confidential and sent on June 22, 2023, by an anonymous teacher to the Parents and Citizens Association executive and several parents, was a bombshell dropped into the already fraught atmosphere of Darlinghurst Public School.
The allegations against Principal Rachel Privett – bullying teachers, speaking ill of parents, and fostering a toxic environment – were just the latest in a long series of concerns that have plagued this inner city school.
Privett went on leave two years ago amidst a formal complaint lodged with NSW Education Minister Prue Car.