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Parents and alumni of a prestigious Sydney boys' college have staged a protest outside the 160-year-old private school over plans to take in girls for the first time.<br><br>Newington College in Sydney's inner west announced its intention in November to shift to co-education across its kindergarten-to-year 12 program.<br><br>If you have any inquiries relating to the place and how to use [https://www.tantriccollectivelondon.com/massages/erotic-massage adult xxx movies free], you can get in touch with us at our own web site. The school, which charges fees of up to $42,200 per year, has exclusively taught boys since it was founded in 1863.<br><br>But the decision, which the school council said was made to boost diversity and "life-readiness" at the college, has led to a fierce backlash among some parents and former students.<br><br>About 25 people protested outside the school as students returned to classes on Wednesday after the summer holidays.<br><br>Many complained that the move to co-education represented an unacceptable change to the school's culture.<br><br>"Old Newingtonian" Tony Retsos said he intended to pay for his first-born grandson to attend the school.<br><br>"There are current parents that signed up on the basis that it's an elite boys' single-sex school," he told AAP.<br><br>"That's what it's been for 160 years."<br><br>Fellow alumni Robert Orr agreed,  Black Comic Xxx ([https://www.tantriccollectivelondon.com/massages/four-hand-massage Www.Tantriccollectivelondon.Com]) saying the decision would mean there was one fewer boys-only school for Sydney parents to choose from.<br><br>"I suspect it's for virtue-signalling, woke-type principles, which I'm dead against," he said.<br><br>The school's council chairman, Tony McDonald, previously said the switch was intended to promote inclusiveness among students and the decision was made after feedback from students, parents, staff and alumni.<br><br>The staged shift to co-education will start in the junior school in 2026 and for high school students from 2028, with the college fully co-educational by 2033.<br><br>One parent who attended the protest but declined to give his name said he expected the change would lead to worse educational outcomes.<br><br>"You'd be mad to send a girl to a boys' school that's going to have 200 boys and 100 girls," he said.<br><br>"I don't think it's going to benefit the boys either."