article_snippet: More than 300 former students of a prestigious high school have signed an open letter demanding that an invitation for federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison to speak at a fundraising event is withdrawn.
article_snippet: Published in full on the blog of former student Danny Yau, the petition is addressed to Sydney Boys High School's Old Boys Union which is asked to 'immediately rescind an invitation for federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison to speak at a fundraising event so as to spare the organisation, and the school itself, the embarrassment of being seen to celebrate the achievements of a man who has so flagrantly disregarded human rights'.
article_snippet: The former Immigration Minister is scheduled to attend the cocktail fundraiser on April 15 as a guest speaker.
article_snippet: Over 300 former students of the prestigious Sydney Boys High School have demanded for federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison invitation to speak at the school's fundraiser be withdrawn .
article_snippet: federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison and a number of other former students will present speeches which reflect on 'how He and a number of other former students lives were shaped by He and a number of other former students experiences at Sydney Boys High School,' Scott Morrison's invitation to speak at the school's fundraiser reads.
article_snippet: Scott Morrison's invitation to speak at the school's fundraiser adds that the $75 ticket fee will 'go towards the construction of the Governors' Centre and to support the on-going activities of the Old Boys Union'.
article_snippet: However federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison's possible attendance has enraged some former students of the prestigious Sydney Boys High School who deplore federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison role in advocating Australia's detention centres. '
article_snippet: Sydney Boys High School: 'Immediately rescind Scott Morrison's invitation to speak at the school's fundraiser so as to spare the organisation, and the school itself, the embarrassment of being seen to celebrate the achievements of a man who has so flagrantly disregarded human rights,' it read .
article_snippet: Mr Morrison's response to The petition was to assure Mr Morrison's would not politicise the fundraiser. '
highlights_snippet: Asks to spare the school 'the embarrassment of being seen to celebrate the achievements of a man who has so flagrantly disregarded human rights'
  Mr Morrison was invited to speak about how Mr Morrison life was shaped by Mr Morrison time at the school .