One of the early priorities of the school committee was to fence off part of the school grounds to prevent the pupils' horses from straying amongst the pupils during play. On 6 November 1894 a two page letter was written to the Undersecretary of Education - a complaint "about horses allowed to stray in the playground in the State School of Indooroopilly during the time the children are at play." The writer gave a name but requested "that it will not be necessary to disclose my name." Summer vacation followed.

George Le Vaux replied on 2 February 1895 with a strongly worded letter (obviously the committee members were annoyed that the letter writer should remain anonymous). The head teacher offered to pay half the cost of the dividing fencing and the committee that other half. Apparently boys and girls had been riding horses to school and leaving them in the school paddock for the past five years without mishap or complaint.