Mystery as Brisbane Boys College senior master Tony Chittenden "vanishes" More troubles for Brisbane Boys College. BRISBANE Boys" College faces more embarrassing questions after the mysterious "disappearance" of Tony Chittenden, head of the middle school and member of the elite senior executive. Although officially on sick leave Dr Chittenden, who served with distinction at Church of England Grammar for 31 years before switching to BBC 11 years ago, will not return to the prestigious college. The staff hasn't been told why and all records of Dr Chittenden's role at BBC have been purged from the college website and his contact details deleted. Dr Chittenden would not comment, but supporters said he was struggling after losing the confidence of headmaster Graeme McDonald who planned to demote him. Although Chittenden had been invited to reapply for the position of middle school head, he was warned he would not get it. He faced a salary drop of more than $46,000 by being "redeployed" as a teacher - even though he had been teaching several classes a week while managing the middle school. Some teachers believe that Dr Chittenden, 64, was ousted simply because he was too old. He recently had a heated argument with another teacher, Matt Atkinson, but sources said that incident was not related to his sudden departure. Tony is devastated. He only had a year to go," said a teacher. MEANWHILE, BBC still has not settled its case with rowing ace David Bellamy, who was ousted after telling boys not to twirl their "wangers" in a boat shed talk to students about indiscretions at a rowing camp. The popular coach was sacked following a complaint by two parents who days earlier had protested to the school that Bellamy had dropped their son from the second eight rowing crew to the third eight. Bellamy is suing the school for wrongful dismissal and hopes for a negotiated settlement. I understand the case has lawyers tied in knots. The school has had an unhappy time with staff in recent years. Popular music director Bevan Messenger won a workers" compensation payout after BBC failed to properly manage a dispute with another teacher, Emma Carey. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission found BBC failed to deal with the "emotional distress"" caused to Messenger. BBC appealed the decision but lost.