Page 13 - 1981 News Clippings

Ngaruawahia School Rolls Fluctuate

11th February 1981 Mrs Colleen Trembath, Miss

After the first week of Sue McDonald, Miss Linda
schooling, assessments have Hancock, Messrs Henry Jacobs
been made of the school rolls. and Geoff Haimes. Teachers
All schools are fully staffed Aide Mrs Jean Sayers.
and many new teachers have Bernard Fergusson School.
been appointed to the Roll slightly down. New
schools. teachers, Mrs Gillian Russell

Ngaruawahia High School and Miss Margaret Black.
has 3 new teachers. Mrs Faith St Paul’s Convent. Roll
Van Dam, Geography; Mrs assessment not available. Mr
Linda Stone, History; Karen Phillip Missen will replace
Crawford, English. Roll Sister Mary Francis who
static. leaves for Rome later this

Ngaruawahia Primary month for 6 months. Mrs
School. School roll Tremaine has retired from
maintained and new teachers, teaching, her replacement
Mrs Patricia Paice, Miss being Mrs Foster.
Loanne Smith, Messrs Andrew Glen Massey. Roll slightly
Cameron and David Boyer. Mr down. Mr R. C. Kitto has been
Tony Armstrong has returned appointed to Ngati Toa
after 12 months leave of Primary School, Titahi Bay,
absence. Wellington and Mr Harrop has

Waipa Primary School. Roll been appointed as Acting Head
slightly up and new teachers, for 6 months.

Fun Parlour Brings Complaints

had arranged for a man to see that the cycles Children given lunch money would The difficulties of the situation were
were not left lying on the footpath making it spend it there and then steal someone else’s discussed pretty fully, with conflicting
lunch. One child had been sent to pay a bill opinions about what could or could not be
but had spent the money in the parlour done.

Cr. A. Patterson said they still were instead. As Mr Barakat said “There are limits to
It was encouraging people to pilfer for what you can do legally.”
Mr Barakat understood that girls were money needed, and this was just a start of Cr. I. E. Todd said “A school principal
setting out from home to school, going into behaviour problems in families. can be a man-o-war without guns, as he has
the public ladies toilets and changing into Council could do nothing about it, he no authority to bar pupils visiting a shop
said. after school hours.”

Then they would spend all the time in Cr. D.K. Cathro said she was “horrified “Wherever there was a fun parlour, this
the Fun Parlour until the pupils were going that a body of Councillors could do nothing. sort of problem arose,” Mr Barakat said.
home from school when they would change These are our children, very precious to our “All we can do is hope for the best.”
community. Surely we should try to do
something.”