Close up on Waiuru College
Have you seen this story about Waiuru College?
A student at
Waiuku
College was attacked after school on the first day, a bottle was involved.
It appears from the interview that Stuart Harrison, the principal is very much on the defensive, though from what I actually heard him say the school handled things well, apart from not informing the victim’s family regarding the return of the attackers to the school.
Good on the victim for standing up in assembly. In my day I would never have done that.
There are several questions that I feel arise from here, and I love to hear your thoughts about:
Stuart mentioned such programmes as Peer support, anger management and the installation of cameras, but
what is an appropriate response to bullying and what measures are suitable for a school to have in place?
Our school has been battling with the issue of cameras (to deture vandalism- not bullying) for some time and as yet we have not installed them, I sense the day is not far away.
There is a wider issue at stake: what should parents reasonably expect from their school.
We are already educators, social workers, welfare officers. We run homework club after school.
Breakfast club before school
Cricket/ baseball/t-ball/ netball/ rugby soccor (Delete as appropriate) on the weekends.
Now are we to be police, judge and jury?
What are governments recommending? Did hear that on the news reel, did you?
