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Two out of five teachers at a West Otago school remain unvaccinated days out from the deadline to get the jab, and replacement staff are scarce if they are forced to leave.
Two out of five teachers at a West Otago school remain unvaccinated days out from the deadline to get the jab, and replacement staff are scarce if they are forced to leave.
The school defines bullying as behaviour that continues when the person is asked to stop. He encourages parents and caregivers to speak to their children about bullying, check social media posts, remove communications devices from bedrooms at bedtime and talk to the school if there is a problem. Southland Boys’ High School rector Simon Coe said the school, “along with all other schools”, was on the frontline of social media issues. Social media had changed the communication landscape for all young people very rapidly, he said. “Online bullying is a whole community issue and its ...
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Three former Southland Boys' High assistant principals have been awarded a payout. Following the appointment of rector Simon Coe in 2017 it was decided that instead of four assistant principals, he wanted a single associate rector, with a further three management positions below that. The trio complained to the Employment Relations Authority that they had been unfairly dismissed as a result of the process. ERA has since released a decision where it agreed that their dismissals were unjustified. The school has been ordered to pay each teacher $28,000 compensation and $25,679 in lost pay, w...