A leading Whanganui school principal says more than half of schools in the city will have at least one staff member unvaccinated and face losing their job.
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these teachers lack critical thinking skills and a sense of care for others. Pat Newman, principal of Hora Hora School in Northland, was quoted the other day as saying "... everybody should have got the vaccine because freedom does not come free - it has a price tag and that is your social and moral responsibility towards the community."
Clear and simple and so true.
- Potter O
A dramatic heading, not backed up by the article that follows. Most Whanganui school principals are just getting on with it. As they should. Teachers have had plenty of notice, and it defies belief that this principal complains about the workload and the timing. Leave it until next year? Really? Does she think Covid will be on holiday too?
I wouldn't be at all surprised if a few teachers, having had their bluff called, are rolling their sleeves up this weekend.
Those who remain staunch might like to ask themselves when it was that they forgot why they are in this profession.
- Alfred T
Second article I've read about how hard it is going to be on principals to manage staffing etc. You would think they would be cross at the teachers who are abandoning their classes and putting themselves before the children they teach, rather than moaning about the admin issues, and unfortunately, the virus doesn't care if it is term 4, and will be knocking on everyone's unvaccinated doors in the next few weeks. I really think these teachers thought the Government would backtrack because they were so indispensable.
- Helyn H