Tag: education department
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Wallaroo Mines principal stood down under investigation
An Education Department spokesperson has confirmed an investigation into the Wallaroo Mines Primary School principal was underway saying “there is no secrecy in relation to this matter”. The spokesperson said Wallaroo Mines Primary School (WMPS) has appointed an acting principal while the investigation was ongoing. “The department is aware of the allegations and is investigating…
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SA schools record system blows out by three years and $47 million
Auditor-General Andrew Blaskett raised concerns about the Education Management Systems’ cost and implementation in a report tabled in state Parliament on Tuesday. The report said the EMS began rolling out to SA schools and pre-schools in 2018/19 with aims “to capture all student information in a single record, standardise business processes and replace legacy systems”.…
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Power outages and flooding continue to shut schools
About 10,000 customers are still without power after crews worked through the night in “pretty awful conditions”, according to SA Power Networks spokesperson Paul Roberts. “We’ve had about 100,000 lightning strikes since midnight on Sunday that were cloud to ground,” Roberts, who has worked at SA Power Networks for 16 years, said. “I don’t personally…
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Stay home: schools act on student and teacher COVID infections
The state recorded more than 4,000 new COVID cases and nine deaths last week, with 1088 government school students now at home with the virus. Unley High School sent parents an update yesterday, warning that doctors have reported the health impacts of COVID cases are being made worse by an “equally nasty” upper respiratory virus…
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Student’s choking death at Adelaide school ‘could have been prevented’
Five-year-old Lucas Latouche Mazzei died in March 2017 after choking on the stone at Henley Beach Primary School. He had been watching a cartoon at the time, including during a brief period when a teacher left the classroom, leaving a support worker with a restricted view of the area. Deputy State Coroner Ian White said…
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Golden Grove High students suspended for ‘bystander behaviour’ as more fight videos emerge
It comes as one mother recounts the terrifying moment she heard her daughter being beaten up while she was on the phone to her, as other students egged on the attack. InDaily has been sent further videos of fighting among students, after last week exposing confronting violence at the school, filmed and shared on pupils’…
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Brawl videos reveal violence issue at Adelaide school
It comes after a mother spoke out, saying she was too fearful to send her 14-year-old daughter back to school, claiming she was bullied for six months and then beaten up – only to be suspended alongside her attackers. InDaily has obtained videos of three separate brawls at the school in as many weeks –…
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Banks to be withdrawn from SA schools
Education Minister Blair Boyer announced Labor’s election commitment to ban financial institutions including banks, credit unions or building societies from running banking programs in schools would come into effect by the end of this year. The programs encourage students to open and regularly deposit money into bank accounts through their school to help them understand…
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Parent alarm over lead dust in primary school classroom
One parent of a student at East Marden Primary School told InDaily the situation was “really concerning”, with the school refusing to hand parents a copy of the test results showing the toxicity of the lead detected in the classroom’s ceiling cavity. The Education Department told InDaily that students in the classroom were evacuated on…
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‘Ongoing cannibalisation’: Councillors grill govt over park land school development
Councillor Keiran Snape asked the government officials whether the pitch – that the Adelaide City Council should relinquish a parcel of Nellie Raminyemmerin Frome Park to allow the development of another Adelaide Botanic High School building – tainted a “recent win” which saved several Frome Road trees. “Isn’t there a risk that sours the earlier…