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Old 17th June 2008, 03:42 PM   #13 (permalink)
Ekka
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Default Re: Chatswood Hills State School Tree Issues| NT school tree kills boy and were advis

Football for sure, cant cut out sports or the kids get fat!

It's about allocating a budget however when purse strings are tight (which schools isn't?) trees often get shoved to the end of the line. I see this from domestic yards, in developments and commercial properties.

Thing is about the Chatswood school is that they not only ignore my recommendations but actually go out and comission reports and work that they have to pay for due to the arrogance of not listening. Imagine that, they have a dip qual arborist dad going to the school regularly and dont take advantage of it, then when you offer advice they undermine it.

So, that's what you call mismanagement driven by power hungry dictators. Never used to be like that though, came with the "new regime".

But that principal is now gone, there was a meeting and upheaval it appears and the principal has left.

A new temporary principal started not long ago, hopefully he's approachable and a little more accepting of us working class who know our jobs.
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