❓ Hon. Alison Xamon questions the Minister for Education regarding the structure of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands School and the sharing of principals across multiple campuses. The Minister clarifies the school's structure and declines to provide a legal interpretation.
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NGAANYATJARRA
LANDS SCHOOL — PRINCIPAL
67. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the
Minister for Education:
(1) Can the
minister advise whether the Department of Education has restructured the
Ngaanyatjarra lands schools of Blackstone, Jameson and Wingellina so that
whereas each of the three schools had its own principal, they now share one
principal between them?
(2) If yes,
are any other schools required to share a principal—for example,
Warburton and Tjirrkarli, and Warakurna and Tjukurla schools?
(3) Does the
minister acknowledge that to meet the requirements of the School Education Act
1999, a principal cannot have responsibility for more than one school at a
time?
LANDS SCHOOL — PRINCIPAL
67. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the
Minister for Education:
(1) Can the
minister advise whether the Department of Education has restructured the
Ngaanyatjarra lands schools of Blackstone, Jameson and Wingellina so that
whereas each of the three schools had its own principal, they now share one
principal between them?
(2) If yes,
are any other schools required to share a principal—for example,
Warburton and Tjirrkarli, and Warakurna and Tjukurla schools?
(3) Does the
minister acknowledge that to meet the requirements of the School Education Act
1999, a principal cannot have responsibility for more than one school at a
time?
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) Blackstone,
Jameson and Wingellina are not separate schools but have been campuses of the
Ngaanyatjarra Lands School since 2007. There is one level 6 principal for the
Ngaanyatjarra Lands School who is based at Warakurna. The number of campus
principals has not been reduced, although some vacancies are currently being
filled.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) The
honourable member is seeking a legal interpretation, contrary to Legislative
Council standing order 104(1)(b).
question.
(1) Blackstone,
Jameson and Wingellina are not separate schools but have been campuses of the
Ngaanyatjarra Lands School since 2007. There is one level 6 principal for the
Ngaanyatjarra Lands School who is based at Warakurna. The number of campus
principals has not been reduced, although some vacancies are currently being
filled.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) The
honourable member is seeking a legal interpretation, contrary to Legislative
Council standing order 104(1)(b).
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