CHAPTER 18It was Easter and almost two years since Chrissy had left Tui Park School. The senior staff were still there but Murray Narwood told everyone he would retire at the end of the year. Gillian Elston was still deputy principal and Val Cook had a handful of years to go before her own retirement. Replacing Karla, as senior teacher was a middle-aged woman who had transferred there from another school that had a falling roll.
Joanne Stone was in her third year at the school and still taught a Year Two class in the Junior Syndicate. She was used to Val now and got on reasonably well with her by putting her head down and going along with the latest ideas foisted upon them, not that there were many. The National Standards were now fully implemented in the school and were not difficult to
