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At an afternoon tea one day with the staff, they presented me going to fight the Department. For a couple of weeks the
with a beautiful silver tray, with the school name and year challenge was argued until Auckland won its case and my
embossed (this still and will always adorn my lounge table). appointment stood. Not a comfortable experience.
Two days later I received a call from the Auckland Staffing Before school closed for the year I put together the poem,
Officer to tell me an error had been made in the appointment, which included every teacher and non-teaching staff member
and another teacher who was “on transfer” should have been who had been at the school during my tenure.
appointed, and I was offered alternative vacancies in the
Auckland area. I immediately told my staff and Committee The record was published in a small magazine-style paper-
back and a copy given to all staff mentioned in the poem.
and all was put on hold. Any farewell gifts were returned.
The Auckland Staffing Office rang me to say they were See page 268 for Bruce’s poem.

Bruce Seaton’s 1977 Staff
Rear: Helen McPherson, Edith Cain, Leslie Reslon, Neil Couch, C Donohue (?), Sheryl Kirkpatrick.

Seated: Avid Hart, Marion Bogie, Bruce Seaton, Judith Stanworth, ______________.

Time Capsule opened by Pamela Dunn [principal] and Peter Vincent [Caretaker].

Time Capsule contents.