Primary principals, teachers and support staff join the marching masses

Primary principals, teachers and support staff join the marching masses

Analysis: Robyn Brown has been a primary school principal for eight years, and a teacher for about 30 years before that. In all that time, this is the worst things have been in schools. Brown’s Upper Hutt school, in the northern Wellington region, is like every other in that its teachers and staff are overwhelmed with high learning and behavioural needs.  “When I started teaching, an autistic child was a rarity. A child with ADHD was one in a sc…