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Fairfield Intermediate School is a large urban school in Hamilton catering for Years 7 and 8 and has a roll of 750 students. “Having received his resignation, the board will now go into the process of appointing a new principal and the acting principal will remain as principal,” Naumann said. Shortcliffe’s practising certificate expired in April this year, according to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand s database.
Stuff understands he had bowel cancer in 2018 and suffered a leg injury not long after. Naumann couldn’t confirm why Shortcliffe had been absent for so long or whether he had been on full pay the entire time.