“The board are comfortable there s little risk to the children at the school, and that little risk has been mitigated, from the measures of fencing around the site, and he is being supervised, he doesn’t have any contact with the kids.” Most of Ivamy’s work was inside the school gym, which had been condemned. Initially the work was to repair some rooms attached to the gym, but an engineer found the beams were starting to degrade due to delamination. Work to strengthen the gym was in its final stages so Ivamy would not be onsite much longer, Payne said.
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Students have been sent home after a sudden death at Queen Charlotte College in Picton.
Students at a high school in Picton are being sent home after a teacher died suddenly on Friday morning. Queen Charlotte College principal Betty Whyte confirmed the sudden death on Friday and said students would be sent home for the rest of the day. She could not confirm the teacher’s identity until next-of-kin were notified, she said. St John Marlborough territory manager Murray Neal said an ambulance was in attendance and a helicopter had been sent.
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