Expect the unexpected

I am deeply saddened to tell you that a car plowed into a demountable classroom of a primary school in Sydney yesterday.  Two 8 year old boys were killed and 20 other students injured.  The seriously injured appear to be recovering.  The horrible truth is that the driver of the car was a mother with children at the school.  Apparently she went down a driveway that passed the demountable, which was well set back form the outside road system.  We wait to see why the car got out of control.

What a shock for all concerned and there was the Principal expecting that day to be able to get on with planning for 2018 while winding down 2017.  Apparently the Principal handled the situation superbly.  My feelings got out to that school community.

While as a Principal you expect a steady safe day, there it is you are dealing with a tragedy.  Somehow in the Principal armoury there needs to be a readiness for the unexpected sitting there in the back of the mind.

I always say Principalship is a tough gig but we all love it.


May the Force be with that school community!


GD