Compulsory Disclaimers for PNi schools in NZ

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   Name: Nicolapilkington on Sep 23, 2009

   Comments: i agree with the above statement

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   Name: Mark Henson on Sep 23, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 23, 2009

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   Name: Alice Dvorakova on Sep 23, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 24, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 24, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 24, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2009

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   Name: Sandra Scheib on Sep 28, 2009

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    Name: Mark Lythe on Oct 31, 2009

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    Name: Jude Smith on Nov 2, 2009

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    Name: Matt S. Crane on Nov 3, 2009

    Comments: Any civilized country should invest whatever time and money is necessary to put legislation in place that will ensure that its children - the leaders of the future - are adequately protected when they are too young to make decisions for themselves. Clearly, having institutions touting themselves as schools, yet lacking in any government supervision, is counter to the intent, if not the letter of the law. Should Government resources be too scarce to supervise all schools within the Nation, the least any civilized Government can do is bring the attention of parents to the fact that certain schools have not been vetted and, as such, may not be up to the required standards. A compulsory disclaimer - whilst not a solution - is at least a first step in the right direction, costing little, and achieving much. Matt Crane, BSc (Hons), MSc, ATP

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    Name: Steven Parrish on Nov 3, 2009

    Comments: Bullying is an increasingly serious problem with significant repercussions and needs to be addressed as such.

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    Name: Spencer Kelleway on Nov 4, 2009

    Comments: I find it difficult to understand that not all schools are treated the same under the current laws that we have. These laws obviously need to be revised so that children do not have to deal with traumas such as bullying with a lack of support from the school

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    Name: Ocean Numan on Nov 4, 2009

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    Name: Campbell Smith on Nov 4, 2009

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    Name: Margaret Sachs on Nov 21, 2009

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    Name: Trond Kristoffersen on Nov 21, 2009

    Comments: A hearty support from www.steinerkritikk.no in Norway.

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    Name: Pete Karaiskos on Nov 22, 2009

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    Name: Dan Dugan on Nov 22, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Jeanette Briggs on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: A compulsory disclaimer for parents to sign should be introduced. But better yet, these schools should be held responsible for the way children are treated within them, and parents should have the right to expect changes if things like bullying occurs, without the fear of being silenced thru expulsion. The law covering these schools needs to be reviewed.

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    Name: Claudine Ranginui on Nov 29, 2009

    Comments: This is an important issue that needs to be addressed and recitfied.

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    Name: Jessica Parsons on Nov 30, 2009

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    Name: Maria Halvorsen on Mar 23, 2010

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    Name: Anna Sutton on Apr 24, 2010

    Comments: Our family has had a similar experience with a school and similar outcomes. We moved our child out of the school when it became clear the management style was to try and keep everything under wraps until the problems disappeared when the bullies or victims moved on. I support your stand and simply point to New Zealand's appalling record of school bullying. Something has to change for the better. Good luck with everything.

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 25, 2010

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    Name: Krissy on Jun 21, 2010

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    Name: Suzanne Houston on Aug 19, 2010

    Comments: I have also been through a similar situation with an online school called Alpha-Ed. We spent months going through a process of formulating a homeschool application so that my son could be taught online only to have Alpha-Ed make a decision on the day he started that he didn't suit the culture of the school. This happened when I expressed frustration that he hadn't received any instructions about how to log onto the school site and we had spent two hours waiting for communication from the school. Attempts to mediate with the owner (teacher) by myself and others failed. It was devastating to both my son and myself but we had no recourse.

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    Name: Maria Todorova on Sep 30, 2010

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    Name: Don McDowell on Oct 11, 2010

    Comments: I feel PNi schools should fall into the same regulations as public schools and be able to stop bulling. If bulling students should be able to be charged and if students can not be charged then charge parents.

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    Name: Charlotte on Apr 20, 2011

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    Name: Laurie Ross on Apr 27, 2011

    Comments: This month has seen a bullying in schools become a major issue through media attention. Even Prime Minister John Key is demanding that schools throughout NZ address the issue and stop allowing bullies to get away with it. So obviously the problem is not just in private schools. I believe all NZ Pre-school institutions must comply with keeping children safe as per the standards and Code of Ethics contained in the training manuel Te Whariki.

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    Name: Wiremu Haua on Aug 19, 2011

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    Name: Jacqueline Anderson on Nov 17, 2011

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 18, 2011

    Comments: My son will soon be starting school and I was set on sending him to a steiner school. This is making me think again.

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 11, 2012

    Comments: The same loophole exists in NSW (Australia) legislation. We have experienced much more extreme abuse at our local steiner school, which has been reported to authorities for over 20 years. The institute remains open with the same abusive teachers present. The authorities maintain that from the assurances that the school provides in their documentation, that they meet all the necessary criteria for registration and believe that the "school?" provides a safe and supportive environment. However, the hidden agenda is not easily uncovered by parents of the students or the authorities. Only some children squeal, because the school environment and bizarre injustice that they see is so far removed from their family standards at home. Some children are so intimidated that they can not tell their parents, while others are so numbed by the experience that becomes their everyday normality so there is nothing that they feel that they need to report.

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