LINWOOD READING LOG STOUSH GOES TO THE BOARD
One parent ticked the box. Another parent disputes the tick.
A dispute over a Year 3 reading log at a Linwood primary school has reached the board of trustees. Two sets of parents are now talking only through a deputy principal and a shared Google Doc.
The row began when Imogen Cattermole-Briggs, 8, logged 20 minutes of nightly reading for a fortnight. Another parent emailed the office asking how that was "statistically possible given Imogen also does ballet." The email was 600 words. It CC'd the board chair.
Imogen's mother, Petra, said she was stunned anyone would question the log. "She reads in the car. She reads at ballet. She reads while I'm parking on Stanmore Road, which is its own bloody ordeal." Petra has had the log witnessed by a neighbour who is a JP.
The complaining parent asked to be identified only as "a concerned member of the school community". She said the issue was "not about Imogen" but about "the integrity of the log." Asked if she had ever met Imogen, she said she had, once. Imogen was "fine, I suppose."
The board chair has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday. The reading log is agenda item four, after the hall, the pool fence, and morning tea. "We're taking it seriously," she said, "because if we don't, they'll email again."
Imogen, asked what she was reading, said "the Wonky Donkey" and went back to her scooter.
The row began when Imogen Cattermole-Briggs, 8, logged 20 minutes of nightly reading for a fortnight. Another parent emailed the office asking how that was "statistically possible given Imogen also does ballet." The email was 600 words. It CC'd the board chair.
Imogen's mother, Petra, said she was stunned anyone would question the log. "She reads in the car. She reads at ballet. She reads while I'm parking on Stanmore Road, which is its own bloody ordeal." Petra has had the log witnessed by a neighbour who is a JP.
The complaining parent asked to be identified only as "a concerned member of the school community". She said the issue was "not about Imogen" but about "the integrity of the log." Asked if she had ever met Imogen, she said she had, once. Imogen was "fine, I suppose."
The board chair has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday. The reading log is agenda item four, after the hall, the pool fence, and morning tea. "We're taking it seriously," she said, "because if we don't, they'll email again."
Imogen, asked what she was reading, said "the Wonky Donkey" and went back to her scooter.