Recently, Carenne has employeed Carly Sewell, daughter of relief aide Sue Sewell and financial supporter and TAFE teacher Bill Sewell.
The Sewell family has been involved in Carenne for some time. Bill Sewell, former owner of a pet shop in Bathurst provided a great deal of financial and moral support to the school, which is known to engage in corrupt and deceptive fundraising practices, such as the bus appeal where a number of donors were clearly misled.
Sue Sewell's sister, Dianne Poole is employed by the department in a consultancy position at the Bathurst district office. This combined with the former financial support Bill gave the school give Sue preferential aide status at the school.
The close relationship between Carenne and the Sewell family was shown in Michael Auld's recent newsletter piece, where Auld wrote -
"Daniel is going very well Tafe in his Animal Care Course. Bill Sewell - who once owned Bill's Pet Paradise - is an excellent teacher and Daniel looks forward to his classes."Staff claim that they have never seen such blatant favourtism towards a TAFE teacher and believe it shows exactly why Sue and Carly are working at Carenne.
