RDA paid $80 per student, Auld interfered in staffing: Gretel

A new whistleblower from Carenne Special School known as "Gretel" has come forward claiming that the reason that so few students at Carenne take part in RDA is because the school must pay RDA for the students who take part in addition to providing Melinda Gavin as a coach.

Gretel claims that RDA charge $80 per student for students to attend Riding for the Disabled which the school pays for itself. The school then has to pay for relief staff for Melinda Gavin, at a cost of around $150 per day while she works at RDA and is paid by the Department of Education and Training.

Gretel claims that when Melinda was told she may have to work at RDA at their expense and take leave without pay from the department which would affect her leave and holiday pay entitlements she had Michael Auld complain about it and claim that it was "unfair". Gretel also claims that Mr Auld interfered in staffing, saying that Karina Molenkamp should be still given 2 days a week work because that is what he had promised her.