On the inside back cover of the Carenne Special School newsletter for June is a report by Paul Knight, chairman of Carenne Support. Mr Knight talks Carenne Support up saying that it helps the school by providing therapy to 18 of its students and how it receives a grant to transport children to Carenne. Mr Knight also talks about how Carenne Support has done seating and technology assessments.
The Carenne newsletter also asks for people to attend the Carenne Support meeting on 20 July 2010 and to join as a member of the organisation.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Salmon pleads not guilty, matter set down for hearing
The case of Geoff Salmon, director of Carenne Support who is facing the Bathurst Local Court on charges from an alleged incident during a protest in December where he is accused of attacking whistleblower Brian Carter who was driving a protest vehicle will return to court for hearing on 7 September 2010.
Mr Salmon faces charges of entering a vehicle unlawfully and obstructing traffic arising from the alleged attempted carjacking. Mr Salmon's solicitor told the court yesterday that he would be maintaining his plea of not guilty and would defend the charges.
Mr Salmon faces charges of entering a vehicle unlawfully and obstructing traffic arising from the alleged attempted carjacking. Mr Salmon's solicitor told the court yesterday that he would be maintaining his plea of not guilty and would defend the charges.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Escorts on student transport vehicles paid just $12.05/hour
A woman contracted to the NSW Department of Education and Training to supervise students with serious medical conditions and behavioural concerns in transit between home and school has hit out at the department for paying a paltry $12.05 per hour.
The woman, who is contracted to be a student transport escort has asked that Carenne Gate not name them for fear of reprisals from staff at Carenne Special School.
The escort told Carenne Gate that she was shown a payslip from an aide at Carenne which showed they were being paid around $25.00 per hour. The escort told Carenne Gate:
The rate of pay is also significantly under the federal minimum wage of $14.31. It is believed that the department gets around this by employing its escorts as contractors instead of as employees.
"How are we contractors, we bring nothing to the job, there are no tools of trade. We can't possibly be contractors, we are paid to supervise kids on their buses," the escort told Carenne Gate.
It demonstrates just how the NSW government looks after its employees and contractors at the lower levels of the pay scales while looking after top level bureaucrats and contractors such as Carenne Support which are connected to the department.
The woman, who is contracted to be a student transport escort has asked that Carenne Gate not name them for fear of reprisals from staff at Carenne Special School.
The escort told Carenne Gate that she was shown a payslip from an aide at Carenne which showed they were being paid around $25.00 per hour. The escort told Carenne Gate:
"Our work isn't that different from that of an aide except we are required to supervise the students as well, in the classroom an aide isn't to supervise students, that is the teacher's job. We have a higher duty of care and are paid less than half, it isn't fair."
The rate of pay is also significantly under the federal minimum wage of $14.31. It is believed that the department gets around this by employing its escorts as contractors instead of as employees.
"How are we contractors, we bring nothing to the job, there are no tools of trade. We can't possibly be contractors, we are paid to supervise kids on their buses," the escort told Carenne Gate.
It demonstrates just how the NSW government looks after its employees and contractors at the lower levels of the pay scales while looking after top level bureaucrats and contractors such as Carenne Support which are connected to the department.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Blog attacked again
Following carennetruth's disgraceful conduct last night, this blog was attacked again, this time by an unknown attacker. We have now set up a mirror blog which will be updated from this one from time to time at carennegate.wordpress.com
Friday, June 25, 2010
Dubbo Teacher didn't know she was breaking the law by having sex with a student
Extract from the Daily Liberal:
Jailing a former Dubbo teacher who had consensual sex with one of her students would do more harm than good, District Court Judge Stephen Walmsley determined yesterday.
The married woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was in Dubbo District Court for sentence. She had previously entered guilty pleas on two charges of sexual intercourse with a person aged 16 to 17 years under her care.
Judge Walmsley convicted the teacher and imposed suspended prison sentences of 21 months and nine months. She was required to enter into good behaviour bonds and accept supervision and guidance from the Probation and Parole Service for the duration of the sentences.
Judge Walmsley said the purpose of punishment was to assist in the rehabilitation of the offender.
Given the psychological history of the teacher he determined a full-time custodial sentence would cause harm and set back her rehabilitation and ability to contribute to society.
Jailing a former Dubbo teacher who had consensual sex with one of her students would do more harm than good, District Court Judge Stephen Walmsley determined yesterday.
The married woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was in Dubbo District Court for sentence. She had previously entered guilty pleas on two charges of sexual intercourse with a person aged 16 to 17 years under her care.
Judge Walmsley convicted the teacher and imposed suspended prison sentences of 21 months and nine months. She was required to enter into good behaviour bonds and accept supervision and guidance from the Probation and Parole Service for the duration of the sentences.
Judge Walmsley said the purpose of punishment was to assist in the rehabilitation of the offender.
Given the psychological history of the teacher he determined a full-time custodial sentence would cause harm and set back her rehabilitation and ability to contribute to society.
Puppet Premier passes the buck on Carenne
Once again, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has passed the buck on issues relating to Carenne Special School to her education minister Verity Firth, who has a history of simply ignoring complaints from people associated with this website.
On the 10th of June I sent a complaint to the premier relating to the conduct of Lee Churches, in particular the calling of a 10 year old student a "slut" and claiming she initiated a sexual relationship with a student when she was aged 8. I also complained about the claim made on this site that Anne Baskerville had a tent in her classroom used by some students as a "masturbation tent" and the continuing inaction by Peter Harvey and Gary Bevan against Lee Churches' behaviour on this blog including bullying and harassing parents, leaking confidential information about them and admitting she has access to school files and police records through another staff member which she uses to get a "one-up" on dissenters. Both of these men have been provided with proof that Lee Churches is "carennetruth" .
Today, I received a letter from the Department of Premier and Cabinet informing me that my complaint would be looked at by the education minister who misled parliament last May over the department providing legal representation to a contractor. In the past I have been told the same only for Ms Firth to not get back to me.
Ros Luther and Di Klavins change tactics in dealing with student.
Over the past several months, Carenne Gate has reported on very serious concerns surrounding the way in which Ros Luther and Di Klavins dealt with an autistic students. The duo first came to our attention when it was reported that they would sit on an autistic student and call the police on him (only to get off him when they were warned the police had arrived).
Commentators on this site also alleged that Mrs Luther had been seen pinning the student against a wall and locking the student in a storeroom.
It was reported by this blog two weeks ago that Mrs Luther and Mrs Klavins weren't applying these same techniques to another student in their class who's mother was involved in Carenne Support, the school's corrupt charity. Instead the pair would call the student's mother who would try to calm him down.
The student is now restrained and then locked in what we have identified as the torture chamber until his parents arrive to take him home. When his parents arrive at the school, office staff call the classroom and they take the student out of the torture chamber/sensory room/storeroom.
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