Building and other projects

Building Project (BER): What a mess. All this money came on stream in a hurry. We got $850,000 to build a new Library, and also included four withdrawal rooms and a Teacher Preparation Room. Because it was rushed in the planning stage when it finished the builder left and there were four pages of snags and unfinished items. (See the big row). Huge extra work. Also Solar Project $70,000 to install solar panels and rainwater harvesting. This was also being completed at the same time. Also land purchase. We are buying a patch of land. Really slow but afraid that it might fall through so had to get involved to move it along. Working bees to complete works that should have been included in BER. (concreting and shelving) P&F have donated $17,000 to purchase furniture. Computers purchased by a loan over five years from the CEO at 1%. Ditto for land purchase but over ten years. Extra work added to by not knowing the system. At the beginning of the year my biggest challenge was finding out where the money was , after that many aspects of the job are similar. Anxious not to deplete this year’s budget but at the same time things need to be finished. My attitude all along has been to drive the school forward just like I would at home. Not just a caretaker. Have had to handle issues that in theory I could have turned my back on but I couldn’t. I have had some serious stuff happen but the beauty was that I had someone to guide me all the way especially the CEO psychologist and consultant.