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New principal of Hato Petera confident about future

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

The new principal of Hato Petera College is confident that bringing the school into the 21st century will help improve its Education Review Office reports.

ERO says Hato Petera, on Auckland’s North Shore, needs a curriculum that better aligns to its students’ career paths, and improved student assessment.

The school’s head, John Mathews, says the problems are due to inconsistent management, with three acting principals over the past three years.

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