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Is it just me or does everyone wonder about co-incidence?
The new director-general of NSW Education, Michael Coutts-Trotter, is causing quite a stir….23 years ago, when he was 19, he was jailed for three years for heroin trafficking…he admits he was a heroin addict at the time.
When he was released from Jail he joined the Salvation Army Drug Rehabilitation Program and got a university degree. He’s basically worked for the government ever since.
It’s a pretty remarkable story of someone who has turned their life around. The DG‘s job is worth about 300 thousand dollars, an amazing example for others to follow. Some people, however, are questioning whether a convicted drug trafficker is the right person to be the director general of schools?
The NSW Teachers Federation says teachers believe in rehabilitation, but it’s interesting, because Michael Coutts Trotter actually couldn’t get a job as a teacher.
It’s a co-incidence the debate is taking place today, the day after a police raid on a private school in Melbourne.
I think most parents want to know, exactly how widespread is the drug problem in our schools? We know drugs are there, they’ve probably been in schools for forty years. But exactly how exposed are our kids? And do we need to do something about it?
There are people in New South Wales who think Michael Coutts-Trotter is not the style of person they want running state schools…but not me. I’m a big believer in redemption, I think his life story is incredible and maybe…just maybe…. His experience makes him exactly the type of person we need running our schools.
The new director-general of NSW Education, Michael Coutts-Trotter, is causing quite a stir….23 years ago, when he was 19, he was jailed for three years for heroin trafficking…he admits he was a heroin addict at the time.
When he was released from Jail he joined the Salvation Army Drug Rehabilitation Program and got a university degree. He’s basically worked for the government ever since.
It’s a pretty remarkable story of someone who has turned their life around. The DG‘s job is worth about 300 thousand dollars, an amazing example for others to follow. Some people, however, are questioning whether a convicted drug trafficker is the right person to be the director general of schools?
The NSW Teachers Federation says teachers believe in rehabilitation, but it’s interesting, because Michael Coutts Trotter actually couldn’t get a job as a teacher.
It’s a co-incidence the debate is taking place today, the day after a police raid on a private school in Melbourne.
I think most parents want to know, exactly how widespread is the drug problem in our schools? We know drugs are there, they’ve probably been in schools for forty years. But exactly how exposed are our kids? And do we need to do something about it?
There are people in New South Wales who think Michael Coutts-Trotter is not the style of person they want running state schools…but not me. I’m a big believer in redemption, I think his life story is incredible and maybe…just maybe…. His experience makes him exactly the type of person we need running our schools.
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