Victorian principal David Sutton hadn’t stood at the front of a classroom for six years. But as Covid and flu-related illnesses sweep across the nation, he is finding himself taking classes once a week.
As the head of Maryborough Education Centre – a government school in central Victoria – juggling principal duties and the occasional lesson is the new routine for Sutton. But he is most concerned about his assistant principals now teaching additional classes to help plug gaps caused by ongoing vacancies.
