CHAPTER 3Back home in Wellington the following Tuesday, Karla received a formal email from The Ministry of Education offering her the position as Change Principal at Tuckett Area School to begin at the start of May. This was the beginning of Term Two, a quarter of the academic year through the four term New Zealand year and heading for the southern hemisphere winter. The conditions were generous with her present salary continued plus an extra fifty thousand dollars, her shift would be paid and furnished accommodation was available in one of the schoolhouses for a nominal rental. She also had the right to cancel the appointment at any time and return to her position as principal at Tui Park whenever she wished. The Ministry would also pay pre-school fees for Alexia at the crèche. This was s
