CHAPTER 4Deanne Waitapu was the youngest teacher on the staff who had only been at the school for a term longer than Karla. She took music throughout the senior school as well as drama and math and was the home teacher for the Year 11 students and Level 1 of the NCEA. This was the government assessment and examination system. Roxanne had told Karla that Deanne had replaced old Harvey who had retired after being on the staff here and at the former Tuckett High School for close to twenty years.
Karla found Deanne conscientious who in many ways reminded her of Lexi McKenzie back at Tui Park School. The young teacher did, however find taking math for NCEA quite difficult. She knew her subject having taken several papers in mathematics for her degree but it was the students who didn't help. La
