"The School I'd Like" A letter to the Herald

This is the letter that I sent to the Sydney Morning Herald to do with their
"The School I'd Like"


I note with interest and a little disappointment that you invite the following to participate in the discussion on the “The School I'd Like”
1 Teachers
2 Parents
3 Students

The amazing answers received reflect the alternate realities that some of the above people appear to exist in.

You have failed to ask those people whose workplace the new school will become, the School Administrative and Support Staff and the cleaners, these two groups of essential members of the school community are the mortar that holds it all together.
A member of the SASS is your first point of contact within the school and the condition of the school itself is a reflection of the efforts of the cleaners.

I fear that your “The School I'd Like” is doomed to failure because of the omission of these essential people.

Well what would I know