16th June
Today for our staff meeting we had requested the presence of the community CEO, Chris to join us. As teachers we were reaching the end of our tether with some of the stduents’ behaviour and wished to know if the community could help us tackle this problem. He arrived at our meeting holding a dead cane toad by its toes. This had been presented to him by the community store manager as it had arrived alive off a truck from Darwin. This was the furthest into WA the toads had travelled and would prove devastating to this community and their survival on bush tucker if it was followed by others.
I claimed the toad as I believed that it was a historically significant specimen for the community and I would preserve it for them and keep in the science lab. The kids would be so interested after their response in our science lessons when I discussed the impact its arrival would have on the local food web.
Our meeting was positive and Chris promised to take our concerns to the council. Together as a community we would try to reduce the antisocial behaviour by calling the students and their carers before the council to account for their actions. He would also organize a community meeting that all parents would be expected to attend. Let’s hope something positive comes from this.
