Colleges covering until new principals found

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Publication title: Hastings Leader, The

Hastings Boys’ High School headmaster Rob Sturch died on November 29 last year, after 21 years in the job and a private fight against throat cancer over the latter stages of his career

Three weeks later, Napier Boys’ High School headmaster Jarred Williams announced he had accepted an appointment as principal at Hamilton Boys’ High School and would be leaving Hawke’s Bay at the end of Term 1 last Friday, after just three years in the Napier job, including the school’s 150th anniversary.

Hastings BHS board chairman George Massingham said the school, which has a roll about 800, is still engaged in...