New Omarama School principal Bevan Newlands with wife Bridget and children William (9, back) and Dominic (8). He wrote letters to several schools in southwest England and landed a job at a 230-pupil prep school in Somerset, as did then partner and now wife, Bridget. Mr Newlands described the experience as "incredible", despite the challenges. We were in a wealthy prep school, so we were teaching wealthy African and white children whose families owned game reserves or lodges, things like that. As far as taking the reins goes, Mr Newlands could not wait to get back in the classroom at the school where he has filled-in in the past.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 19, 2020 06:22 UTC